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What do you mean take the pto out?
I have it in gear and had my wife turning it it over slowly

I will measure the spacing and conferm its 1.5 inch all the way around....

I did at one point have it so the pto got so we couldnt turn it. But i could still turn the motor over which i thought was odd

Ok so i split my 57 major to do the rear main while rebuilding the motor. Well i can not for the life of me get it back together. Any advice? Im ready to pull the block and put it on the tranny and then bolt the frame back in.... to complicate things it still has some of the loader attacher to the f...

Perfect! I picked up 10l yesterday after talking with my father in law! Now if only i can get some time in the garage i should be able to measure for the cylinder sleeve shims and get them ordered!

http://www.fordsonmajor.se/fordson_eng/ ... glnew.html

I did find this page that says 20w50 is an equivelent . And 15w40 would work for winter?

Ok so i have found on this site that the recomended oil for my 57 major is either 20w or 20w30.... i have called ever where around me and all i can find is 20w50. Will this be good enough? What other options can i use that wont hurt my fresh rebuilt deisel?

Thankyou so much! I really need to buy a shop manual. Do you have a picture of the one your referancing?

Ive looked and i cant find a definative answer on which surface. Reason o ask it the inner ring that it the tallest part is alot more then .004 more like.015 so i want to k ow if there is something wrong or not

Ok i just got my rebuld kit this morning. So now where am i suposed to measure the .002-.004 above the block? Is it from the inner ring which is already raised or the outer ring? Guess i need to order shims....

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J6jLtF ... p=drivesdk

Coolant guage u can boil water and put it in it.... as for oil fressure i assume if u blew low pressure air in it it should act the same as oil

I wil search again. I did look today and didnt see anything. But i look everything up on a cell phone as work has decided to block this forum.... maybe take my laptop to work tomorrow and sunday

Does anyone know the spec for the piston ring gap and the tourque specs for the connecting rods? Also the clutch o es would be helpfull. I can find manuals online but havent been able to find tourque specs or the ring gaps?

Wwll i disnt get much accomplished over the last 2 days... i did take measuremebts so i can make a clutch alignment tool at work this weekend. Also seen a reman sticker so thats a good sign!

Ahhh great idea! Definatly will do that. I ordered my parts last night so i should see them mid week next week!

Here are the pics! Sorry they suck https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LNjsjQqucKIxAhuRkb8af0kdUEjXeL7U/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/11hTgT6Qx1KBkDVLEd6p1i3HdIJ_Ik0oa/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TMzTF1nhf_rqKgEOT67eekc151H3bpbS/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive...

Well i got my tractor split today. Now i have got to figure out how to remove/check the clutch. Then when i get my kit i cam going to replace the rear main seal. Wasnt too bad of a job so far. Bit of a pain getting the weight sorted out as i still have part of the loader frame attached. I will try a...

So i have had basically no luck finding the throttle rod i need. I found one on ebay this morning that would have ended up being 60 bucks with shipping. So i drove 3 minutes down the road to the tractor dealer/ salvage place and what do ya know they have 2 or 3 of them.... first one i looked at had ...

AdrianNPMajor wrote:Mark, you haven't mentioned the oil pump.
Personally, I would fit a new one. You have to assume that the original has been pumping a fair amount of dirty oil over the last sixty years.
Best, Adrian.

I willvadd it to the list... do they offer a rebuild kit?

Mark, A long list. Take your time for it. Ya very long list. Hopi g it will run within 2 months Check you fuel tank on leakage under the soldered caps on te inside where the mounting nuts are. These are soft soldered and when it leaks deu to vibrations and heat, water underneet the diesel will go i...

well i got out the the garage for a short time after work and then again when i woke up. i have a few more questions id love some answers to. so i found this wiring diagram https://drive.google.com/open?id=1pCrakLcsIqyeWEo34iWlJCGxbc4nL8kv then i was looking at my dash and i am missing the indicator...

ok so im starting to compile a list of both parts i need to get as well as things i need to do. i will post both lists up later in the weekend once i am sure i have everything i can think of. has anyone ever ordered stuff from http://www.acornservicestractorparts.com/acatalog/Major-1.html ? they see...

And after a closer look at your pic yours was all 3.... ive emailed a company that sells agriline to see about shipping. I did some more cleaning today and all the oring groves look great! Any ideas on where to purchase new sleeve shims? 3 out of the 4 had shims I found the hi/low lever today Now i ...

So yoyr saaying dont even weld it just leave it as it is and put new liners in and run with it?

Well i was cleaning up the motor last night and found this.... a crack between 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 ... had a welder buddy stop buy he said weld or braze it up and it will be fine... what are your thoughts? I found a block but they want 600 bucks.... and im already doing a full rebuild which is about...

Markr1001, hat lever is to enable the pto. And if you want to shift from high to low that lever is right under the throttle lever. weird it doesnt change anything with pto when its in either position? how does it work? and i dont have a lever under my throttle? https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lFW...

ok well i did a bunch of work this weekend. so i have a bunch of questions. is the fuel bowl the right way up? my buddy says he thinks its upside down https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dXn2CtV44qib6e-SZTJNgwsr_34IBKo_ next is these are the o ring groves, i think they look to be in very good shape. i...