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Ford And Fordson Association

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 The Ford and Fordson Association held their annual general meeting on Saturday 24th November 2007 at Ditcheat village hall, Somerset.  Peter Godwin was ellected chairman and David Caley vice-chairman.
 
Ford And Fordson Association offers its members a bi-monthly magazine, technical help, meetings and everything else related to Ford, Fordson and New Holland tractors.  If […]

By |January 14th, 2009|Ford/Fordson|Comments Off on Ford And Fordson Association

Ford 4000 Spool Valve Oil Return

blockquote>Hi,

I have a ford 4000 diesel, and I want to fit a front blade which has a push pull ram fitted, the tractor has an external hydraulic connection point which operates thru the spool valve fitted from factory, but as I wish to operate a double ram there is no where for the oil to […]

By |January 14th, 2009|Ford/Fordson, Hydraulics|1 Comment

Ford 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 Serial Numbers

The numbers are relevant to Ford tractors manufactured between 1965 and 1975, located on the right hand side of the tractor on the flywheel housing, just rearwards of the starter motor.

They are given in 3 parts an example of which is given below…

D1013C

9G12C

B123456

This example above would be…

a model 4000, agricultural all purpose, diesel, […]

Fitting Cylinder Liners To David Brown 880

Hi there,
I have recently purchased a david brown 880 white version. I have a fair bit of experiance with rebuilding tractors and I am currently training to be an engineer at college. My question is – I have purchased an engine rebuild kit for this 880 but I could only get one with unfinished liners! […]

By |January 14th, 2009|Engines|Comments Off on Fitting Cylinder Liners To David Brown 880

Filming Of Massey Ferguson 35 Hydraulics DVD

Filming of the Massey Ferguson 35 Hydraulics DVD  has started.  Normally it is just a case of removing the seat, but we’ve had to remove the RHS wheel and mudguard so that it has been possible to film the tractor.

 The hydraulics on this tractor have been getting worse and then failed completely.  The […]

By |January 14th, 2009|Hydraulics, MF35 FE35 TO35|7 Comments

Ferguson TO35 Restoration

Ferguson TO35 Restoration
By The Vintage Tractor Engineer
A reader has sent in these pictures of a badly fire damaged TO35. This tractor has the Standard 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine and we hope that the engine rebuild DVD will come in useful in the tractor’s restoration.

Vintagetractorengineer has a great deal of respect for anyone who is […]

By |January 14th, 2009|MF35 FE35 TO35|15 Comments

Ferguson TO35 Electrical Starting Problems

My TO35 won’t turn over with starter button. I replaced solenoid but won’t activate starter. I can start tractor jumping from solenoid to starter cable and remove starter cable after starting to stop starter motor.

I am electrically ignorant….HELP???

Hi John,

I would say that it could be one of a few things that could be causing the […]

Ferguson FE35 Hydraulics Problem

Hello,
The 3 point linkage and front loader on my 1957 4 cylinder diesel Mf 35 have stopped working, all happened out of the blue, just worked one day then not. I changed the oil which was quite milky, front loader went up once then no more. 3 point kind of tries to rise (judders) but […]