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Hi All

I'm wondering if anyone can help, I'm lookin for the larger of the 2 plates thats rivited to the bulkhead of the dexta, it has the starting insturctions on it.

I have been told that a reproduction of this is not available, is this true?

If not, can someone post up a picture for me as I am going to try and make a reproduction myself to fit to my tractor.
The plate I have is far to faded to read anything that is supposed to be on it!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Derick

No such plate on the bulkhead of my '61 Dex, only a small plate which says "A FORD PRODUCT MADE IN ENGLAND...

Bensdexta wrote:No such plate on the bulkhead of my '61 Dex, only a small plate which says "A FORD PRODUCT MADE IN ENGLAND...

Ah right thanks for that, mine may well have been the same, I slso had the small plate on mine . there were 4 holes in the bulkhead which made me thing there was a larger plate on it aswel.

Heres a couple of pics of the plates I was meaning.

Got the plates now, dunlop tractor spares had them in stock.

Dell Balallan wrote:Got the plates now, dunlop tractor spares had them in stock.

Did you establish which Dextas had these plates? Pretty sure mine only ever had the small plate.

Bensdexta wrote:

Dell Balallan wrote:Got the plates now, dunlop tractor spares had them in stock.

Did you establish with dextas had these plates? Pretty sure mine only ever had the small one.

I'm not sure, I now know mine had it from new and mine is a 1961, but could'nt tell you how long they were used for, I will post up a pic later of them, fitted.

Wonder where these plates were destined for, I do not think they were a standard fitting. The information on the transmission oils are wrong according to Fords service letters and data, here in Europe.

Fords initially did advise 140W in gearbox and rear axle according to the early manuals but this changed to 20/30W in 1958, when they discovered that heavy oils were slow through the many small oil galleries in the lift.

The plate is similar to one that was fitted to the early Majors.

The top picture is a photo of the plate on my Dexta, I posted it some time ago. The tractor is early 1958, Serial No 957E 834, and the plate would appear to be original fitting, although it was covered in black from the exhaust and I only found it when I was fitting a new clutch plate.

Bob.

bobfaecullen wrote:The top picture is a photo of the plate on my Dexta, I posted it some time ago. The tractor is early 1958, Serial No 957E 834, and the plate would appear to be original fitting, although it was covered in black from the exhaust and I only found it when I was fitting a new clutch plate.

Bob.

Hi yes bob I copyed the poic from your post, hope you don't mind
My1961 tractor had the same plate but also the small Made in England one.

My 1959 has this plate, originaly suplied by Frys of Uttoxeter