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You sound like you know your stuff Brockwood that makes a lot of sense, sorry for the late response. I’m in Victoria also, north east near Wangaratta. I think you’re spot on it all looks right to me. Not sure what happened to original pictures I’ll have to try and reupload. I’ll have It apart someti...

I reckon you might be onto something there Shepp, makes a lot of sense. I was doing a bit to it over the weekend and sadly found a big nasty crack across the top of the gearbox, poor old thing has broken its back. So needless to say it’s coming apart soon, whether for a gearbox or just swap the load...

So I’ve had a bit more of a look at it, removed all strange fittings from the bellhousing, none were connected to anything just tapped into the side of the housing like a plug. The timing window is completely different to my other major, it has 3 fasteners holding it on and a gasket behind it wherea...

Thanks Shepp and Sandy. Sounds like I have some more manuals to look for. All the extra bits are definitely in the bellhousing the petcock seems strange as a drain though as it’s a fair way up the side. Sorry the photos could be better, I probably should wash the old girl, would make things easier t...

Thanks for the reply. I’ve got a few photos here, if you need anything more specific just let me know. Some strange fittings and a petcock in the bellhousing not sure if they have anything to do with it. https://i.postimg.cc/rzXF7qwN/01-F8-F230-3253-4502-9617-05-F14-F8-CFA9-A.jpg https://i.postimg.c...

Hi all, been benefiting from this excellent forum for years but this is my first post. I recently bought a 64 super major with a big heavy loader on it and I’m in the process of getting it running. The old fella I bought it off told me it had a wet clutch which was confirmed by a drain plug in the b...