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by bjelojac
Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:41 pm
Forum: The PARTS SWAP forum!
Topic: Breaking a 1957 Fordson Major
Replies: 11
Views: 15673

head lamp

do you by any chance have a good headlamp bulb? can't find one local for a 1957 fordson major.

thanks

Bjelojac
by bjelojac
Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:30 pm
Forum: Fordson New Major
Topic: stuck hi-lo lever
Replies: 10
Views: 16766

hi-lo lever

Figured out the problem. I took the plate off on the side and saw that the sliding gear for hi-low was hitting some shoulder down low. we took off the new pto gearbox and found that the shoulder of the upper gear attached to the pto gear box had a large shoulder and the tractor that it came off of m...
by bjelojac
Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:42 am
Forum: Fordson New Major
Topic: stuck hi-lo lever
Replies: 10
Views: 16766

I am going home this Friday and I will be digging into it then. Just thought I would tap into the advice before I went. Again thank you for the opinions and advice. I will let you know what I find.

so long,
bjelojac
by bjelojac
Tue Jun 15, 2010 9:28 pm
Forum: Fordson New Major
Topic: stuck hi-lo lever
Replies: 10
Views: 16766

hi-lo lever

Hello; Thanks for the responses. To answer one reply, a couple of years ago when he ran this tractor last, he had a brush cutter on the three point hitch and at the end of the day of cutting, he hit a stump and took out the pto gear box under the transmission. He bought one from someone and installe...
by bjelojac
Mon Jun 14, 2010 5:49 pm
Forum: Fordson New Major
Topic: stuck hi-lo lever
Replies: 10
Views: 16766

stuck hi-lo lever

My dad bought a fordson major diesel tractor that he used for several years before it sat these last two years. Upon starting it up this spring, he noticed that the hi-lo lever will not move. it is stuck in hi range. does anybody know what might be wrong and how to go about fixing it? thanks for you...