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Sounds like quite a battle, Super Billy's tie rod was also quite a fight to dismantle, but it sounds like your axle has been given a harder time. The repro bushes are wrong, the original ones were E27N-3109 (upper, with a blind grove) and E27N-3110 (lower with a through groove). As far as lubricatio...

If you have the oil leaking into the rear axle (which is often said to cause this failure) then you'd have to remove the gearbox casting altogether, if not I'm not sure you can manage without doing that. That seal is probably worth doing anyway if you go this far as then it should survive for longer...

A splitting rail should make life pretty easy, other than that just make sure everything is well held and won't come crashing down. Hope you don't need to replace any gears but there's only one way to find out, the bearing shouldn't be too difficult to find, it's part no. N-7065E, an N212 bearing. T...

Ouch, that bearing has gone on other tractors and is not the easiest to replace as you'll see in the manual. https://www.fordson.se/4B_V%E4xell%E5da_Suplement_Verkstadshandbok_016-035.pdf The bits mostly look like the roller cage, but it does look like there might be a damaged tooth from them, altho...

It depends on the engine, but older engines generally don't need new bolts or studs (if they're in good condition) but check manuals about that for each engine. I can confirm that neither Major's nor Dexta's need new bolts or studs.
Sandy

Glad the steering is better. I would check the axle first as it's easier to fix than the steering box, make sure the spindle arms are tight and are set at 0.025" from the extension (with no jacks). There should be no play in them, but they can become a problem if at some stage they were allowed to g...

Very handy rule Shepp, hope Davie never needs it but if he does we now know it.
Don't forget to reset the tappet clearances after retorquing the head.
Sandy

You might want to reset the free play, it's a bit involved (compared to how simple a single clutch is) but it can sort your PTO trouble. With the stop pin in the lower hole shorten the release rod until the PTO stops turning (if the pedal doesn't hit the pin when doing that the clutch will have bott...

The upper hole is for using the hydraulics when ploughing, allowing gear changing without affecting the PTO and hydraulics, the lower hole is for PTO work to enable stopping the PTO if needed. Never change the position of the PTO lever unless the clutch is fully down (stop pin in lower hole) as othe...

Very nice Power Major, I see you've got a much earlier bonnet. I think several parts are actually much later than a 58, more like a 60, but only the serial number and casting codes can answer that. Looks to me like the handbrake isn't fully off from the pics, so that might be what's wrong, but not t...

I'm not saying people didn't do this but there is no design feature to allow changing unless all gears are stationary. Anything else is likely to cause severe damage (there are ways to minimise that but they involve learning the hard way, which can make things like that worse). The comments about th...

I think you've answered your own question to some extent if you change on the move, as that willl cause real trouble. If however you didn't I'm not too sure why that's happened, remember that Major gearboxes always make some noise anyway.
Sandy

Good you've got that fixed. These things sometimes happen but if they work then as long as nothing suffers I don't see why it should be a problem.
Now to enjoy your Super Dexta!
Sandy

Old Hywel is right, you should get those from Agriline too if you don't already have them. There are others available too, as well as original ones on ebay and in scrapy's.
Sandy

Here are the relevant manuals, there are more around for other parts and periods too. https://www.fordson.se/4B_V%E4xell%E5da_Suplement_Verkstadshandbok_016-035.pdf http://www.fordson.se/5_Bakaxel_Suplement_Verkstadshandbok_001-015.pdf The clamp shouldn't be touched unless the seal needs replacing o...

Does look like a good view, only seen how they struggle with the modern seat so far.
Sandy

The manual agrees with that but I don't think you'll find many boxes without it as the load on that area is quite high.
Sandy

No shims suggest high wear, but there probably would be play if that were the case. If everything looks ok and there is no play just keep it as it is, I should also say there should be as little preload as possible, but never any play. If there is play with no shims the bearings probably need changi...

It tends to depend a bit, but you should always do it after the first warmup (when the tappets also need resetting) then officially at 50 hours, but I would do it more to get the best sealing.
Sandy

Glad that's better. I think many people with Major's and snow have their Major out to shift snow and help other vehicles when they get stuck.
Sandy

Mervyn Spencer wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:45 am

Sandy you made comment "these look good" were you referring to John's suggestion?

I was, I don't know what size John used, but I would say 1/8" diameter by 1/4" long cylindrical section with a 1/4" round head.
Sandy

I suggest you recheck the qualitrol linkage, and the main control spring adjustment, see what that does.
Sandy

I've never known the amount but as there are some others with these sumps that should sort that, I didn't expect what you said about the drain plug though, but then I looked at a genuine one and you're right, I'd never noticed that! Not too sure what you're asking about the tube. That's a very good ...

These look good, I would go for them. Make sure the sizes are all apropriate.
Sandy

Looks like an early July 56, don't know where you got the two other things from. The manuals are on the old forum ( http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/ubb/Forum4/HTML/001080.html ), also on the FFCN. The regulator goes in the dash, I don't have any pics of that but I think there are others on the for...