The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

Hi Adrian, for security reasons, two persons have to walk in front of the tractor (technically one at every wheel) and often our mayor walks and greets people visiting the parades. Politicans ... :wink: Yes, I have to pay taxes. There a two models in Germany: Historic vehicles (>30years and a certif...

Hi Adrian, the trailer belongs to our city. It's for carnival or similar parades. I drive our mayor and his administration team. :) It's nearly impossible to go backwards with this trailer. Without power steering you have to move while steering, and while moving the trailer moves too and most in the...

Hi Adrian, It would be great to see some photos of your Major. I think you've seen this: http://predecke.auge.de/html/traktor.html Do you come across other Majors in your part of Germany? We have another one in our local tractor club: http://predecke.auge.de/Traktor/DSC04991.jpg and a few Dextas. Th...

Hi Mathias, recovering the radiator costs as much as a new one. I know. I got a kind of rant from my radiator specialist when repairing my new one. "Why didn't you bring your old radiator to me? This one is sh..., as you see." The vertical sides of the new one broke off after a few month. The specia...

Hi, Anyone doing anything with their Majors this time of the year? if temperatures go down as in the weather forecast I have to move our flowerpots to my garage, because it's warmer there. I could have done that with a car and a trailer, but the slow speed of the Major is better for the plants. @mat...

Hi, Peter are those some sort of rings welded to your rims, for fitting dual or cage wheels? Because they don't look standard either? I think so, yes. I never saw this rings elsewhere so one of the unknown former owners must have welded them. I thought about cutting them out, because water stays beh...

Hi,

my 1963 Super Major also has the 16.9-30 tyres.
They are listed in the parts catalogue as option. Maybe they were standard in some countries or better for special purposes?

Peter

Hi Henk,

on the Super is a Lucas RB108 regulator. It needs adjustment too.

Peter

Hi Henk,

I would say yes. It's a standard Lucas part which is used in cars too.

Peter

Hi Henk, same here, I use a 100Ah battery, too. I had the same start problems even with a new battery and the electronic regulator so I changed the starter, too. I don't know the exact current with the old starter but it was a lot more than with the new. All wiring came new at the rebuild in 2013. T...

Hi Henk,

check the voltage with 1200 rpm after running a longer time when the battery is fully loaded. I ruined a battery because my regulator switched off at 15V. Batteries don't like higher voltages than 14.3V - 14.4V.
I switched to an electronic regulator and have no problems since then.

Peter

Hi,

maybe the one who restored the tractor was not the same person who made the display. A little mistake in communication (when the name of the tractor only was spoken but not written) and you get what you have seen.

Peter

Hi Rick,

is that the same Volvo as in the pics last year?

Peter

Hi,

is this a sign of water instead of oil in the steering box? What else could have caused this?

Peter

Hi Brian,

Brian wrote:All Minmec's can stick

I can confirm that, I have a minimec pump.

Peter

Hi Richard, the use of the excess fuel button gives me an imediate start and a a starving engine the next second. After that I have to release it manually and turn it with the starter lots of seconds, depending on temperatures in my shop. So I start directly without the excess fuel button. But I'll ...

Hi Richard, Rick & all, Even with a good battery, this tractor cranks Slow. is my starter needing a re-build? I struggeled with my starter too a few weeks ago and bought a new one. It looks identically to the original Lucas but has no numbers or signs on it. It turns a lot faster than the old one. S...

the video is funny but the bike is too heavy for me ...

Hi, Germany was similar, my old (1984) car license allows a vehicle up to 7,5t towing a trailer up to 11t (but only one axle (or two within one meter) on the trailer). Now this is a truck class and limited to the 50th birthday. You need a testimonial from eye specialist and a normal medical to prolo...

Hi,

according to http://www.selen.nu/cgi-bin/trnr.pl?lang=en

it is September 24, 1962.

Peter

Hi Oscar,

while sending a post there was a php-message at the bottom of my browser window, but was to fast gone to read it completely. Maybe you'll have a look at that?

Peter

Hi Mike,

mine has a dual clutch, so I have a 12"?

Peter

Hi Mike,

but your numbers are not that far away from mine. I have a Super Major with A14J gearbox and 08C784622 engine number (which has a P13H, December 62). Maybe the guy who punched the numbers in was in bad mood that day?

Peter

Hi Frode,

that's not for the poor. , but that is the way I want to go too. First I need a bigger tractor.
I'm actually expanding my garage



so a County would fit in. If anyone has one for sale, please contact me.

Peter

Hi,

Next version of a crane for the poor is the modification of my motor lifter:



All small wheels are in the air.

Peter