Classics Earning their keep.

[Happy hillbily]

I've read somewhere about the 6610 series 11, that some punched well above their hp rating, but the majority couldn't even muster the advertised hp, so when they brought the series 111 out they derated the 6610 to 80hp and badged it the 6410, and de fuelled the 7610 to 90 hp which gave the 6810.

 

[Flat 10]

I've read somewhere about the 6610 series 11, that some punched well above their hp rating, but the majority couldn't even muster the advertised hp, so when they brought the series 111 out they derated the 6610 to 80hp and badged it the 6410, and de fuelled the 7610 to 90 hp which gave the 6810.

2 sorts of fuel pumps? @Cowabunga said something similar about 5000s if I recall. I don’t think it was just perception @Lowland1

 

[Lowland1]

Simms and Minimec or CAV i think. Personally i think the better the cab the easier a tractor seems to work

 

[H200GT]

When i first came to Kenya the farm i was on had a 5110 it really wasn’t a good tractor very underpowered especially at an altitude of 8000 feet. I also have had a 5610 which again seemed to be numb. I couldn’t see the point of having a 6610 sized tractor with a lower powe rating. I had a 6610 which was great but best of all was a 6410 SQ that was a special tractor.

Agree, spent may a day in a G reg 6410 gen3, Dad should never have sold it . They cant have sold that well, they seem few and far between second hand, seen far more 6810‘s advertised

 

[2wheels]

Interesting. I thought there was also complaints about the 6610 being pretty average hence the introduction of the 64 and 68 as replacements with the generation 3. I understood these went better but never driven any to know.

we had a 6810 and it was a match for our previous 7000 which blew up on the mobile driver.

 

[Happy hillbily]

Would be interesting to know the price difference between the 68 and 76 when they were new, as the 68 was the same as a 76 but with the fuel pump wound down a tad.

 

[2wheels]

we had a 6810 and it was a match for our previous 7000 which blew up on the mobile driver.

Sorry,that should have been a 7600

 

[jendan]

Sorry,that should have been a 7600

What sort of driver was he? Seriously though mobile dryers were notorious for wrecking older tractor engines. Hope you put a new engine in her.

 

[Seasider]

Would be interesting to know the price difference between the 68 and 76 when they were new, as the 68 was the same as a 76 but with the fuel pump wound down a tad.

Had a 6810 , bought new in 1990, hell of tractor, traded in 2001 ... regretted it ever since.

 

[sodbuster2]

The CAV rotary pump models seem more responsive than in line pump on a 6600

 

[2wheels]

What sort of driver was he? Seriously though mobile dryers were notorious for wrecking older tractor engines. Hope you put a new engine in her.

my brother. we were standing 20yards away when it started making a chuffing noise. by the time we got to it it had stopped. when we took the head off we found it had dropped a valve which split the piston all the way round by the gudgeon pin and the block was cracked between 3 pistons. that was it's second engine as the first one was porous. we made a distress purchase of the 6810 then and the 76 went away to export.

 

[Thomas5060]

Latest addition, 1971 135, mechanically good, just needs a wee tidy up, will be working so nothing to fancy. Hadn’t intended to buy another tractor but for £1750 we thought why not

 

[TheTallGuy]

Latest addition, 1971 135, mechanically good, just needs a wee tidy up, will be working so nothing to fancy. Hadn’t intended to buy another tractor but for £1750 we thought why not
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Bargain!

 

[JLTate]

Don’t get much for £1,750!

 

[jf850]

Latest addition, 1971 135, mechanically good, just needs a wee tidy up, will be working so nothing to fancy. Hadn’t intended to buy another tractor but for £1750 we thought why not
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Not a bad find at all , at that money
1971 ish ? Has a foot throttle , straight front axle , but still short PTO shaft short lift arms , horrible straps for lifting puh , and oil Bath air filter .

Is it throwing up a drop of oil ?

 

[Thomas5060]

Not a bad find at all , at that money
1971 ish ? Has a foot throttle , straight front axle , but still short PTO shaft short lift arms , horrible straps for lifting puh , and oil Bath air filter .

Is it throwing up a drop of oil ?

Yes going by serial number I reckon 1971, maybe someone will know better

You mean black stuff on bonnet? No idea what it is, covered in all kinds of stuff actually no oil leaks that we’ve seen apart from rhs half shaft seal

 

[jf850]

You are on a winner so. Thought it looked like oil.
Also , studded bellhousing for safety cab brackets

 

[Thomas5060]

It had a cab but only the front windows, no doors or canvas. We don’t need the cab, my Granda needed a front windscreen and frame for his so it worked out well

 

[CPF]

Just looking through some old pictures from when I was in Wigan W.A. In 2020 these old tractors are in the shed at the museum I don’t know if they’re valuable or not . Thought they might be of an interest so you can all see what they used to use[ ATTACH=full]995080[/ATTACH]

 

[Bury the Trash]

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all looks in good original condition.
The very noticeable thing is the big difference in their weather /atmosphere/humidity type than here , old (and new for that matter )steel made stuff lasts /will last far longer than up this part of the World unless storage /paintwork is kept right up at least.