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Hi Just wondering if your tractor has the original motor in :?: , or was it a conversion from later life so could be a truck motor or had another motor fitted that was rebuilt or like Dave said yours has been done at some point :idea: . i do know the truck motors good for 75 -80 hp with alloy piston...

Currently ploughing a seven acre field. Here's a short video of my efforts so far. Best, Adrian. :thumbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxaQlWlNVTw Hi Adrian Nice job on the plowing, tractor looks good apart from the wrong hood :wink: . seems to run nice with the plow and not over fueling. The on...

Hi Pat Nice to see her going good :D , Just a tip for you I picked up when I started pulling the v8 Perkins/ Belarus tractor. Put a pressure gauge in the inlet pipe and run it to the hood or by the steering wheel so you can see it. then you can hold her on the clutch a little bring the boost up unti...

Hi Brian Well thats a good job I asked then and you got some of the info, we both learned something :D . I have a motor from around 53 here came from a parts tractor I know it has the early style water pump. I think it still has the original injectors in. when i get chance i'll have to look and see ...

Hi Mike I have never heard of this filter you talk about on the injectors either, Could you please post a copy of what your reading, as I'm very interested to know about it. I'm sure as Brians a factory trained tech From the day, he is secretly interested in it to as he's never seen or heard of it e...

Hi Frans Just thinking out loud with some of this this have you tried turning it by hand with the clutch pedal down :?: . Was wondering if somethings happened to the input shaft bearings or something there and locked the motor, because it can't turn the shaft into the gearbox, could be the clutch co...

Hi Pat
Nice to see her running, fired right up just like she should . if your clip had been a bit longer with more smoke, I would of sworn you had an Allison v12 air craft motor running in your shop. She barks like one .
Regards Robert

Forgot to ask I have a mystery lever I'm hoping you can explain. It's on the right side of the console directly under the throttle lever and moves up/down. It engages something but I have no idea what. Hi From what you say if you follow that lever it goes into a box under the fuel tank. It is the h...

At times you have to make a choice when doing the best you can with the tools availabe if you are going to get a job done. The major was going to roll the Volvo much more easily pulling from the top link than from the drawbar, its a mathematical fact. Achieving the result without mishap while being...

Hi Oehrick hope you got the project done and everybody is safe :) . Ok so you got your boy impressed with the hot wire skills ,so now we ask him where is one place you never attach a tow rope or chain to the rear of a tractor under any circumstances, and why :!: . If he does not know you should set ...

Hi Thanks for letting me know where you are, at least we are on the same continent :wink: . I have 2, 4 cyls here i think one is a Dover and one a Dorset. Both have the timing case driven pumps instead of external drive like the Major tractor. The intake ports on the head are bigger on one of them. ...

Hi Mike From what you say about the kit you got coming from the U.K , the bearings being the wrong type and the seal being the wrong size. I am Kind of wondering if the kit you got, was for the pump drive shaft that comes out of the engine block to drive the fuel pump :?: . Might be wrong on what th...

Hi I helped a guy build a forklift based on a major many years ago, to reverse drive you just take the differential carrier out flip it over so the crown wheel is on the opposite side of the pinion and put it back together and make sure it's shimmed and pre loaded correctly :wink: . I think that was...

Hi I got some of those 4 cyl type motors here, Might be useful if you told us where you are in the big wide world .
Regards Robert

Hi Stu I have some of those 2700 series motors here. I guess you mean that hour meter pokes out on a pedestal that kinda points up and down looking from head to sump :?: . If so I think you need a special adapter to go on there. I seem to think it may come from a ford cargo truck, or industrial unit...

The bracket hanging under the clutch pedal and running board, this has holes in it for a pin to stop the pedal from disengaging the PTO clutch. Pat Well I guess if for some reason that brackets there and it shouldn't be I won't be :run: on my own, :eyes: :lol: . It's funny that bracket or the dista...

Nice catch. 8) I see the Power Major has a raised PTO. I do not see a Live Drive Badge on the grill. After running it on the topper, you should have figured out if it is a live drive or not. Hi Dave There is one picture there that gives a clue, even without a badge :wink: my moneys on it's live dri...

I had some Fordson time York raking a neighbors driveway the morning of the 4th. :D It was raining so I was fitted with a Red, White and Blue Speedo. :wink: Dandy Dave! :needpics: :yikes: Joe He had a picture of the red white and blue speedo up on the forum a year or 2 back, wasn't pretty then. som...

Hi Pat As far as i'm concerned you won't be going any place hot unless it's a holiday in Mexico :wink: . If I hadn't spent way to much money on the super I sold and I had a saws all instead of a cutting torch :twisted: , at the time I would of done exactly the same :lol: . Just thinking it's a bumme...

Hi Witty Just a thought here as the purists would say your" Buggering up a classic" Putting an alternator on :cry: , But it don't really bother me as for a working tractor it's better and your still saving a classic :D . Have you looked into changing the other pulleys to run narrow belt with used on...

Hi Barry Thanks for the info, that now helps me greatly with sorting my filters and what i need to do :D . Round here sometimes you have to take what ever brand filter you can get, with some of these places they seem to be playing the game, it's not on the shelf they won't get it special order, as i...

Hi It depends what your saving, if you got a good tractor, the winch probably is, I can't really see much from pictures other than it's rusty and should have a new cable fitted and be gone through before re use. As for as the tractor, I would say it's probably going to need motor work, maybe the cyl...

Hi Nick Sounds like you don't need to worry at this stage drive on :wink: It could even be that the pipe was plugged with crud. The level in the pump got high, and now the fuel dissolved said crud, and unplugged the pipe for you and now it's back down to correct level :idea: . like I said before if ...

Hi Chances are the fuels running/ seeping down into the bottom of the injector pump while it sits, is it a super major with a Mechanical governed pump or a vacuum governed pump type major, I can't remember what tractor you have :eyes: . if it's a mech pump it will dilute the lubricating oil pretty q...

Kev, The Fuel Filter Elements are as I quoted previously, and the Oil Filter Element will be a Fram CH810PL. If you have trouble getting the Fram Filter, then a Fleetguard LF599 is okay to use. But, you must have it in the wire cage. Hi Barry As Kev is asking filter questions and you seem to be the...