The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

And a happy new year to all of You from Finland.

Do the word Dexta have any other meaning than just a tractor model name. Like Major's a synonym for bigger, but Dexta??

I have used vege a fev years in a Diesel generator. Pros are that I get it for free and cons are carbon deposits in the engine.

The other end of the machine is made for digging, NOT the rear end.

the diff house is already sitting in the right side , but is made for reverse driving (like on loaders) The gears do not fit the other way in the housing. If the axle is from a backloader you have to put it upside down to get it right for a normal Major. Ok but then the drive shaft will turn forwar...

d.andersen wrote:the diff house is already sitting in the right side , but is
made for reverse driving (like on loaders)

The gears do not fit the other way in the housing. If the axle is from a backloader you have to put it upside down to get it right for a normal Major.

The only way to do it is to simply put the whole axle upside down. That is what they have done on Fordson Majors. http://www.google.fi/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.o5m6.de%2FGMC%252520CCKW-352%252520Open%252520Front_small.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.o5m6.de%2Fgmc_cckw352.html&h=769&w=639&tbnid=...

Roadless manual
http://fordson.se/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3159
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Dandy Dave wrote:Grani, Tell them it is old, obsolete, and hard to get parts for. Tell them it is time to up grade and you will be glad to haul the old unit away. Dandy Dave!

Yes I have had dreams about that, but they aren´t that stupid.

At my workplace, we have a sprinkler fire pump powered by a Ford 2725 that has an automatic start in a situation of both fire and blackout. It has less than 100h on the hourmeter.

Yes, a more organized information would be better to read. I am interested in all kind of information about the 590E engine and it´s history in Dagenham at that time.

I have waited for this information for a very long time.

There is an ongoing discussion in the finnish fordson forum about why pushrods has been bent every now and then on Majors. Some blame the decomp to be the reason and other stuck valves. What are your opinion on the subject?

It would be kind of cool to have a 590E (turbo charged, even!) powered generator, but I'm with you, I could find better things to put that engine in. Yes it,s cool, here is mine.http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w315/grani-album/Nyttpannrum004-1.jpg If you have more engines they would last for sev...

Brian wrote:Last tractor produced was a New Performance Super Major in September 1963 according to Ford Motor Company data. Dexta and Super Dexta production ceased some months earlier.

How about all 1964 produced Majors? Where was they produced then?

It is not a Roadless. It is a Selene 4WD conversion.

A friend of mine has a Major Roadless with a Brockhouse. The gearbox looks similar but not exact like this one.

Thanks for that Grani, it looks a similar hole arrangement, but this one seems to open onto the toothed circumference of the ring gear. Can't see any marks. It´s there alright, you just have to turn the flywheel around to see the timingmarks. In some cases there is only one mark and it can be hard ...

Yes there should be a cover on the hole with a screw holding it in the small hole. The hole is for showing the timingmarks on the flywheel. The first picture shows the cover when it´s closed and the next when it´s open . However the position of the cover on the picture is not the original. I had to ...

The unloadingvalve works better without the O-ring. I've removed it from my own Super Major years ago and it has worked perfectly ever since.

Merry Christmas , and a Happy New Year from Finland to all of You Fordson friends.

Matt 1944 N wrote:Here are a few photos of my new tractor

Yes, it looks like new.

Brian wrote:I wouldn't know Gavin, every switch that has failed in my two Discoverys has been of German origin!
All are stamped "Made in Germany".

When in Rome do as the Romans do.

Nice. Does it have a Ford 2702 engine?

Looks great, Grani! You're quite handy with your crane! :clap: It doesn't takes much horsepower from your tractor, so to hear? I have read somewhere that it takes only 15hp, so I have 93 left. :wink: Looks like you have been practicing. :clap: One little tip, when you dump the load, try to lift the...