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This is something I did somewhat recently, earlier this year IIRC, as it did the whole power loss before, and I pulled the fuel petcock and found it was clogged, and missing any screen. So I cleaned it out, installed a new screen and put it all back together. She's been running fine ever since, unti...

Your injectors may need attention, other than that try to stop as many leaks as you can the easy way (ensure everything is nice and tight). A damaged air hose or diaphragm can also cause this, leave the injectors until everything else has been sorted. Sandy Yep, I intend to send the injectors and t...

Necro Post Alert! I'm back, been getting a lot of great use out of the ole girl for the past few years, pretty trouble free until lately. She's starting to smoke a lot more, occasionally runs on two cylinders and loses power...like, can't get up a hill losing power, can't keep the wood chipper spinn...

I ran the chipper the last few days, filled up my truck with wood chips killing full grown manzanita, and pine saplings/trimmings. Works like a champ, eats wood like nothing. Whatever fits in there, its gone. Dexta barely bogs down at all on the biggest stuff. Let me find a pic, it's all over a diff...

Well done from a wet & rainy Bogside too, I dunno about his maths though Henk (sorry math, they only have the one in the US - must have to share it around :scratchhead: ) $200 outlay on tooling works out free ? despite buying a press with a set of nice flamecut Vee blocks, he goes and buys a set of...

Before and After;

Same video I posted above, Before;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr6E0YebQSM

Up and running, After;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFA9H-lmZJ4

Welp, got er done this morning. Took less than two hours to map and straighten. Runout at it's worst spot was .063" After set up and pressing, I got it down to .006" at which point I hit a wall and couldn't improve it any further. Not a problem though, perfectly adequate for the task at hand. The pr...

Consider using a third vee block underneath the press ram, (or at least a slip of leather or fibre) which may reduce the natural tendancy of the shaft to rotate. If an ordinary file will barely or not touch the metal then Henk is right to warn about the hardness, however it may well be surface hard...

Be carefull, you can end up with two halfs. :scratchhead: Bin there done that. :curse: :cry: The shaft is hardened so it will not bent easy. How can I tell if it's hardened? It's off a Chinese made machine that doesn't cost much new. Something that big, if it's hardened, you would think would destr...

Hello all, new tractor owner here (1959 Dexta) and I have my first implement repair to attempt. I purchased a second hand 8" PTO wood chipper from a guy in Oregon who apparently never sized his PTO shaft, resulting in binding and a bent Jack Shaft. Video of bent shaft; https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

So it should be Blue, blue tins, orange wheels, silver grille? I'm actually an automotive painter by trade, though I try to stay away from cars anymore. Nowadays I sand blast and paint ag equipment. Hay Squeezes, hay trailers, etc. I'd probably just shoot it up in Imron, I can get whatever color I ...

So it should be Blue, blue tins, orange wheels, silver grille? I'm actually an automotive painter by trade, though I try to stay away from cars anymore. Nowadays I sand blast and paint ag equipment. Hay Squeezes, hay trailers, etc. I'd probably just shoot it up in Imron, I can get whatever color I n...

OK, that worked, so on to more pics; Engine Block, left side; https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4157/34083706170_d8897d0226_c.jpg IMG_3505 by CASEY , on Flickr Pretty much unreadable engine/bell housing numbers; https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4190/33626256454_d936c26796_c.jpg IMG_3504 by CASEY , on Flick...

Attempting a Flickr photo embed here of the injection Pump, as requested. If this works, I'll go snap a few more pics. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2869/34467998265_8473d4e6f9_c.jpg IMG_3498 by CASEY , on Flickr https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4184/34337673911_c755ca471e_c.jpg IMG_3497 by CASEY , on ...

Hi American and congrats on your new friend! Sure you will find this forum as useful as I did - make sure you post your serial numbers/manufacturing codes in the database! There are plenty of threads here about colours - (search "paint") while there may have been variations the scheme was essential...

Hello, I just bought my first tractor ever...so exited! It's a Fordson Dexta Diesel circa 1959 I believe. It runs and functions very well, makes a little smoke but this is occasional use anyway so I'm not so concerned for now. I just want to use it with my PTO wood chipper and clear manzanita from m...