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A little update on this topic. Yesterday I drained the oil, it is still dripping a little so I guess I'll leave it some more time to get it as clean as possible. I removed the rocker cover to see whether the oil is getting all the way up (clearly visible since it is grey :lol: ) I noticed some drops...

The whole story is as follows, I bought the tractor in 9/21 as a hobby project/firewood collecting helper. The tractor was full of water only with the hint that in winter they drain the water and put it in only when they want to use the tractor. I changed the oil (very dark and rough - no water in i...

Thank you both for hints, so it might well just be water from outside has got in, if so inspect all seals Tractor was sitting under a tarp all the time, so I hope no water can get into it easily. But what seals you mean specifically? I will probably put new oil and filter in and after the shed is do...

Hello Together, I had to move the tractor from the shed early in the spring because of roof replacement, since then it was sitting out under a tarp. Yesterday I checked the oil level in the engine after a short ride and i saw this: https://i.postimg.cc/nz6bQ78V/IMG-20230701-183111.jpg https://i.post...

Since I acquired my Power Major and started to use it to collect firewood Ive been wondering how safe it is to hitch a heavy trailer behind a tractor without air compressor that feeds the air brakes in classic trailers Im familiar with. https://i.postimg.cc/7hZqrMXb/IMG-20220801-180641.jpg https://i...

I finally managed to remove the windshield and put the lights back on the sides. Now it looks much better in my opinion. Just the grilles I need to obtain new. https://i.postimg.cc/4ygwqCGy/IMG-20220326-161031.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3N29f0hG/IMG-20220326-161005.jpg As for the dataplate, it could b...

I can get only 1500 revs now

Well, what I managed so far was to move the air cleaner back to where it should be +- 5mm i guess. I fitted new air hose and currently waiting for a new air cleaner (out of stock on agriline). https://i.postimg.cc/HLr81prS/IMG-20220312-173048.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/bv4DzKbq/IMG-20220312-173102.jpg...

I would like to use the current filter and only substitute the missing mesh. What about something like this? (the green one) It is plastic, but it should not be and issue because is should only filter incoming air and therefore cool itself? https://i.postimg.cc/6QM2dMVx/1-ND-filtracni-medium-multicl...

Right now Im thinking about what to make the gauze from. It is possible to get a steel wool, which could be then squeezed between two plates of very fine stainless "beekeepers grid". Im little bit afraid about the steel wool. I would not be happy if some of the wires got loose and been sucked into t...

Well, when i got the tractor, I cleaned the bowl completely and filled with oil. It was nearly empty and very dirty. Now it looks like this. https://i.postimg.cc/MKBShyPT/IMG-20220301-190024.jpg I will order the air cleaner. I already have new air hose. It will be a bigger operation though, there is...

Well the situation is even more complicated by the fact, that previous owner wanted to use some bigger battery, so he moved the whole air cleaner unit closer to the intake and shortened the hose. Dont know if that could make some difference. https://i.postimg.cc/k4D7W4Td/IMG-20220301-185657.jpg The ...

On my Power Major I can not achieve more than 1400 revs. Even when im stationary without any load. Based on informations here I tried to disconnect the air hose from the air inlet. Then I managed to get 2000 revs no problem. Then I inspected the air cleaning unit and found the steel filter completel...

I disassembled the starter completelly and I found that one of the brushes was actually worn. It was this one, that had the surface melted underneath. https://i.postimg.cc/MKrNFk0g/IMG-20211123-230915.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/bJH4CsLR/IMG-20211123-230950.jpg I changed the brush and now Iam wondering...

Well I pulled apart the starter motor to inspect of I can see anything. A lot of aluminium balls rolled out of the housing when I dissassembled it. Then I noticed, that behing the brushes that are connected to the comutator end and not to the coils there is melted surface like there was some arcing....

Hello everyone, I have a 1959 Power major, which I had running maybe 6 times without any problem with starting. I have new battery which I have allways taken out and put on charger to stay in condition. Yesterday I came to it, put the battery in, filled the radiator with water and tried to start. It...

I would like to put the headlights back on the sides as it was originally. But I intend to use a loader as well so I need to make some compromise. I dont like the look as it is now.

There was a front loader in the past, it still has the brackets https://i.postimg.cc/W1pqq3Jd/IMG-20210925-153338.jpg I think that the exhaust was not originally through the bonnet, but adjusted because of the loader as well as the headlights, which look rather silly so high. :D https://i.postimg.cc...

Hello everyone, Greetings from a small village near Pilsen! I recently bought a 1959 Power Major with Fritzmeier cabin fitted. The cabin has lost all of its side covers and the windshield is nearly impossible to see through. I will remove the windshield and for now leave there only the roof. The ent...