Comments on: Restoring A Fordson Dexta In Wales http://vintagetractorengineer.com/2009/01/restoring-a-fordson-dexta-in-wales/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:25:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Sven Christian http://vintagetractorengineer.com/2009/01/restoring-a-fordson-dexta-in-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-2196 Sven Christian Sun, 07 Nov 2010 00:29:26 +0000 http://vintagetractorengineer.com/?p=350#comment-2196 Hi Max and Anthony. Am in N. NSW Australia, After finding the restoration video on VTE for the Massey 135 and stumbling into Anthony's post on the Fordson, I am further inspired to look at the old blue dexta in another light. Thanks for the inspiration. Quite a job but nothings impossible as they say. Some sand blasting may be required....Will get back with some pics. Max, the tractor is in fairly original condition, let me know if you need any specific pictures before I pull it apart. Regards Sven Hi Max and Anthony. Am in N. NSW Australia, After finding the restoration video on VTE for the Massey 135 and stumbling into Anthony’s post on the Fordson, I am further inspired to look at the old blue dexta in another light. Thanks for the inspiration. Quite a job but nothings impossible as they say. Some sand blasting may be required….Will get back with some pics. Max, the tractor is in fairly original condition, let me know if you need any specific pictures before I pull it apart.

Regards
Sven

]]> By: max http://vintagetractorengineer.com/2009/01/restoring-a-fordson-dexta-in-wales/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 max Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:07:04 +0000 http://vintagetractorengineer.com/?p=350#comment-2113 Anthony, I found our stories parallel of our childhoods. I too was a farm child quite distant from you in Coats, North Carolina. I spent time as a babe at the end of tobacco rows in the shade and care of an older sister as my parents raised the golden leaf. I was driving tractors from age 6 in the fields. Today at 63 I am restoring one my fathers Dexta tractors I was left with. I wonder if you might have any kind of picture of the proper mounting of the proof meter, shroud, so they clear the original voltage regulator inside the compartment. I was raised on this tractor but I cannot remember how the missing proof meter was mounted so as to clear the internal voltage regulator and how the shroud came into play? Can you share some pictures of your dexta with proof meter mounting?? Thanks Max Anthony, I found our stories parallel of our childhoods. I too was a farm child quite distant from you in Coats, North Carolina. I spent time as a babe at the end of tobacco rows in the shade and care of an older sister as my parents raised the golden leaf. I was driving tractors from age 6 in the fields. Today at 63 I am restoring one my fathers Dexta tractors I was left with. I wonder if you might have any kind of picture of the proper mounting of the proof meter, shroud, so they clear the original voltage regulator inside the compartment. I was raised on this tractor but I cannot remember how the missing proof meter was mounted so as to clear the internal voltage regulator and how the shroud came into play? Can you share some pictures of your dexta with proof meter mounting??

Thanks Max

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