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Am I holding the thermostat the correct way round here? Or does it need flipping around the other way? Every manual I come across only shows the original bellows type thermostat

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Its been put to one side and ive placed the old gasket on the block to see the differences between the two...Im doubting i'll use agriline when I rebuild the engine in the dexta, just cant trust their crap. Saying that the rest of the kit seems good (apart from having to purchase 2 extra sets of pis...

When you get it off, put a good straight edge on your block and see if it is warped. It most likely is your agriline gasket. I use Fell pro on all my engines, they work every time. What all did they do to your head? You may have some bad valve seals with the kit you bought. Did you have a good torq...

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The HG is leaking badly now. Is this possibly crap Agriline quality? Had the head skimmed but not the block, I cant see that the block is warped. WHat decent makes do a HG for the 23c?

Tomorrow is going to consist of mostly stripping the head back off this tractor

I dont have a bellows type thermostat, when i stripped down it was missing any type of thermostat. The one ive got is a 'standard' modern one. I just have no idea if thres preference to the way in which its fitted in the housing. and the bubbking around the hg now seems to have gone. Ran for a secon...

I managed to aquire one of these a few months ago, but its minus the bracket which fits on the top link area of the tractor... Basically, as you lift the hydraulic arms, a lever off the top of the top link bracket pulls an arm which lifts the loader arm as the hydraulics raise. I have no photos but ...

For anyone interested, this week ive been putting the hours in after work in an effort to get this 23c ferguson mobile this weekend. I split the tractor for the 2nd time at the bellhousing, as a big part of me wanted to check the fuel injection timing was set correctly to cam and tbd timing. Pleasan...

Id be fairly interested at that money. Id imagine the cost of importing here would be pretty big?

frode wrote:Several Ploughmaster 75's for sale in Norway now. Around £3000 will get you one...

bargain!!

Much in the way of 95's out there? and what sort of money are they asking?

Theres nothing really wrong with it as far as I can tell, just needs a major service and about 100 acres of hay to bale to get it bedded in again. I don't think its had much use at all over the years, very little wear on it. Oh and the odd *bang* from the rammer gearbox area, but it hasn't developed...

Ahh the round bales. haha. One of the neighbours came to bale some for himself, they have a Claas or Krone I cant remember which.

Ben, its not the best! haha. The super 68 Grandfather farmed with for all those years before this one was pretty spot on though. rarely missed a bale from what im told

Its a New Holland Super hayliner 68, had very little use through the years. Picked it up from someone locally a few years back. Currently barn stored, fully intend to use it behind my dexta sometime in the future

Came across a couple of photos from 2009 of dads Ploughmaster 75 and my grandfathers zetor 3545. Thought some might be interested :) I was in the ploughmaster and dad was in the zetor http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m516/peterb74/roadlessbaling_zps0812e6b1.jpg http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums...

This ferguson doesn't have excess fuel button. Could be the diesel in the manifold going through though. Seen a vid on youtube of a rebuilt one which seems to smoke and sound just like mine on cold startup so that gives me some confidence. Looking at another vid of bleeding the fuel system, im wonde...

Right, after setting the fuel injection timing for the second time (was 180 degrees out first time, set pump to C, locked the flywheel at 16 degrees before tdc and spun the pump over to G) And engine starts superbly with a little heat :clap: The only issue is, it will run for 20 seconds with quite a...

Nevis, where in Shropshire are you? I often travel up there offroading and the girlfriend is in uni at harper adams. Im pretty keen to do like you've done, although I may try adding a T to the fuel supply from the tank to direct supply the glow plug/fuel valve, instead of the fuel tap primer pump me...

Been a while since Ive been on this forum! Dexta hasn't been used for quite a while now. Im just coming to the close of the Ferguson FE35 23c engine rebuild, and have a few niggly issues i'm working through. During this, I fitted a new glow plug/fuel valve thing to the manifold. Tried it yesterday f...

Jerry, Been doing just that all evening. Just need for find a repair manual for the 23c now which has the relevant data. Shame Haynes don't do one! Managed to find a rough guide on setting up timing anyway. Starting to wonder whether a bepco kit would be better for this seeing as its not a good star...

Going to look into engine services just as soon as I get the crank out. Finally made some ground today getting the head off, and spilt the tractor at the bellhousing. Removed the timing gear cover to reveal gearing which is nothing like that described in Agrilines' Massey Ferguson 4 cylinder gas & d...

Jerry, im only 20minutes from brecon, i wasnt aware of anywhere there that did engine stuff?

I had Phoenix Engine Services in Hereford in mind for skinming the head and fitting new valve guides..used them in the past and their prices are very reasonable.

Thanks for the help. Ive said to neighbour about possibly having the crank reground depending on wear- how do they go about this though? Do they build it up and grind it back to standard size or take a though off and me fit a slightly bigger bearing? Next step to find out who does that sort of thing...

This is off topic in my book, seeing as I couldnt see anywhere else suitable for it :) Im just about to commence engine overhaul on my neighbours FE35. Engine is pretty well worn and addicted to easystart to get her going. Back in the days of college where I studied Agricultural Engineering, during ...

Yeah tried a couple of those small tubs of k-seal stop leak, still seeps out. Im wondering now whether i would have been better off just filling the crack with tigerseal or similar instead of the palaver i carried out. My plan was to licence the tractor with the original engine still in it so it sti...

I thought you welded your block? Was it not a success? Welded it, then coated the whole area with jb water weld. Was fine for a few weeks then the water started to seep through under the jb weld. Repair = Fail. Toyed with the idea of a brand new block from agriline, but they only seem to have the f...

Could you message me with contacts?

Would be very much apreciated as i literally have none only place ive seen blocks is ebay, havent seen one in quite a while now

Thanks!