i reset the valve clearances,changed engne oil and took the tractor for a drive it was smokey mainly white a little black and lots of it!but saying that when i put the tractor under load with a 6ft slasher in the long grass at around 1400-1500 revs it burned a clean exhaust!the oil pressure sits around 36-40 psi and water temp sits at 85-90 degrees.so for my first head gasket job on a fordson im pretty happy with that.this old girl sat in a paddock for 5-7 years so im geussing just keep woking her hard might be the answer?would excessive smoking do any damage proir to loading the tractor up?it had deiesel konocks in #2and #4 but i got rid of those with injection timming tinkering.im going to fit a new deisel filter and bleed the whole system again hoping that might cut back the white smoke at start up a bit.my wife reckons my new found love for this tractor has made her happy because i dont buy penthouse or picture mags any more,and that i come home with farm machinery and tractor mags!my fordson has allowed me to have a beer and tinker with her and look at other tractors all while making the wife happy
