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Hey,
Not that I'm recommending it but... could file .314" off the end of each ring and it should squeeze in!

Maybe even less as I bought new SD rings from CNH and they have a end gap of .020" in the 3.6" bore ( a bit more than the .012" I was hopoing for!

Has it been done out your way?
Les

Thanks for the quick reply Brian,

In Position Control but also tried it in Draft for a few moments.
No stabilizer bars to top link but one to left side.

I'm sure that oil must be leaking past the bottom washer on the filter so no 12psi!
Off comes the top again!
Thanks again,
Les

The lift on our '62 Super Dexta has not been right for some time. It works great with no or a small load on it but when loaded and moving the quadrant lever about 1/5 of the way up it will suddenly raise right to the top and stick there. Putting the quadrant lever to bottom and waiting a few minutes...

Niall,

We've often had to scrape or brush the battery posts and clamp on ours.
For some reason it builds up a glaze between the two on the Dexta?
Much more than any other tractor or vehicle we have.

Les

Hi Jim and welcome to Dextas, Wiring harnesses come up on eBay and especially eBay.UK. Orfices have a spring loaded ball in them and maybe soaking it in penetrating oil would help free it up. Last December (Down for a Seahawks game but couldn't help checking out Dextas too!), there was a Dexta engin...

Our '62 Super Dexta tach (not working!):




Les

Gerry, From the ones I have seen the Smith models are rated at 1450rpm and the AC are 1412rpm to rollover one hour on the clock. Are your tachs possibly from early Dextas (pneumatic pumps) with the hours at the top? Our '62 Super Dextas have the hours at the bottom and the needle sweeps the top CCW ...

2nd time:



Long screw = D & E
Middle screw = C
Short screw = B

Les

Here are 3 being corraled up for the night!



Les

Ben, On our '62 Super Dexta and '61 Petrol.... D and E are the same. C has the same head and thread but is shorter with a blunt point. B has the same thread but shorter and has a more rounded head. A has the same flat head as C, D & E but has machine threads. And the screws for the preheater button ...

Hi Wayne,

Thanks for the parts info on tranny's.
We tap the moisture off the bottom every once in a while.

Really interested to hear more about your '61 Super Dexta.
Would be a very rare S. Dexta if it is all original.

Les

Sorry Jerry,
Meant to ask the tach question of Will!
But sure not sorry to hear of your outing! That's fun!
I've got to (that should be "want to") fire up the Petrol with the loader and move some snow hiding in the shade of the shop.

Les

Petrols are clockwise but the ones here aren't the same as shown on the link to eBay.
They have the hours at the top and the rev needle sweeps the bottom of the dial.

Jerry,
Is the clockwise one on your Dexta exactly like the one on eBay?

Les

You're right, must be the rings...
but still puzzling why it just decided to quit while running.

Anxiously waiting to hear what they look like,
Les

Hi Snowman, Really curious about not starting and you may have already discovered the problem but, Did it make any noise when it quit? And does it sound different than before while cranking and/or does it turn over more quickly? Might be a blown gasket between cylinders but still should fire on one....

Hi Mark,
Noticed these from a narrow Dexta on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fordson-Dexta-Sup ... 2c5c0317c3

They look similar to yours?

Cheers,
Les

Hi Gerry,

From the old forum:

http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/ubb/F ... 01132.html

And depends a bit on the size of tires.

John, I think 64" is somewhere in the middle.
Cheers,
Les

Found it!!
The coolant hose locator, I mean!

http://www.accessdayco.com/dimensional-lookup

Cheers,
Les

Thanks TSG,

That's great news.

Once, somewhere on the web, I came across a coolant hose locator where there was input for size, length and bends and would return a part number.
I'll try and dig it up again.

Les

TSG,
How did you make out locating hoses?

I had heard that the Major filler hose would fit but haven't tried one.
The rads look very smilar to the Super Dexta so the filler hose might fit?

I tried the local CNH dealer but there are no original hoses hiding at any of the dealers in N America.

Les

Hi,

From as much as I can see from a couple of parts book drawings... the ends look straight.
But, there seems to have been an change from a round pipe type stabiliser bar to a flat iron bar sometime between 1959 and 1961 even though the parts numbers are identical (E133-WP-9).

Les

Hi Don,

Glad you found a solution and ....thanks for the great photos and update.
Enjoy your photo galleries!

Les

Great photos!
A bit of a family reunion! Together again after 48 years!
Thanks for sharing!

Les

Hi Jamie,

Perhaps you have the wrong spring.
I believe the spring and cross shaft were changed up at serial # 957E-83275.

Les

Nick,

Link to info on engine date codes>

http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb ... f=3&t=2958

And ..If anyone finds conflicting casting #s please post.

Les