Recent content by rhyds

Thanks for the suggestions. To answer the questions: Engine performance: It starts very easily and pulls very well. However it seems that when we initially put the engine back together the governor on the injection pump was stuck, so until we freed that off the engine didn't get full fuel, so...

Hi All, thanks for the suggestions so far. We pulled the exhaust manifold today to have a look and saw a fair bit of oil in there. Here's a video of the engine running and what happens if you crack the throttle open Anyone got any ideas for us?

This seems to be the case. Nobody lists valve seals for a Standard 20C diesel and I haven't seen mention of them in the service manuals.

Thanks for the replies @davidroberts30 regarding hard work: Its not had much of that as its still a restoration project. I will suggest that my old man find something strenuous for the tractor to do. We fitted a refurbished head when we overhauled the engine, as the original had suffered some...

We rebuilt our TEF20's engine a while back using an Agriline piston, ring and liner kit plus some other new parts (bearings/timing chain/oil pump etc), however we're having issues with heavy oil consumption/burning oil, especially if the tractor is running under load, and oil is present in the...

This was our thinking. Aside from this TA fault the rest of the tractor (engine, axles, cab) are good enough for our small livestock farm so to us its worth the outlay. The reason we got it fixed professionally was that we don't have the time and space to fix the tractor on the farm, let alone...

Must be a leggy tractor or you have a lot of time, space and infinite patience to deal with used parts buyers!

That was our thinking. We'd rather spend what we have and end up with a usable non TA tractor than spend the same/extra on getting the TA working, especially given how much messing about it must have taken to hide the TA controls and having to sort all that out. I understand its sacrilidge to...

There was a fair bit of other work, and with the TA given it had never worked properly since we got the tractor (no engine braking, loss of drive on cold mornings) we preferred to delete it rather than spend even more getting the TA totally replaced and re-wired in. As mentioned a previous owner...

At last, we have an update on this saga! After scratching our heads, banging our heads on the table and swearing at the 885XL we decided to get it transported to a workshop to get it sorted. When they split the tractor they found the clutch slave cylinder was partially seized, which would not...

Just to confuse everyone further, we finally got our pressure gauge to (sort of) fit the TA baseplate and have the following readings at around 1100 RPM engine speed TA pressure with electrical plug disconnected: 0psi TA pressure with electrical plug connected: Approx 19 bar / 270 psi The...

The problem we have is that the electrical control side of the TA on this tractor has been thoroughly messed about with and the lack of engine braking means there's something more wrong with the TA than simply a worn clutch pack. Our suspicion is by the time you add together all the parts to fix...

Yes, that's the one I was looking at. Having read the manuals a bit more I suspect you're right. I suspect what I feel like "resistance" when trying to select gears with the engine running could be overcome with a bit of force, so my guess is something major has failed on the input/TA side of...

Thanks for your input. We'll be back once we get some idea of what's gone on in the inside of this darned tractor!

It will creep forward a few inches if you try and drive it, my assumption was the TA unit/sprag was providing the very smallest amount of drive