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Great family photos. Glad you mentioned the brakes as it might stir me into action. We've been moving manure on a tipper trailer, not sure of the gross weight but its fairly terrifying on the down hill parts. Right hand wheel locks up very easily and the left hand seems very low on effort. I'm out i...

Hi again. Apologies for long absence. I'm a bit embarrassed as I think the whole issue of suspected low pressure was due to a misunderstanding on my part. I'd been connecting the pressure testing gauge to the aux port on the external equipment chest and later to the unregulated port on the RHS of th...

Hi. Thanks for the photo of the gasket Sandy. I'd already realised it needs the hole under the flow rate channel from looking back at my photos. Will have another go at that tomorrow It holds the cultivator up fine over night. Pulling the auxiliary knob out doesn't seem to effect it. I'm about to bu...

And here I am. So no leaks yet, but still nothing over 50bar from the external port. Managed to get auxiliary service control knob stuck I'm the out position when I ran the lift right up in position control. It would only go back in once I let the pressure in the system drain away. This doesn't happ...

Hello again. Slight delay to the proceedings as I got the nod from the beef farmers to come and get the manure and needed the tractor to drag it into one of the fields. Took the external block off yesterday and stripped it, so I understand a bit more about how it works. Freed off the siezed min flow...

Hi again. So the good news is a got a reading off 170 bar (2465 PSI) with the engine running at a sensible speed. This was with the gauge attached to the axel lid in draught control; I hadn't realised how precise you have to be in finding the neutral position, so main problem is human error. Pulling...

Agreed, it would be nice if we could avoid taking the lid off again. I've actually done more with the cultivator in position control than the draught control and it seems to work OK. One strategy might be to just buy the size ram I'd already planned to get, with a 30mm piston, and if the tractor won...

Thanks for all that Sandy, you're a mine of information. It's nice to actually know what model of tractor I own. I think it was the previous owners who originally told me it was a super 55. Finished working it for now and can manage without it. For a while.so gonna have the lid off in the next day o...

Well now.... Got some more pics for you including the numbers on the engine. Gearbox flange is a bit of a mess but I took a photo anyway. https://i.postimg.cc/VNHgBLDy/20240123-102245.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/zvDCRygY/20240123-102349.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/zGMYtWzp/20240123-103002.jpg I've just pi...

Hi Sandy. Thanks for the speedy reply and the files from the manuals. I had a quick look and they seem to cover the other two Major versions which differ slightly from mine. Here are some photos (hopefully). First time using postimages so apologies if the links don't work: https://i.postimg.cc/yNwRt...

Hi all. I've an Ebro Super 55 (Super Major without diff-lock or live PTO). I'm building a fence post driver to mount on the 3 point lift and when I was choosing a ram I thought I'd check the hydraulic pressure because of course piston size affects the amount of pressure required. Bought a gauge and ...