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Apologies to all, according to the tractor engineer who took it on, it was a very simple problem!! When I replaced the hydraulic cover on the tractor, I lifted on the lift arms, and as he said “ the donkeys dick” had disconnected!! Now back to get her again and working, very embarrassed as it was su...

Hi Thanks for the answers, it is now going to be rechecked! I have just driven it to my local vintage tractor specialist. He took all valves out, cleaned and checked, then used an airline to blow through checking them all, so a bit of a mystery! Will hopefully come up with an answer, I am afraid I h...

Good evening, well my top cover and auxiliary service control has been taken apart, cleaned and all checked by a local tractor expert. He readjusted it all back to the settings in the manual, added a gasket to the main piston as previously hadn’t had one or needed one. New gaskets all round and put ...

Hi Thanks for all the suggestions , but I think I could do with some help on this. I live South Shropshire 15 minutes from Tenbury Wells. Has anybody got recommendations for a mechanic who could service the Hydraulics of my 1964 Super Dexta? I have the top off, but could do with some help please!!! ...

Hi I have been away, and went to check over hydraulics, oil filled to right level, may need to loosen main control spring a tad. It doesn't matter where the selector lever is either. The lift arms appear to be partly raised and movement of the quadrant lever causes a small lift 1-2 inches. I have be...

I have a 1964 Super Dexta, that ended up with a frozen quadrant lever last year. (Slight upward pressure would cause it to lift but lever was stuck) Opened it up released where the quadrant lever had sort of rusted with the other bits. Checked all and lubricated, all valves seemed to slide well, cle...

Thanks I have a feeling it could be a big job!! Will try loosening off nut as suggested but, if not working will have to start her up which means changing the Solenoid and sorting out that first again!

Hi 1964 Super Dexta, quadrant lever is stuck at bottom of quadrant, if pulled up slightly hydraulics lift, even with topping deck on, but no control and lever is still stuck at bottom of quadrant. Once upward pressure is taken off lever it, the hydraulics returns to their lowest point. Is there an e...

Morning all, I have a 1964 Super Dexta, that seems to be eating Solenoids! The most recent lasted approximately 10 starts, and is now dead. Shorting the contacts means I can start it, but before I replace the solenoid I would like to find out what the problem is. It has original Starter motor, repla...

Thanks for that, I be had people picking through but nothing found so far!!

I have come to a full stop on restoring this tractor as it came with 1/2 a Super D bonnet, air cleaner side and the other half was a Dexta bonnet! I ended up buying a repro bonnet from E bay, big mistake as did not fit!! I then bought a Dexta bonnnet from an Auction site who advertised the bonnet as...

Hi Thanks for all the replies. I will try the trick with the leather for the throttle!! The radiator is a different story. The original shroud was badly chewed and there was nothing to stop the radiator leaning back. I now have a piece of wood against the radiator pipe stabilised against the water p...

I have a Fordson Super Dexta, it has had a total rebuild and works very well now, apart from a slipping throttle lever, the friction pad has gone hard and looks to be made of compressed felt. Does anybody suggest better materials??? Also the Radiator does lean back into the shroud which has lead to ...

Hi all!, Thanks for all the helpful hints! I’m not 100% sure what helped the most but by jiggling the left hand shoe again, readjusting the brakes again so they come on at the same time and slackening the adjustment bolt which works against the hand brake I now seem to have a hand brake!! Not exactl...

I have dismantled the left side hub as I was told jiggling it around may help. I must admit for a fraction of a second it may have worked but then off course I have to adjust the brakes again to even them up! I do have some images and will post them up when I have worked out how!

Hi Did of course have the brake pedals locked! I am intrigued with Sandy reply as I wish I could find more on this! So my understanding is that the adjustable cam for the foot pedal braking affect which in this case seems seized / rusted to the shaft should be adjusted to be 0.1 from the cam of the ...

Hi Got the electrics fixed and foot brakes work well, but handbrake pull up ratchet only brakes the right hand wheel. Had read somewhere that you have to use foot brake first and then apply handbrake but once again this only works on the right hand side. Have checked manuals, forums etc but can’t se...

I have a Fordson Super Dexta with new wiring loom and Control box from Agriline, 2 years ago. It gave me seemingly good service until recently. My son destroyed the engine last year and I have eventually rebuilt it. We eventually got it started 2 weeks ago and warmed it up before retightening cylind...

Just had a look at 1 on EBay, looks to be about 124?
Any more accurate answers please??
Thanks

Thanks for all the replies, Emiel’s is interesting and by calculating how many teeth are on the flywheel should help! Did read somewhere it was 370 or there abouts!!

Hi It is a mechanical Minimec. So should 20degree be between the marking for TDC and SPILL. If so does ant know how many teeth on the flywheel should it be from either mark?? And secondly is it normal for the mark to be missing? I have found that with the SPILL mark lined up it corresponds with the ...

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I have been round the flywheel again and the only lines visible are TDC, followed by the Spill line. This is then followed by 0400.304 which is approx 180degrees from TDC. I’ve tried cleaning it up with clutch and break cleaner but these other marks don’t seem to be there?
Thanks for any help!

Hi, I have looked through the topics and must be missing something. I seem to have only TDC and Spill marked on my flywheel. I have not been able to find the 20 or 26 marked. Do I just set the pump from the Spill mark on this 1964 Super. Everything I have seen suggests that I should find these other...