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i finally got the 3pth hitch to work. problem must of been the spool valve.the unit on the tractor resembles the one from the united kingdom,it would not work. i swapped for another i had that sort of looks like the Australian model. hitch works fine now.question is the other unit had two hydraulic ...

its a bit hard to tell but of the two showing the machine face mine is a little different. i seem, hard to tell though that it looks more like the one on the tractor. hopr to get some more time to work on it. winter is just around the corner and so much to do.

to answer your question as to how it worked before i do not know. when i bought the tractor motor was the wrong motor and shot. i rebuilt a correct motor.then when i got that running and tried the lift it was down and when used the control to raise it did raise and stayed there till i now recently t...

i am trying trying to put a pic of the valve body on top of the cover. not having any luck. anyway when i took it off i turned over the motor on the starter and i could not hold back the pressure from the feed line. when i had kift cover off i could see just part of the return filter. my valve ass. ...

well i had no luck trying to get the lift arms to work. took all apart there was water in there. the valve was stuck but not bad, everything freed up quite nicely. no signs of rust. got everything moving freely, i however did not do any settings. the arms would not raise at all. i want to check pump...

thanks a bunch. pics make it so much easier. hope to remedy that problem soon. then i have to deal with power steering issues and then the tractor will be in great condition .

i posted this same question some time ago, but have miss placed the info given and did not get to work on tractor rie away. so my super major i rebuilt, initially was not running when i got it. after the rebuild i started to check other things out and fix them. when i raised the lift arms up and tri...

am selling a 1957 fordson major diesel. starts good , smokes at first then cleans up as it warms up tires are so so. i yet have to put in another flywheel as the ring gear is bad, i have one here. 3 pt seems to work good. $2000 OBO. located in salmon arm British Columbia.

finally got the injection pump to a shop. someone in thier wisdom had messed with the fuel supply screw, poor thing was hardly getting any fuel. now it starts a whole lot better.

the 3ph lift arms on my super, (first time i had it running) went to the up or lift and will not go down. any ideas as to why this happens?

aint that strange, i am having the very issues on a just rebuilt super major. compression at #300 on all 4. lots of white smoke, tractor inside warm shop, after a way to long a time it may start, but then runs good. injectors were just done. am going to try a old style injection pump tomorrow. i als...

is there somewhere on the site telling what fuel filters to use? i am replacing the sock fuel filter on a 1962 super major, and see no nos anywhere on the filter? thanks for any info.

working on a fordson new major. was pretty rough when i started on it. was siezed, put in new rings. major oil leak from front tranny chamber to rear, put in new lower seals. everthing now is good sure starts good. oil levells seem good. it has been leaking antifreeze not huge amts, out of the block...

no actually it is just totally rebuilt,maybe still not to full compression. in comparing it to a major i have the major just had a new set of rings put in on a worn engine, statrs great. yes i always use the extra fuel button, have put in new oil in the pump. new injectors, i know you are supposed t...

has anyone tried some repairs on these pumps themselves or is srtictly a professioal shop job. i somewhat susoect min is faulty as it starts terribly, even with new injectors.

well i had the injectors done, but not the pump. tappets have been set, but want to reset, and timing was checked. however it is noe that time of year when it is near impossible to make it work. thanks for the info.

well got new pump installed, oil pressure is now about #45 to just below 50 with the gage presently on it, the is not working under a load because i have nothing fot it to do, just normal temp, am much happier with that, now if i could just figuire why it stars so pourly. thanks for the reply.

purchased a new oil pump from agriline, for super. question bieng does anyone know what the relief spring pressure is set at? and or is necessary to shim the new pump spring psessure? i hope to achieve close to #50, the motor is totally rebuilt.

i have rebuilt the FSM . it is hard to start, has now new injectors. compression using an old injector says 3oo on one to 325. i know thats not great, and am hoping it will get better. has not run much more than an hour since rebuild. however the old major starts great with no better compression. an...

ya i suppose i am kind of fussy. kind of enjoy working these old things. it doesnt vary that much hot or cold. that bieng said i have no place to workit can only let it warm up. just for curiosity sake i got the timing cover off and put a couple small shims under the spring, will see what that will ...

oil pressure is about 25# checked with a couple of gages.

can this relief valve be shimed up? if so how much should it be shimed?

thanks a lot for the info guys. i compared the sumps today, it deffinately is not as deep by the oil pump as the super major, also it does have the big aluminum plate on the sump drain. tomorrow will try and see if the relief valve is in the timing cover.

well it deffinately looks like an R. yes it is a vacum style gov. on inj. pump. under the exhaust are the nos. L5Z then under that is a 3.dont know if all this helps or not. i just want to determine if the oil pump has its relief vale on the pump, or in the timing cover. thank again.