The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Looks like you resolved it but reading down from the start it had to be the brakes, with both wheels off the ground even in gear with transmission brake applied the rear wheels should spin in opposite directions through the diff. Disc brakes are notorious for seizing on when stood for any length of ...

Lot of info there, very informative

Thanks, yes we have got quite a successful group running on Facebook and any e1a enthusiasts are more than welcome to join us.

If I could work out how to post pictures I'd upload some for you.

They are handed, the wire comes of the backplate on the opposite side. You can get away with taking the plastic lens out and turning it over to make them into a pair. There is a chap on ebay selling a 'pair' of original rear lamps currently but they are both the same side.

Quite rare to find, we had a couple of new old stock ones here.

I can't seem to access the Facebook link you posted for some reason. The original engine serial was s155459, it now has s204932 which would be around aug/sept 1960. It has a minimec pump, it doesn't have the casting down near the sump to accept the separate glass sediment bowl (the later style lift ...

Hi, sorry I dont get on here very often these days but had a few spare moments this morning. I haven't come across any more prototypes, it was more luck than judgement that I stumbled across the one mentioned at the start of this thread. I have looked for any historical pictures showing my tractor b...

Shrouded stats are hard to find but new old stock AC ones turn up on ebay. As stated they block off the bypass port. In the UK unless working hard on a hot day you're unlikely to notice any issues if you cant find a shrouded one but it's worth making the effort to have it right. Running with no stat...

Just to be devil's advocate on this one, we've run majors for 1000s of hrs and have not knowingly encountered any breakages in the pto driveline. We've run NH 268 and 276 balers, drum and disc mowers, rotavators and all kinds of pto powered equipment without any bother. Equally we have been breaking...

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Sat Jan 14, 2023 6:14 am

I am looking for camshaft gears with the three bolt style used in the early model Fordsons. The part number is E1ADKN-6256-B

We may have some here. Where are you located, UK or further afield?

We have weights here for sale. Andover, Hants

I think this style of wheel was used in between the aluminium and more common bakelite type. We have a couple of diesel majors which have had this type fitted.

It's called the fordson e1a major 1951 - 64 sales and discussion group.

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Fri Sep 02, 2022 11:47 am

What is the Facebook page called that you refer to, Ed, about the E1A Majors?

I use a couple of guide rods (easy to make by cutting head off some bolts) this helps with removal and refitting to keep things square. Don't lose the split collets off the feed pipe, a lot of people don't realise they exist until after refitting they can't raise any pressure. There is an O ring on ...

You do see some majors on the continent fitted with mechanical governed injector pumps, these were optional before the minimec started being fitted around April 62 I had always had the impression the minimec appeared on 4 and 6 cyl lorry, industrial and tractor in April 62, I think many industrial e...

The gearing is done in the transfer box. The casing is machined to suit different gear sets. The same was done for the 6/4 ploughmaster which had 38" rear wheels and again two possible diff ratios. The np roadless conversions had the mk2 transfer box with lower output shaft to make prop angle better...

According to Stuart there were 25 prototypes. The one I have 599phk was registered to the Ford motor company in May 1959. The back end casting is dated late 58 or early 59 I can't quite remember off hand. It has disc brakes fitted. The top cover is super major but devoid of any casting marks. Simila...

The casting date on the block is August 1960 I believe. It doesn't have the casting detail for the small glass sediment bowl located close to the join with the sump but instead a neat folded bracket to position the bowl in the correct place. I've not really studied the injector pump mounting detail,...

The prototype super major is the same as a blue orange super in terms of ratios (and also power/diesel major come to that). It has the diff lock, disc brakes and hydraulic top cover per a super major. Engine wise it has a minimec pump fitted so was most likely used to test out the mechanical injecti...

We operate a number of majors on hay and now not so much with straw. The NP with 3.5 diff is generally in 4th gear for most of the work we do, baling 3rd and 4th with correctly sized swathes. The low diff NP is not suited to this work, too low geared. I suspect the lower gearing was aimed at higher ...

I think the 3.5 diff was more common than you think, yes a early np all seem to be the low diff but by late 63 the tables seem to have turned in favour of the 3.5. Regards, Ed First things first, if the gearbox oil level is down due to the gearbox output shaft seal and/or the double lipped oil seal ...

They are not very common especially in the UK. We have a few fitted to tractors and some on the shelf. I have examples of each type.

The NP raised PTO has a cover with four holes only and it's not round, this one is 1:1. The earlier raised PTO has a round cover with 8 holes (only 4 bolts) and it's round, this one is 1.33:1. I don't know which one you need, but you can tell from the PTO casting under the gearbox, if it's very big...

I have seen plain head bolts fitted usually when an industrial engine has been fitted or a front driven hydraulic pump added etc.
We have early and late bolts with the starting dog. I think we may still have a handle or two available also.
Thanks.