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Been bolting the ancillaries back onto my new head and found another problem.....and this one I dont think I can fix!



And closer up we see.



Bugger......another call required, fingers crossed

could it be fixed with a plate sandwiched in the middle, but you should try and get a decent one from agriline first. i havent been impressed by any cast part from them really, but i bet all the companies source from the same place though, cant see demand being very high.

Have you had any response from Agriline yet?
I am considering a head for mine but don't want to make problems for myself and have all the same issues.

They collected the head last Tuesday but I am yet to receive a replacement.

They did say that they had seen a few like this in the past.

I will keep you posted

Thanks Mark,

I am still undecided on which option to take but if I do go with Agriline then I can at least approach them equipped with the information to try and avoid any problems. Let's hope they reimburse you for the wasted work you have put in so far because of their error.

Gavin

Here is a link to my original findings on the head:

http://www.fordsontractorpages.nl/phpbb ... php?t=2152

So the water passage was not my only issue although the other faults were easily (ish) sorted.

The interesting thing is that Jerry got what looked to be an excellent quality head which looked totaly different to mine!

So, good news.

The replacement head has arrived this morning and it is TOTALY different to the original and looks exactly the same as Jerrys

That's good news.
It makes you wonder if they are sourcing these from 2 different manufacturers to have such variations.
Hopefully next week I will be ordering mine

Gavin wrote:That's good news.
It makes you wonder if they are sourcing these from 2 different manufacturers to have such variations.
Hopefully next week I will be ordering mine

Indeed although I would guess that the first one was not even a dexta head!

Hi Ruysselm
Did you find any more differences with the new head from Agriline?
My head had extra tapped holes on the RHS. Two at the front where on my old head there are just two raised areas and at the rear ther are four again where there are raised areas. I have decided just to blank them with bolts and a smear of Hylomar Gasket cemement as they go through into the oil return passages.
It was also supplied with two plates on the rear which arn't used on a Dexta so I think its a @one size fits all' for FE35 engines as well. IMHO.
regards
Jerry

Hi Jerry

Yes, mine does have a few extra holes and an extra piece of bracket on top of the coolant blanking plate (I have removed this).

I will take some pics of all 4 sides, old and new, this evening and post them up.