The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Hi The easiest Thing to do might be to find your local Tractor and equipment dealer that fixes and sells round balers. Go to them and see what they have for fixing/ joining round baler belts. There are several different types of lacing. They will probably have the tools to cut the belt square, and p...

I'm not sure why you need a brake light on a vintage tractor - we don't go fast enough. I thought 'original features,' ie no brake lights, were accepted. Ref turning, what's wrong with hand signals? If we carry a rotating beacon that should be enough. And at night we need running lights. Sounds to ...

Hi From what I'm reading in your reply you might be trying to over complicate the system with relays. most old tractors had a switch for brake lights a switch or more for other lights a lot of fuses/suitable sized wire,. and a flasher unit. No relays. if this tractor gets wet you want it as simple a...

Hi William I have been following your posts for a while and everybody else seems to be answering your questions fine, one thing I have come across with later super majors is that the head bolt holes close to the sides of the sleeves seem to crack as the blocks bored thin there. take a good look at t...

Hi Yes sometimes the pin will push through with great help " The bonnet supported upright on blocks and beat the pin with a 14lb sledge and punch" :lol: . Spray the pin with plenty of penetrating oil, try hit it one way spray again beat it back forward a few times, if it starts moving. then a guy ca...

Hi I don't think this was ever standard for a Major, i've had a couple of original ones and none had it . It's more likely you need an exhaust from a 5000 Y series or other tractor from the later thousand series after the short silver oval and before the tall black oval ones . I googled 5000 and got...

Hi I don't think you can alter the toe settings on a major. The tie rod ends are grooved at set intervals up in the tube where the pinch bolt goes through, and those grooves correspond to the axle width settings for the wheels being parallel at all axle widths. if you say it steers fine with the wei...

Hi Dan As we can't see what your working with, and we only have your description, if none of the other suggestions work and the drop arms are screwed fairly well out. Are the link arms the right way round, as I don't think the 3 holes for mounting the drop arm and stabilizer chain are the same dista...

Hi Stu I guess you found the problems, Kinda looks like she's "cream crackerd" :cry: . I guess 50 odd years of abuse haven't been kind to her :wink: . I went back through your pictures after looking at your video's. I see she's still a dead drive tractor. Maybe now that gearbox/back end is shot, it'...

Hi James I'm located in Manitoba Canada, In reply to your many around question, Yes there are quite a few round still This side they were all straight petrol's here from what I have seen. I scrapped 3 last year due to messed up engines/ other issues. I have 1 runner in my collection right now beside...

Hi Dan Welcome to the forum. As you are talking of oil leaks have you checked the levels in the gearbox and rear axle to see if they stay near right, allowing for how bad the other leaks may be. The seals in the inside of the pto unit in the picture can leak oil into the rear axle. and the top gearb...

A quarter turn before the bolt head comes off should be aimed for .............. :wink: They are pretty robust and thread cleanliness and a decent split washer should keep 'em there The ultimate tightness of a nut or bolt is the point just before the threads strip, or tights tight and to tights ( i...

Hi Darryl Sorry to here that news, it kinda sucks for you with buying it and the reality you now have :cry: . Also sorry if I was a bit hard on you with my last reply . I deal with this stuff most days for customers here, and when the whole information comes out sometimes It can save a load of probl...

Hi As you seem to keep posting about this motor and the same problem, Can you please tell us exactly what the history behind this engine is. Like did it knock or hammer/ vibrate rattle/ smoke or breath a blue haze from the breather or any other place when running, and what you have exactly checked i...

That sounds like a dowty washer to me very common in hydraulics and they are available in imperial and metric and readily available at all hydraulic specialist and agricultural dealers. Cheers Hi Stu I think he has the early steering box seal, its a 2 piece. The rubber part goes in then the washer ...

Hi I'm going to guess this tractor might be in Canada , the loader bracket uprights look similar to some I converted to fit a Belarus, the other thing I see that we have here is the little oil pot on the side of the fuel injector pump cover. The Delco alternators a common replacement/ update to for ...

Hi Kre For a super major it should have oil light and charge light, do any of those come on when you turn the ignition key switch on. my super and all my power majors have original switches, that have a sweet spot position in them to get power through the electrical circuit, for the starter to work,...

Hi there should be 21 little bolts on the block flange and 7 bigger ones round the back bottom half of the bell housing if they are all in, 1 bigger one each side is up by the frame rail lugs. There is 2 little bolts right at the front on the sump to block flange, left side one is round the corner a...

Well maybe I was wrong in not stating that the manual wasn't a Ford Dagenham Book (manual), the information that I read come from a I&T Shop Service Manual, the fact is I've seen so many farmers (owners) complane that can't get it to start up when they're have let it run out of fuel, and keep runni...

Hi If you mean there is a rubber O ring with a square section profile in a recess on the block face , then yes. it's supposed to be there to seal that port where it mates together when the heads on. If you got no oil up there to the rockers, can you crank the motor over with the starter. Then see wh...

Hi My dad always talks of an E27N, and an N they had in the day . He always says if they weren't running after 3 up pulls on the handle something was wrong. I never really believed him. When I got my E27N , It had plug and wire issues, I fixed that and it still wouldn't start right, Dad came and pla...

Main reason why push rods get damage are A valve stem is seized and so the push rod got nowhere to go, and B they're jump out because the clearance are too great. all that a de-compressor lever does is open up the vales, wasn't it one reason why Ford put the lever in the front so that it could be s...

You need to buy some more then Robert :run: Hi Brain I got enough now to have my own section in a parade or show :wink: . I'm lacking finances to haul them around , or to restore some properly . I might sell 3 or 4 of the common ones as working tractors, to fund some of the rest this year. That bei...

Hi They go pretty good without a fire to if the top gets knocked off. A late good friend of mine worked on construction of a dock in Pembroke, Wales. He said when they cleared up after construction finished. They laid about 30 full cylinders out on the dock pointing to sea. a guy went along and sled...

Nice photos. Worked on my share of Tin Lizzy's. The radiator shell is from a 1926-27 as it is plated. These were common over here. I had a 1924 years ago. Dandy Dave! Hi Dave if you have had one and worked on a few more your either pretty old or the warranty was well out :eyes: :run: :lol: . There ...