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    Car lift for clutch replacement

    2 post car lift new at £1500 was the best buy ever. Wish i had done it years ago. Paid for itself in 6 months with no garage bills for simple stuff.
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    Restoring Tractors

    IH 2350 is the winter project this year - but bought to be used and not for selling on. You would never recoup the money in parts and time.
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    Paint for International 'Highway' series of tractors

    Does anyone have a paint code for the yellow industrial or highway range of International tractors - like the 2350, 2450, 3434 etc? Thanks
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    John Deere 342 Knotter Issue

    should be medium twine which has between 10,000 and 12,000 feet on a spool. If its longer than that its probably fine twine which most square balers wont like.
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    iH 276

    You do have a dynamo fitted and not an alternator? The Lucas ACR series alternator fitted has no external control unit required. Whats the voltage across the battery with the engine running fast? My 276 has a dynamo and control unit but the later 444 has the Lucas ACR15 alternator. The...
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    iH 276

    It should be on the firewall facing the inlet manifold and diesel filter. You can see it in this video.
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    Got this home today

    Mil Marquis loader brackets - if you were thinking of selling them?
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    Leyland 245 electrical problems

    The side lights are on all the time ? Then you have a live feed to the blue wire with red stripe or the red that should come from the switch. The end of that wire will be dangling behind the panel and touching a live. The insulator on the connectors tends to go brittle and fall off.
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    Leyland 245 electrical problems

    The front sidelights and rear taillights are fed power by a Blue wire with red stripe. All the side and taillights go back to a lucar connector joint which is fed by a red wire which goes back to pin 3 on the rotary light switch. All the lights are earthed by the body work - so only one positive...
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    Leyland 245 electrical problems

    The side lights are classic wipac reversing lights as used on the series 2 landrovers etc. I'll give you a note of the wiring and colours once i dig out my leyland diagrams and where they should go to on the switch. Is it still the 4 position rotary switch on the dash? My money would be on the...
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    Leyland 245 electrical problems

    Did it have no indicators or the lollipops on the wings?
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    ADVICE ABOUT OLD BALERS PLEASE

    JD 224T was a great baler and i think JD still provide parts for really old equipment.
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    Leyland 245 electrical problems

    QM cab or Victor rattle cab ?
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    Wet liners and cleaning sludge from the water galleries in the block.

    Thanks folks - will tear it all back down again and report back - after i've given it a run to see if theres anything else wrong with the tractor - so i'm not throwing good money after bad.
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    Wet liners and cleaning sludge from the water galleries in the block.

    The block recess was surprisingly good and new liner and seal fitted with no problems - have put the head back on and filled radiator with water to check the liner seal - and have water dripping from the liner seals on cylinder 1 and 2 which i didnt touch. @flywheel was spot on with pull them...
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