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Got it repaired by a friend :) http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p95/dukeeeey/tractor%20stuff%20p2/th_cropped1_zpsfa31f299.jpg Inside of old gear stick, was really worn and rusted. http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p95/dukeeeey/tractor%20stuff%20p2/th_SAM_0823_zps95580acf.jpg New gear stick http:/...

So our tractor got stuck in reverse gear. I think the actual gearbox is sound, but the linkage to the gearbox is very worn. The gear stick will spin about and almost come out. I found you can buy replacement gear sticks online complete with housing, but I am struggling to find this part http://i126....

When I rebuilt the breaks on my power major, I found the same.
Going forward you can make the wheels lock up, but in reverse .. virtually nothing.
Probably should point out the breaks are probably asbestos.

They would be useful if you had a loader on the front and needed extra weight. But otherwise I wouldn't bother. I can't imaging taking off a wheel with wheel weights lol.

where u put the engine oil in the top, check the colour of the oil in there. If its all white, it's probably leaking water into the engine.

this is my handy work

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no fordson major though :p

get a bit of pipework, stick it on the end of the bar to give you some more leverage, can undo anything that way
That doesn't look like oil coming out, the oil in the back end normally comes out looking like cream. My guess is .. that's rusty water :p

I've actually helped put a few clutches in other fords, the hard part was really getting the tractor back together. But never done a double clutch. Our other fords just have 1 clutch disc, and the bit which engages the PTO has separate discs somewhere else in the back end. I've read you need a speci...

I saw an advert in one of those antique tractor magazines for service exchange clutches, but sadly I lost it. Thinking of changing out the engine in our power major, but it needs a new (dual) clutch too. Anyone got any contact details for firms that do this ? Or is a dual clutch easy enough to do on...

i broke one of those, but the top one.
Not sure you can get replacements, just get a bolt with the right thread to fit

You could have an air leak on the fuel lift bowl. The seal goes after a while.

http://img861.imageshack.us/img861/6974/unledgc.jpg the drive gear on the arrow. It's only pressed on. You can get a lump hammer or something and hammer it off. You can get at the cir-clip then. That's what we did. The cir clip was a pain in the ass to get out since we had no proper tools, so a bun...

Agriline sell a replacement one. They also sell a repair kit. The seal on ours went and was leaking a bit, air was getting into the system and the tractor was stalling. Replacing the whole unit fixed it, but I am sure the repair kit would be just as good.

I had air bubbles on the fuel bowl on our major. I changed out the fuel pump with the glass bowl, problem solved. The seal gets a bit tired after 50 years.

The brakes on our 5600, are getting a bit tired. Honestly I wouldn't feel that safe driving it on the road with any kind of load behind me. The tractor has a Q cab on it. I was wondering, how hard is to service the breaks on these? I did the ones on our fordson major, but they were drum brakes, and ...

didn't you try and repair the old block where it was leaking ?

The trick to making gaskets is to use a hammer to cut them out. You just put the gasket paper over whatever u want to make a gasket for, then gently tap the edges with a hammer.

that rolled bearing has definitely failed. It's a good thing all the bearings didn't fall out !

any more pics of the engine rebuild ?

When rams fail they leak oil, so my guess is it is the pump/

isn't it possible to find some material to seal the o ring groove ?
Our old tractor has started leaking water into the sump so I either suspect the O ring has gone, or corroded or both. So I might give it a go at rebuilding the whole thing.

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