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To me, it sounds more like a slip clutch problem than a tractor problem.

There is the same slip clutch on our rotary pasture topper which releases on over-run.

Thanks for your kind words gentlemen :D My brother took the tracor out on a charity tractor run on Sunday which was not too warm. He reported a heavy shower half way round made life a little miserable for those without a cab, but he was dry with no leaks. A problem I need to address is the up-draugh...

Hi Brian, I will probably end up fitting an electric window wiper at some point. I was under a bit of pressure to get the cab finished for tomorrow (Sunday) because my brother wants to take it on a tractor run organised by a local enthusiasts group. My intention is to fit a windscreen wiper, indicat...

Finished Project.
Well almost... just the manual windscreen wiper to fit and the new sliding window handles.

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Job Done!

Absolutely correct! Well spotted.

The end is in sight. http://imageshack.us/a/img203/2237/qh22.jpg [/URL] [/img] T-Washed all the new galv tinwork with a mordant solution, 3 coats of zinc primer followed by 2 coats of red oxide primer. A good flatting off with high grade wet & dry before 3 coats of Mchine Enamel Frdson Empire Blue. ...

Hi Brian, that is a tidy looking cab you have there and apparently in good order. I was a little confused about how your right hand door opens, until I realised there isn't one! :oops: A little more progress on our cab refurb. We have boxed in the areas around the foot pedals, it doesn't look too pr...

This was the difficult door skin.

Hi Brian, I hope your cab fitted easier than ours, it didn't come from a dexta and all the wheel arch radii were wrong and at the wrong angle, so we have had a lot of altering to do. We are altering the doors to be a full length full width fit and putting the compound shape into the door skin has be...

Hi all, I just thought I would post some pics of our progress restoring and fitting a Winsam Cab to our '61 Dexta. http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3494/mdzc.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img607/9450/t9c4.jpg [/URL] [/img] http://imageshack.us/a/img802/7990/z9ie.jpg [/URL] [/img] http://imageshack.us/a...

Just to chuck my twopenny's worth in,

When my tractor still had its roll bar on, I turned a 10t bottle jack on its side and pushed out the pin from against the roll bar.

Regards, Jamie.

Absolutely stuck on the half shaft; the way to go is :- 1. Soak the hub/half-shaft interface with loads of easy-free type lubricant and leave as long as possible. 2. Locate, beg, borrow, fabricate big pullers. Three leg best, two - ok. 3. Apply pull pressure with the pullers, hub may come off 4. If ...

I hear what Mervyn is saying but I have just addressed this problem oil leak on one of our dextas, and it turned out to be a failed gasket between the injection pump and timing case.
Easy fix with a new gasket or instant gasket.

Best Regards, Jamie.

Hi Gerald,
Thanks for the reply.

The copper rings were missing when the caps were removed and only full face copper gaskets were fitted.

I will remove them and check with a straight edge. If I find distortion, I suppose I could always remove a few thou with the milling machine.

Regards, Jamie.

Hi Guys,

I have just installed new copper gaskets to the combustion chamber caps but can,t seem to stop the leaking from around the edges.

Any Ideas would be apprreciated.

Would an instant gasket application to both sides of the copper work do you think?

If you have a safety frame fitted, you should be able to use a small car jack horizontally against the frame to push out the pin.

Failing that you might have to remove a mudguard and/or some lift linkage to get a good swing for driving it out.

Regards, Jamie.

Hi Dextas, I had the same problem which was overcome with the use of handy small cold chisel, freshly sharpened. Clutch pedal in the vice and then carefully cut a slit with the chisel across the internal face of the bush. If you are lucky you might find the bush already has a manufactured split in i...

Finally got the pesky fan shroud finished off, prepped and painted. Just thought I would share a couple of pics to finish this part of the story. http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/8725/finishedfanshroud1.jpg http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/7974/finishedfanshroud2.jpg Next job is to fit the nose ...

Hi. I feel that I should just mention that although you have cleared the blockage for the moment, it is quite possible that it will block again, due to the tank having in it, more of what blocked it in the first place. The permanent solution to this is to remove and perhaps pressure wash out the ta...

Wow.... a car quality paint job... Geez louise! Wonderful! Blacken up the tyres get them to match the beauty of the tractor... Gosh, I would never believed a tractor that could be so slick and 'wet' looking... Congrats! Thanks for your kind words, and a tin of tyre black has just been added to the ...

Jamie, What exactly did you do - cut a piece out of one side and weld a piece of sheet on the outside to give a fraction more clearance? Or did you split it and open it out to a bigger diameter? Or maybe both!? Was your original one missing, or completely beyond hope? I'm going to repair mine. Hi B...

Hi, The inside end of the side stud is also held on by a nut behind the casting. This nut is probably loose which is why the whole thing is turning. My guess is that the threads on the inside end of side stud will be damaged now and so the inside nut will not tighten anymore. If you have access to h...

First of all welcome to the forum.

Would it be possible to outline exactly what the problem is, and/or post a couple of pictures?

Regards, Jamie.

Fan Shroud woes I'm afraid. :( I decided to replace the fan shroud with a new one and so ordered the item from A******e which duly arrived. I was disappointed to discover that it was a fiberglass Item and gave them a call. I was informed that it was a good fitting item and many sold with no problems...

Enamel paint does take some time to cure, especially if only a small ratio of thinners is used.