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Very smart. Nice to see sunshine too, our festive season has been dull, grey and wet.
Note the bent radius rod. Causes the steering to pull one way, most noticeable on a good road.

Rolled Steel Joist, also known as an ‘I-beam’

A misfiring engine is not desirable, I think we’d accept. However, i cannot agree with the comments above concerning the governor ‘ overloading’ one cylinder in an effort to maintain the desired engine speed. The manifold vacuum does not fluctuate even if one cylinder is not firing, therefore the ra...

While I can agree that a misfiring engine may cause unwanted unbalanced loading to the crank, I must disagree with the suggestion that a misfiring engine speeds up and down as a result. As mentioned earlier, the governor reacts to maintain a steady engine speed, and is not affected by the condition ...

4 psi is 4 psi whatever the medium.
I’m puzzled though, where has this pressure limit come from?

It’s called rust
Usually near the sealing ring in the base of the block.

The liners in a Major can rust through, particularly if antifreeze hasn’t been used.

Billy26F5 wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:27 pm

I see the starter rod is inspired by Billy, as is the gear lever!
Sandy

I’m curious, what’s different?

As mentioned, these engines won’t start without functioning glowplugs. Since they’re wired in series, if one fails that’s it. While cranking, does the exhaust smoke? If so, you probably have fuel being injected. If not, bleed it again; two points on the pump, then loosen one or two injector lines an...

Take off the side plate and check that the rack is sliding freely, without any tight spots. A dousing from an oil can may help.
Not familiar with that pump on a Dexta, is it a Super?

The brackets look like those for the old, tubular Horndraulic loader. Superseded soon afterwards by the more conventional box-section model.

While your combination may work well, there’s always the possibility of problems should you need to stop suddenly. With the mower acting as a large flywheel, dipping the clutch won’t stop forward travel and you could easily find yourself halfway over a hedge or through a wall before all motion ceases.

So it is, recently resurrected.

Strange, others can obviously see the photo in the initial post, but all I get is a small box around the word ‘image’.
No amount of clicking/tapping has any effect.

Q-plate can be registered as historic, 40 years after registration.

Nifty bit of plumbing between Dowty and Exactor couplings.
Fergy top link, possibly Nuffield drawbar.

Regarding taxation class, I understand that red diesel is permitted in tractors ‘taxed as an agricultural machine’. A neighbour was stopped by the Revenue while carrying a unusual (but legal) load. Investigations showed that the road tax had expired, therefore not taxed as an agricultural machine. R...

Look at the mig welding photos, and you’ll see weld repairs to the front face of the timing cover, where engine coolant has eroded the alloy.
If I remember correctly, there should be a copper gasket behind the water pump, protecting the alloy from such attack.

A similar lamp was used on some versions of the ‘upright’ Ford Pop, I seem to remember.

Don’t feel too sorry, unusually warm here recently with temperatures in mid to high teens.
We don’t have a climate so much as weather.

Billy, you’ve posted over twenty photos above, only a handful of which are of reasonable quality. They are mostly out of focus or poorly lit, leaving us to guess at the content. Can I ask that you review your shots before posting, and weed out any that are not up to standard, improving our appreciat...

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda, as they say round here.

Sounds like you’re thinking of Select-o-speed, early 4/500 only. With the difficult column change it was pot luck as to which gear engaged, whatever you had selected. Later ones were fine, though I can’t remember the lever layout.

While we’ve all done things we shouldn’t, and cut a few corners occasionally, I can’t believe anyone would film themselves using a machine with an unguarded driveshaft.

Keep the bearing inners and outers as sets, don’t mix.