The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

OK, another problem came up. Lots of oil appears to coming out around the fuel injectors... (could be the valve cover gasket) but I think it is the fuel injectors. We have to clean it all up, and start her up, and look carefully. (before it gets so much oil you cannot tell where) So, perhaps I will ...

OK! I got her running. She would not kick off with just the starter. We had to pull her. It now looks like we should replace the intake air hose, (it was in poor condition, and I ripped it more) and it seems to have quite a bit of blow by. And, it has an oil leak, in the lower instrument panel. (Tha...

OK, wow. I find also a PLUG in the right side of the intake manifold.... probably the blocked off remains of the primer assembly. The whole assembly is GONE from this one. The fuel petcock is also non original. I plan to hook up a bottle to the Fuel inlet to the fuel injection pump, and elevate the ...

Thanks guys. I saw that tube and thought it was to prime the engine in the manifold. Now, my tractor has been messed with Non stock filter in the fuel filter, and parts are missing. Now I have to figure out how to prime the manifold, because that is a vacuum tube. Does it also double as a primer to ...

I have a dexta 3 cylinder, and the second filter above looks about like mine. My system has been messed with. The 1st stage filter is gone. the filter element in the second stage is NOT STOCK. It has a bunch of rubber washers stacked in there to take up space, and the filter is too short. The fuel l...

Hi! My name is Nathan Dearyan. I live in SW Arkansas. I am a land surveyor. We home school, and love living on God's green earth! We just bought an old Fordson Tractor. The guy I got it from said it was a 1963 with Dexta engine. It is 3 cylinder, diesel. It does not run at this time. He told me it r...