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The control lever on our 1964 new performance major is stuck in the raised position. This means that as soon as we start the major the hydraulic arms go up fully. We cannot get the control lever to go down at all, it seems to be stuck. We have oiled it, loosened the nuts and bolts around it but no l...

Just to let you all know we got the problem sort! Shes started and going like a bomb!! Ended up that it was a bit of wear between the cupling and the pump that was causing the problem! Thank you for all your help and advise.

Hi, Yes Kev you are correct we rebuilt the block part of the engine, and then just bolted everything else back on. I will check if the pump is 180 degrees out this evening just incase. We have already checked and she seems to be getting plently of diesel. Also we were chatting to a mechanic who said...

Thank you for the fast replies. We checked the timing after the re-build. We did not replace the oil pump, pistons or liners has this had been done on a previous rebuild and the tractor has not done much work since! What do you mean check the pump is not 180 degrees out of line Henk? Any other sugge...

We have a 1964 new major. Water was leaking into the oil which seems to be a common problem and the major lay housed for about 3 years but was full working order when parked apart from the water leaking into the oil. We got a replacement block, and got new main bearing rebuild the major. The head wa...

Thank you for that, i will defo ask around. In the meantime if anyone hears of 015 shells sitting on a shelf somewhere, please let me know.

Thank you Dave and JC for your help. When i seen your posts I rang David Falconer rightaway hoping that my problem was solved but unfortunatly he can no longer source 015 shells! Do you know where i could get the old shells re-babbited?

Everyone told us that the block was to far gone and beyond repair. Do you know how to repair damaged blocks or of anyone that repairs blocks?

We have a 1964 new major. Water was leaking into the oil which seems to be a common problem. We got a replacement block along with the taps and are in the process of rebuilding the major. We did not get the crank shaft with the new block so we are using our own crank shaft. Here lays the problem! We...