The Fordson Tractor Pages Forum

bluecraig0776 wrote:Shouldn't make much difference, should it?

If you make it negative earth, your headlights might shine black instead of white...

What tractor is that 12th and 13th down? Looks quite sleek for an old agricultural machine...!

Best to remove all leads i.e. both battery, earth strap, battery to solenoid etc., check for continuity, and start again. If any lead is making a poor connection, likely it will feel hot.

And of course, with a rebuild, all the torque settings were checked and rechecked... ?

I can only see the images by right-clicking and copying the image location and then pasting into another tab...

The battery 'box' for my FMD is simply the tray at the rear of the firewall. Couple of wooden battens to stop the battery sliding around.

Oddly enough, when I bought my '56 FMD last year, we got the price down even lower because of oil in the rad. Fairly thick around the neck and filler cap. But the water has been changed twice (second time for new hoses), and the tractor has completed two long rallies, as well as several other road r...

Hi, Gman. I've just done two front tyres, and believe me, the wheels are heavy! We used a big oak block and jacked up with a bottle jack in the centre of the axle. Keep going until both wheels are well off the ground. Then block/chock how you want for safety but still keeping some little weight on t...

Hi, Brian. I take it you are altering the image number in the address bar? That is working for me.

Hi, benji, and welcome. It's always a good idea to take sensible precautions as outlined above. Sound advice. But be careful of scaremongers.

You have more chance of becoming pregnant by a blue whale than being killed by a single fibre of asbestos IMVHO!

Then some blighter has nicked me shutters! I bet they're lying around in a French vineyard somewhere.

Thanks for the info.

Just found an almost identical photo on Google Images.

Tractor & Machinery June this year. On p86 there's an FMD. Close to the top of the drop arm there's a lever with a long rod attached which seems to disappear near the front left headlamp. The rod on mine has been chopped short, so wondering what it's for. And I've lost my link to diagrams. FMDs are ...

My '56 Major has a Wilmott Breedon (Union) key. No blank for it in France. Fortunately, the ignition is a little slack and I found a couple of spares that fit.

Welcome as well from a batteringly windy France.

Please tell me that's undercoat and not Fergy grey!

Welcome, shergar. I'm from the best part of the country as well... !

Have you put on a new head gasket? Regardless, rather than take off the head, you may solve the problem by re-tightening the head bolts, and there IS an order to do it - need to check.

Pressure wash, service and a good clean of the body, and you'll double the value. Looks a good and sound machine.

I've just tried it - nine new posts but none listed. I wonder if clearing browser cookies may help.

I filled my gearbox to the brim, and it still wouldn't register on the dipstick - because as Ian says, what looks like the gearbox dipstick is in fact for the rear axle...

The oil specs are in the sticky at the top of this very page.

I've used 15/40 throughout.

Kim I work for the local Gas(lpg) company. One of our old bulk LPG delivery tankers used to have a dry powder fire extinguisher piped directly into the intake manifold for incase of emergencies. I often wondered what engine repairs would be needed after setting off the extinguisher though. Kiwi Kev...

Glad it wasn't any worse.

And what stunning scenery. Magnificent.

Then it's a good job you aren't gaucher like me !

If I can get some pics for you - I will if it snows again - I'll send them on.

Cheers.

And to you, too. If the weather dries up a bit between Christmas and New Year, I'm taking the Major for a trundle and blow the cobwebs away.