Major lift cyl, seal etc

[alhow]

Hi all, new poster living in Beechworth, Nth East Vic, Australia.

I have a Major (53 I think) with an apparently Power or Super engine ( not sure).

Anyway I've owned it for some years with a forklift attached to the back that apparently came from Brown Bro's (the wine people in Milawa Vic) so possibly has had the lift attached for many decades.

I've removed the forklift to attach all the 3PL gear, raised PTO and a slasher.

Now the problem I have is the lift arms wouldn't stay up so I have removed the lift cyl and yep, she looks ugly in there. I'm about to head around to a mates place to give it a hone to see how it comes up, but I'm not holding my breath as it has a reasonable amount of rust. I did some rubbing with wet and dry and Penatrine and was surprised at how it came up so I will persist a little further with a hone.

Apart from any any info you guys may offer, would anyone know where I may purchase a piston seal at least and O rings starting with close to home working my way further afield I suppose. If the cyl doesn't come up to scratch I will be looking for a cyl assy also. If I can't locate seals etc a good second hand assy would do the trick. There is a cap that is over the seal on the piston and strangely one side has lifted quite severely where the seal has blown out by an inch?

Any help and or advise would be greatly appreciated by myself, more so the wife and even more so again by our one and only sheep.

Al.

[Brian]

Welcome to the board Al.

The piston seal is a bit of a weird size, I took mine to a seal supplier and they made me one for £11.00, so it was not too bad.

Check in the members list for BarryM and drop him an e-mail, he and his wife Dawn run the Fordson Tractor Club of Australia and he may even have an original seal among his large stock of parts. He is situated near Bendigo.

If Barry cannot help, get back to me and I will find one here in England and post it to you.

[alhow]

Thanks for the reply Brian, I had read through searches before posting that you had, had a seal made. Good deal.

My friend couldn't find his 3" hone! Not a biggie. He's an engineer by trade and was confident the cyl will come up OK and there is even a possibility that I will get a seal locally in a town with a population of approx 3000. Who would of thought? I got the specs for the seals through the forum Wiki so tomorrow I'll give it a shot trying to purchase one/them locally. The hone I'll purchase one if needs be. If I don't have any luck yes I'll give BarryM ahoy. No luck there I'll let you know.

Thanks mate.

Al.

[alhow]

Well she is back together and performing as she should. The cyl didn't clean up as well as i'd hoped but it's holding well at the moment. Time will tell. I was able to get a seal from Enzed, a hydraulic specialist just over 1/2 hour away.

Thanks Brian.

Al.