The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Thanks Frank, I'll have to measure that fan clearance. I think that the tractor may have been a P6 conversion, so it could be a problem.
Regards
Kav.

Can anybody tell me if the Radiator Cores in the E27N's were different between the Petrol/kero tractor and the P6 Diesel Tractors. I have two radiators here, one has 47 cores and the other which has the P6 generator cutaway, has about thirty, spaced out further. Thanks, Kav.

Thanks for your replies, Kev and Skidrow. Today I made a puller and welded it to the Brake disk as you described Kev and I got it off. It was badly rusted on, and I had to weld it properly all the way round, and even then I had to really pull hard with a three foot bar on the three-quarter inch bolt...

Can anybody give me some ideas on how to remove a seized inner brake disk on the left side of a 1963 Super Major. When I got the tractor, the brake was totally seized as it was rusted onto the inner housing. I have got the outer disk off, and the inner one is now free from the housing, but I cannot ...

From what I remember , the gearbox ratios in the last of the Australian Super Majors ( with the Grey wheels) was changed. I think that fourth gear was slightly slower and the gearing in the front drive of the PTO was slowed down also. Obviously this slowed the Hydraulic Pump down and would have made...

There is a Dexta Petrol for sale in Australia on Ebay with about 2 days to go - Kav

Thanks Emiel - regards - Kav.

Hi all, Can anybody tell me if the Belt Pulley unit from an E27N will fit into a Super Major without Modifications? Thank you - Kav.

Thanks Barry, that colour should be in the old Dulux Books, i'll go and check it out tomorrow - I'm working on restoring a Super Major at the moment and I am just about up to the wheels - Michael.

I'm sure I have seen it somewhere before , but I can't find it now, but had anybody got a paint colour, or a formula, for the Red wheels on the Australian Farm/Power/Super Major Diesels- not the Orange colour that is often quoted here. Thanks - Kav.

Thanks Tim E- Kav

When did the pivot pin under the sump change to one inch diameter?? - Kav

Hi Lester, I have found that Ron Clancey at Clanceys in Toowoomba is very helpful when restoring older tractors. He has new as well as second hand and keeps a lot of Fordson parts in stock, both mechanical and tinware. Good luck - best regards - Michael.

Years ago I had the same trouble with a 1954 Diesel Major. After I put new slipper bearings in , the oil pressure did not increase. I eventually found that the relief valve was not seating properly and at about 15-20 psi, most of the oil was going through the valve. I changed the relief valve and go...

Hi everybody, In Australia, Malcolm Moore built a lot of E27N Fordson graders. The belt pulley was live on them which worked the controls. There were also a lot of McCormack- International Graders based on the W6 tractors. They had Dual 24 inch wheels on the back. Chamberlain was the most modern tra...

Hi everybody. During the early 1950's some of the Ford dealers here in Australia were fitting the Perkins L4 to the E27N tractors. Prior to that there were supposed to have been 68 E27N tractors fitted with the L4 by Ford, before the release of the P6. Because the P6 was not running to full capacity...

Hi all - The method that I have used many times is similar to what you describe except that, depending on the size of the bearing, I do three or four short, thick welds across the cup roughly evenly spaced around the bearing. I use a weaving motion to build it up fairly thick, about an inch wide, an...

Hi Pete - I think it is just part of the cab arrangement, to seal the floor and pedal areas. You can see where there have been doors on both sides hinged from the centre panel, and the boxes are the door step and there is a lower step to climb up. I have seen a similar thing in a photo years ago. It...

Hi Kev, I have a Super Major which has had one of those fitted a long time ago. I have had it for a couple of years but have not done anything to it yet.It is a future restoration job as it was seized up when I got it because it had been used as a travelling Irrigator anchor, getting wet every day. ...

Hi Eric and everybody- I'm not far behind you in age Eric I'm 64 and I was three years old when my father sold the Cork Fordson. We lived somewhere near Stevo's area outside Ipswich and sold that farm and the tractor with it in November 1948. The farm we then bought, where we still live had a new E2...

Hi Frank and all, I think there are some more changes or different colours in the pre-WW2 Fordsons as my father had a tractor in 1947 which had done a lot of work as it had an engine rebuild and gearbox bearing replacement at that stage. This tractor was definitely identified as being made in Cork w...

Hi Super6 - From memory, there used to be a tacho drive adaptor which slides down into the block to connect to the oil pump very similarly to a distributor on a petrol engine. You may be able to machine up one out of an old distributor. I think there used to be a petrol engine in a truck which had a...

Brian, I have a 1984 Steiger Panther lll which I bought about 13 years ago. It has the Caterpillar 3406 Motor which is much more fuel efficient and has better torque than the 903 Cummins. The most efficient running is in the 1600 to 1700 rpm range, where they are one of the cheapest cost per acre ma...

Hi NT, One of my neighbours did exactly what you have in mind. He had a 58 major and he took the Vacuum governor pump off and fitted the Minimec pump. He did what you propose to do. He didn't touch the sump or timing case but drilled the extra holes for the Minimec cradle. If you can't get enough ad...

Hi Peter - was the Perkins acting like this before you got the injectors serviced? Is it easy to start when cold? Which injector pump is fitted? The reason I ask this is that I had a 6-354 on a front end loader and it worked well until I got the Injectors serviced and the pressures were brought up t...