fitting 6 cylinder engine into major

[startinghandle]

I have just been talking to a relative some distance away and he has bought an old Fordson Major with a knackered engine and now he is looking for a 6 cylinder engine to fit... someone has told him that an engine from a Ford Cargo or early D series will fit is this correct?
has anyone used a Major after conversion?
what is it like on hilly ground??

 

[Nearly]

Are you on facebook?
Join Modified Majors group.
Lots of info on there about clutches, longer side rails and longer bonnets.

 

[Sharpy]

The d series and cargo engines fit, but the sump does not iirc.

 

[TripleSix]

Ideally you want an engine out of a combine if you're going to use it as a tractor.

They have the correct fuel pump which governs on speed rather than power.

FIL had a major with a 190 cargo engine in it, no good for PTO work as you'd open the throttle to get the implement spinning, then it'd come on boost and just take off....

 

[Mursal]

Was it not the 6 cylinder Thames Trader engine was the best fit?

The D Series were in in their side as you can see here. So definitely at the very least a sump needed.
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Cough Cough 220 Major For Sale click

 

[rob h]

Trader engine is the same as early clason combine .we scrapped a clayson for parts for our trader

 

[Timo@hattonfarms]

@rob h do you need any other Trader parts?

 

[multi power]

What about a Perkins?

 

[Kevtherev]

You need a 6D engine with upright sump

 

[Mursal]

What about a Perkins?

What one had you in mind?
Ah wait, maybe a 6.354 ?

 

[Sharpy]

What one had you in mind?
Ah wait, maybe a 6.354 ?

Ransomes combines are a good source of the necessary bell housing adaptor plate.......

 

[Lofty1984]

@cokey1955 which combine engine is in your major?

 

[Philip Watkins]

What one had you in mind?
Ah wait, maybe a 6.354 ?

Do you mean the one he happens to have for sale?

 

[rob h]

@rob h do you need any other Trader parts?

i have loads we have picked up over the years .what have you got?.do you want a lorry to go with the parts

 

[cokey1955]

@cokey1955 which combine engine is in your major?

Class i think

 

[Mursal]

Is it a Vee Cokey?

 

[Timo@hattonfarms]

i have loads we have picked up over the years .what have you got?.do you want a lorry to go with the parts

we made 2 bad traders into 1 so got a couple of axles etc bits and bobs, you haven’t got a swb tipper have you?

 

[rob h]

yes swb tipper hear dad made one out of 3 in the early 70s one was a 6wheeler chasis cab .i wanted to put a tipper on it but dad said it was too big.that would have been a rare beast today.

 

[rob h]

this is ours chassis looks grubby but its waxoil with a bit of dust stuck to it .it used to be the same colour as yours but it got re sprayed landrover green with ih red .most folk think its an ex army bedford

 

[cokey1955]

Is it a Vee Cokey?

Nah. Plane old 4 cylinder