Starter Switch

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ok so how do i tell what the engine is from then that first page wont open needs a user name and pass word

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The name of the site and password the name of Brian his petrol Dexta: dotty
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i am lost now:(

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To open the wikki, username: fordsontractorpages and password dotty.
Try again.
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cheers yea thats the place i got the code on the engine so how can i find out what kind of tractor the engine is from ?

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Did you read the topic on the second link I gave you? That should give you a bid of a clou.
I do not know were that number comes from.
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the engine on my major is very similar to yours, giving it starts with 500E. Mines number is 500E36938, these aparently are engines out of the thames trucks (basicly the same i think), the difference is that they rev a bit higher.

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Maybe StevenB, who has Thames Trader trucks coming out of his ears :D , can shed some light on this one.

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JC wrote:Maybe StevenB, who has Thames Trader trucks coming out of his ears :D , can shed some light on this one.
And then some.

500E was the truck before the Thames Trader. Also known as the ET6 it could be had with a flat head V8 or the trusty "Cost Cutter 4" available in petrol or diesel.

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I've heard that the diesel truck engines turned faster than our tractor engines. Were there any other differences?

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Hi guys just some updated pictures bit of a difference from the last ones :)
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Good Pics! And nice to see another old girl coming back to life! :clap:

Where did you get your bits from?
'Lily' 1959 Fordson Power Major

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Thanks :) for them from Sylvan tractor spares kells co meath :)

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HI , Are you a ham radio operator? I see a Yagi antenna in one of the pictures.
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Hi Greg that was for Commerical FM :)

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And if you do end up buying a new switch make sure its the right one, they sometimes send out the wrong one's and they don't fit.

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New switch got an alls workibetter tyres fitted now as well :)

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