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Mathias, Am a bit foxed by your question my friend. The PTO is not connected to anything when raking. The rake is a simple Vee rake and the times are turned by contact with the ground. No power to them at all, and hydraulics only used to raise the rake wheels for transport. Think of a double acroba...

Good morning and thank you for your time, Emiel. Yes, the rake is a ten wheel Vee rake, ground driven. Hydraulics are only required to raise both wings for transport. Would you say that connecting the input to the valve chest in this manner is better than the connection I am currently using, under ...

Old Hywel wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 26, 2023 9:38 am

That’s quite a wobble on the fan pulley. Is it seated properly on the water pump?

Yeah, will need to look into it. I never touched it so far

Finished the job today. https://i.postimg.cc/g2PGzyXH/20230724-205805.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/TYbRvNwP/20230724-210749.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/7ZMwfCS8/20230725-134851.jpg There is some oil coming out of the exhaust ports. I guess not much to do about this, unless fitting new liners and pistons. v...

finally got the head back.
skimmed, new valve guides and valves been done also.


I can go on with the job

Came across this one

Hi,
there's an o-ring sitting under the reaction ring. Did you undo the locking nut? you need to put the nut back on specific tension.

I did mine twice, but still leaking a bit. I suspect this ring or the one that goes around the reaction ring.

New performance dexta?

John b wrote: ↑

Fri Jun 23, 2023 8:28 am

Again I'm probably stating the obvious to you but make sure you use the correct valve springs for the camshaft you have in the engine

John, I will reuse the ones from the original engine

what number has the bearing on the drawing?

This is the replacement head it could use a little bit of cleaning :lol: https://i.postimg.cc/htDmQCtw/20230619-204841.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/KcTB6kW9/20230619-204850.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3JCpRMYm/20230619-204908.jpg In progress of the cleaning: https://i.postimg.cc/jdrPtq0R/20230619-232417.jp...

small update: no luck with the head, still leaking according to the machine shop.
Will need to find a period correct FL head.

Apologies if you have already done it, but if you spin the valves in a pillar drill it will show if any of them are slightly bent. Last head I did had 2 valves slightly out of true no problem John. yeah i did use the pillar drill to clean them. Good tip anyway. The did look fine. The machine shop e...

I have been working a bit on the Selene lately. Since there were some frost related cracks in the cilinder head, it was time to get it fixed properly. I used some epoxy metal in the past, but no luck on that. https://i.postimg.cc/Ss1VjgSy/20230606-213809.jpg 2 cracks above the manifolds https://i.po...

Sandy,

this is a calculation sheet on the fordson major. I don't know where I found it.
the difference between the slow NP and all other is a lot.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... drive_link

Sandy,

Is the pto dropbox looking like a NP one?

Slow major drives like 23 to 24km/h at full throttle.

Normally it's on the triangle behind the gear stick.

Early ones (from june/july? 1963 have it stamped on the flange of the gearbox/backend.

Why do you think your tractor is a new performance?

In the parts books the std. parts section says the following for 20310-S7/8, the part no. of the bolt in question: 5/16"-18x1/2"hex. head bolt cadmium and zinc plated. The ones that go through the side channels as well are 20346-S7/8: 5/16"-18x3/4"hex. head bolt cadmium and zinc plated. Probably UN...

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Hi Sandy I will ask Henk to look at it.

There have been some upgrades done by the hosting company.

thanks both. should be UNC on a fordson. Just didn't find the size in my parts book. sometimes it's really difficult to find some parts in there

Hi,

Does anyone know the correct thread to bolt the nose cone (and also the headlamp brackets) tot the tombstone?

Thanks Sandy The range lever is beside the throttle lever and looks just the same only about 90mm longer. The play is definitely between the lever and shaft. There is no gap which would indicate that it is a clamp type lever. If I could get the lever off, maybe I could get a clamp type lever or mod...

Underslung exhaust, what a party when you are in a rally on a dry dusty off road track just behind one
I have oe on my selene, but its missing the silencer.