The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

thanks bensdexta will do, great price oil, hope the postage to here
is the same

i understand what your saying about the engine but as it is the hyds i was thinking mybe the 15/40 would do, as i said i have morriss 30wt with great results in the engine. im in the rep/ireland and think the cost delivery from uk would be to expensive, the morris oil i have in the engine i got from...

thanks for quick reply , as usual your expert advice is invaluable, i had done all the usual googleing on engine oil but never really thought of the oil for the hyd/back end , il get me a tub of engine oil an filter and get the oil changed , i supose 15/40 oil would be ok as this is more avaible in ...

can any type of hydrulic oil be used in backend of our little old dextas, iknow
30w or 20/50 is ford/son recomended, , i have been offered 20lt [no name on tub]
and am wondering will this be ok for my little old s/dex ,
sky blue

hi idont know if they can be made to fit the dexta drawbar dexta is roughly 42 inches long so that one is shorter for a start, the part which anchor,s the drawbar may not line up hole wise either, there are four, also the swinging part of the hitch has four holes to line up, the thickness is ok at 1...

is there anyone who make the small lift arms from linkage to lift cover ,
this seems to be only part that canot be bought new for the dexta
all the main supplyers only do the 1000nd seires dexta which dont fit
the fordson dexta

never knew that they sold replacment ballends nice one, as for the front axel spacers, there was a debate on the old form about the need for them , i belive that they are , and acually made some for my own dexta , these can probley be bought new now same as the ballends. a few years back all thes th...

the mc connel will dig soil all day long no problem but it wont dig soild bed rock type gravel without bother, that would take a track machine or a jcb,the mc connel is handy to have for the like of digging drains as well as cleaning them ,lif you need a heavyer machine then you could hire one in th...

i dont know about the best repair method but i use a peice of soft metal ,copper or the such as this will wear again but will not wear out the metal ball as it is softer than the metal. it will take up the slack in the joint, just tap it into the cups an tighten up , this usually does mine about a y...

lovely restoration of the mc connel, hope someday to get round to doing my
own one up , good luck with her or is it a him anyway nice job

i have a mc connel i use on my s/dexta for dicthes among other jobs dont no how i did without it before, if your not hopeing its equlivant to a track machine it will do your job but if its to be used every day with alot of digging work might be better to go for a track or a jcb, i get by with my old...

im afraid in the red world the 35 ect has a heater or cold start as well the engines are very simular,there is no noticeable differance at first glance but there is alittle bit ,fordson made the castings and perkings made the smaller bits but they both need aheater to start in cold weather and some ...

a small spit of diesel intermitally from each injector as engine is turnned over
is normal, cant really help with engine kit i suppose they all much the same
someone eles on here may know which is best type to go for , good luck either way
sky blue

this is alesson in its self ,goes without saying if you buy an old tractor to save or make money YOU WONT as for money and time spent , think of it like this if you play golf or fish for a pastime hobby the money spent is on going and unrecoverable unless your a pro , the same with our little ol tra...

ok i got lend of a trailer off a friend , put 3ton of sand on it and lo an be hold little old dexta tipped right up diddnt even need to rev her up nice an smooth, so lads you were all right, must get a new ram or this old one recondition,at least we now know the dexta is man enough to lift an tip a ...

thanks gerry for you input, i have been thinking the same about the twin rams . must give it at least double or more lifting power before i do any thing ill have to get me a lend of a new trailer an put 3 or 4 ton on and see if its trailer or tractor,ill let ya all no how it works out :| sky blue

hi that seems ok the lift isnt supose to stay up for long peroids when not in use
it isnt good for the seals for lift to remain in raised position with engine off,
and can be dangerous
as long it doesnt drop with engine running an does its job you have nothing to worry about

point taken that is a quar lift for a 35 10.5 ton of grain and 4.5 ton trailer,
must be my hydrulics

after doing abit of surffing the web it seems this problem is not uncommon ,the dexta should be able to tip 2ton ,but it may also have something to do with loading of trailer it always helps to keep most of the load over back end of trailer,with 2ton on trailer of say sand laid flat on bed would be ...

thanks marcsgus for your input does this seem like a hydrulic problem as the dexta has no problem lifting the mc connel back actor i have and carrying it and this weighs approx 700kgs ,the hyds seem good enough ,could it be ram on trailer the problem as this is pretty old same age as trailer i supos...

i have been able to tip 1 ton , but when iput 2ton
of sand on ,the trailer a 3ton trailer , she wouldnt lift , i had to shovel some out before she
would the to tip, iwas wondering was this the normal or should she be able to tip 3ton ,
sky blue

how much weight can the dexta lift on the trailer. or do you just load the trailer
and hope the she can lift it ,this has probely been covered before but icant seem to find
it or cn someone point me to it sky blue

hi you may also check the joint at the end of the radius rods at the pedal end , theses may be worn , remove the pedal bolts and make half round type fillers these can be made from copper from an old copper cylinder/boiler or just use the one out of your house im sure the missus wont mind :D or some...

hi i used a screw driver to tap down between housing and bush ,and collpase the bush and tap it out . do the same tap and bottom ,fitting the new ones just tighten the housing up in vice and tap new ones in making sure they are propley linned up, the hardest part was taking housing axel end off, the...

thanks for the replys, idecided to let it go to someone eles or where ever
just couldnt take chance of having to rebuild and mybe other problems
after that illjust have to wait on another one comming along ,
always have the little ol superdexta to
to rely on in the mean time, skyblue