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by bobfaecullen
Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:25 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Dexta Casting Codes
Replies: 7
Views: 5057

Re: Dexta Casting Codes

Hi Mervyn, Thanks for info but that is engine casting codes, will probably still be useful, but there used to be a list of casting codes that could be found on gearbox, axle trumpets, back end castings which pointed to a date that the castings were produced. My original dexta has casting codes B10B ...
by bobfaecullen
Tue Apr 02, 2019 5:55 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Dexta Casting Codes
Replies: 7
Views: 5057

Dexta Casting Codes

Hi All,

Does anyone know where I can find the list of casting code dates nowadays please

Bob
by bobfaecullen
Sun Mar 31, 2019 8:40 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Dexta Narrow
Replies: 2
Views: 2438

Re: Dexta Narrow

Hi Bradders, have sent you a pm.
by bobfaecullen
Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:22 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Oh No!
Replies: 8
Views: 7066

Re: Oh No!

was it on the tractor seat ?
by bobfaecullen
Mon Apr 23, 2018 7:48 am
Forum: Miscellaneous topics
Topic: FTP lives on! New site ownership!
Replies: 7
Views: 9717

Re: FTP lives on! New site ownership!

Well done guys for preserving this wealth of information, I don't post much but I love to read what others are up to.

Bob
by bobfaecullen
Mon Apr 18, 2016 6:01 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Starter Motor Bendix
Replies: 3
Views: 6402

Re: Starter Motor Bendix

Hi All, An update on the starter pinion gear (not Bendix), after much internet searching I found this http://woodauto.com/Component.aspx?Ref=SDV31032, spoke to the company and after much measuring and e mailing back and forth we decided that this was a replacement for the original pinion gear and cl...
by bobfaecullen
Sat Apr 09, 2016 10:14 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Starter Motor Bendix
Replies: 3
Views: 6402

Starter Motor Bendix

Hi All,

Does anyone know where I can buy a starter motor bendix gear for my Dexta, looks like it maybe broke a gear tooth and then stripped the rest, it is the original push lever to engage type starter motor.

Bob
by bobfaecullen
Thu Mar 24, 2016 8:16 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Manifold Heater
Replies: 15
Views: 14853

Re: Manifold Heater

Hi All, Update on progress with manifold heater. I now have my "whoosh" back - well almost. I ordered up a VPF3701 as suggested by NVNL because it looked similar to the heater fitted to my Dexta and connected it up before fitting it in the manifold, held the heater button for 20 seconds, saw the coi...
by bobfaecullen
Sun Feb 07, 2016 3:56 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Manifold Heater
Replies: 15
Views: 14853

Re: Manifold Heater

Thanks for update Richard, your's is the later version with a small reservoir filled from the injector spill pipes and I think the heater allows the fuel to pass after the heater has been operated for a certain length of time. Older tractors were fitted with a push button type primer pump which is p...
by bobfaecullen
Sun Feb 07, 2016 8:50 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Manifold Heater
Replies: 15
Views: 14853

Re: Manifold Heater

Richard, Does your tractor have the primer pump arrangement to supply the heater, I haven't yet got back to have a look at my heater, but the part you quote looks identical to the one on my tractor but it is a 1958 dexta with primer pump. If it turns out to be the same then I would buy a new heater ...
by bobfaecullen
Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:33 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Manifold Heater
Replies: 15
Views: 14853

Re: Manifold Heater

OK, thanks Brian.

Is the jet simply like a carburettor jet with a small hole in a brass bush or is it a spring loaded ball valve arrangement, will be having a look later on today sometime.

Bob
by bobfaecullen
Sun Jan 24, 2016 6:01 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Manifold Heater
Replies: 15
Views: 14853

Manifold Heater

Hi All Can anyone tell me how much fuel should come through the manifold heater when you push the primer button, tractor has recently become difficult to start from cold and I'm not hearing the usual "whoosh" after pushing the primer button. I took the heater out of the manifold today and can see th...
by bobfaecullen
Fri May 23, 2014 4:18 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Stefan's Website
Replies: 2
Views: 4445

Stefan's Website

I have been trying for some time to access Stefan Riegel's website using the link in the forum but it hasn't worked for a long time now. I have eventually tracked it down to a new website and thought I should share it's location with everyone on here, maybe someone else has found it before me, but n...
by bobfaecullen
Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:29 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Tacho original?
Replies: 4
Views: 4042

Re: Tacho original?

Hi All, The tacho on my 1958 Dexta is an AC tacho, very similar to the one in the photo except the info is displayed on the bottom half of the face. Note the pto speed is 1600 rpm as opposed the one in the photo which is 1800 rpm, pulley speeds are the same at 2000rpm http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2...
by bobfaecullen
Sat Feb 18, 2012 4:38 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Dexta Information Plate
Replies: 11
Views: 9168

Re: Dexta Information Plate

The top picture is a photo of the plate on my Dexta, I posted it some time ago. The tractor is early 1958, Serial No 957E 834, and the plate would appear to be original fitting, although it was covered in black from the exhaust and I only found it when I was fitting a new clutch plate.

Bob.
by bobfaecullen
Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:08 pm
Forum: Ford World Series
Topic: Ford 4000 Cold Starting
Replies: 6
Views: 8192

Ford 4000 Cold Starting

Hi All,

Does anybody know if early Ford 4000's had a cold start device and if so what is it ?

Bob
by bobfaecullen
Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:59 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Steering Box - overhaul or not?
Replies: 67
Views: 85748

Re: Steering Box - overhaul or not?

Hi Mervyn,

Thanks for the offer - I will hang on to see if I can get something in the UK first of all, if not then I will get back to you.
by bobfaecullen
Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:24 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Steering Box - overhaul or not?
Replies: 67
Views: 85748

Re: Steering Box - overhaul or not?

Hi All, I've taken my steering box to bits as I had a huge amount of sideways play on the rocker shafts - somebody has been in there before and been adding shims on the inside of the rocker shaft to try to take up the slack. There is a lot of wear on the bearing surfaces of the rocker shafts, so muc...
by bobfaecullen
Thu Jun 09, 2011 9:14 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: proof meter
Replies: 11
Views: 14671

Re: proof meter

Hi All,

Here is another version of the proofmeter. This one has the pto speed at 1600 instead of the later 1800, it is on an early 1958 dexta.
It's an AC unit with service hours at 1412rpm



Image
by bobfaecullen
Thu Jan 13, 2011 2:31 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Dexta Register.
Replies: 68
Views: 193213

Re: Dexta Register.

1958 Standard Dexta

Serial No:- 957E 834
Engine No:- 1401766
Clutch Housing:- A15B
Gearbox:- B10B
Rear Axle:- A22B
Hydraulic Top:- B5B
Right Axle:- B10B
Left Axle:- B12B

Registered for road use 23rd May 1958
by bobfaecullen
Tue Aug 10, 2010 9:23 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Dexta Special
Replies: 7
Views: 15092

Hi All, Just back from our annual Tour de France (no not the bike race, although we did see a bit of a stage in Pau). Catching up on the Dexta news I see this article on Dexta Special and guess what I found on a campsite beside Bergerac - a Dexta Special. Here are some photos. The campsite warden do...
by bobfaecullen
Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:08 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Thread Sizes
Replies: 8
Views: 8600

According to the parts list the bolts that go through the bottom of the front nose cone are 5/16 UNC x 5/8" long, can't see anything for the rear axle trumpets.

Bob
by bobfaecullen
Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:44 am
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Belt Pulley
Replies: 3
Views: 3612

Hi All, An update on the pulley situation. Went to a local auction last weekend which is held about 8 times a year because there were a couple of saw benches advertised - the main reason for the pulley question - and would you believe it, there was also a MF belt pulley for sale as well. I came away...
by bobfaecullen
Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:25 pm
Forum: Fordson Dexta
Topic: Belt Pulley
Replies: 3
Views: 3612

Belt Pulley

Hi All, I've been searching through the old forum for info on a dexta belt pulley, these seem to be rather thin on the ground so I thought about fitting a Fergie pulley. Someone has already posted on this subject, but the reply was - i have the same thing - the splines are a different size i think y...
by bobfaecullen
Sat Dec 19, 2009 8:14 pm
Forum: Ford World Series
Topic: Ford 4000 Oil Leak
Replies: 4
Views: 8262

Well I did try to get the oil canister to seal (several times :twisted: ) by using some instant gasket, but I couldn't get it to seal perfectly, even to the point it was ok one day, but when I started it next day, it leaked again. Got the owner to go to local CNH dealer to ask if the conversion kit ...