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While you are at the pump with a spanner, it might be worth taking the side plate off (8 bolts) and using an oil can put a couple of squirts of engine oil on each of the plungers in there. Don't worry about overdoing it as any excess will drain out of the overflow. The pumps are designed to be lubri...

Hi Kevin don't panic, first thing to try is undo the 2 vacuum pipes on the front of the pump that run to the inlet manifold. Unscrew them from the pump end and put your fingers over the 2 holes in the pump (with the engine off). Now move the stop lever on the pump backwards into the stop position th...

If you made a bracket for the pump you could bolt it onto the front of Billy using the weight holes, it would save having to line the tractor and pump up every time to keep the belt on, and if the pipes are long enough you wouldn't have to un-hitch the tank. Be easy enough to remove it when not in u...

Worked on a farm in the 80s with 2 new ish John Deere 2130s and a 1972 Leyland 253 with the Perkins AD3 engine. If the temperature dropped a few degrees below freezing the JDs wouldn't start, even though they were kept in the barn, but the old faithful Leyland never failed to start and lived outside...

The rubber filler pipes always seem to run uphill, even with the mounting bracket fitted properly!
John

Shame it's all gone, but at least you shouldn't miss the shutters too much in your climate
John

I was wrong, they are direct injection, thanks Shepp!

Sounds like the MF is either low on compression or needs the injectors sorting. The smoke is very likely to be unburned fuel, meaning the injectors aren't atomizing it properly or injecting too much, or the compression isn't high enough to combust it properly. Or a combination of both. I think th MF...

Hi Illka, try messaging Railswood Tractors, they may be able to help
John
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I used to drive a Clayson 1530 in the 80s, i think it had a Deutz engine. The farm next door had a Ransomes 801, that had a Major engine and it's now rotting away in a wood

Hi Emiel, i agree with you about being an unfair comparison, my point was that when people say Majors were good starters they are comparing them to other diesels of the time, but just because they start easily compared to indirect injection it doesn't mean that the engine is in good condition
John

Sandy, here are the pics Illka posted of the release bearing
John

The 4 cylinder 35s were particularly bad, but apparently drilling the head and adding Land Rover glow plugs will get them going. Skimming the head and using a thinner head gasket to raise the compression also helps
John

If you bear with me for a day or so i'll compare them to my ford 4100 and let you know
John

I think when people say Majors are good starters they mean they will start on the key (or lever) and are comparing them to alot of other diesels of that era, like the 4 cylinder Massey 35. As Sandy says there is a big difference between one that starts and a good starter. A simple oil and filter cha...

If it isn't blowing lots of blue smoke, chucking out oil or water, or knocking badly then i wouldn't panic, as long as your oil pressure light is working. If you get oil in the water, or worse, water in the oil then start to worry. But even that isn't the end of the world, everything has a fix. A lo...

The post has vanished! There were 2 pics of a destroyed thrust bearing and adjuster bolts in a dexta clutch that lasted 2 hours after fitting the wrong bearing
John

Great pics Illka! Shows the results of using the wrong parts
John

I think the designers just got it spot on. The combination of compression ratio, bore and stroke and simplicity have made it one of the most successful diesel engines for agricultural and industrial use ever. Even when worn and neglected they still manage to have enough compresssion to start, there ...

A few here to choose from
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Funny you should say that, if i sat on one now I'd look like Oliver Hardy!!
John

I was going by the cover, came across alot of them on 70's mopeds (Malaguti, Garelli etc) that just had magnetos, no battery. Unless you held the throttle full open the horn sounded like a dying duck
John

Hi, have you seen this one?
John
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I think it may be a Magneti Marelli
John

Very interesting. The first one looks like an Allis B with Major tinwork!
John