Fordson Super Major oil leak

[Foxhollow]

A friend of mine has recently bought a Fordson Super Major (1961) and it is leaking oil which is coming from the hole in the bottom engine casing just below the flywheel. Can anyone shed light on where this oil leak maybe coming from. My first thought was seal behind flywheel. He has just bought the tractor and drove it to mine to show it off when we noticed the leak. It was sitting for the last two days since it has been delivered and no leak only when he has driven it does it leak. I do not know much about Fordson's so do not really know the layout between the engine, flywheel and transmission. the oil looked like engine oil not transmission oil.

 

[Nearly]

Felt rear crankshaft seal letting engine oil into clutch area.
Get the spanners out.

 

[Foxhollow]

Thanks for the reply, OK so my first thought maybe correct. The tractor has been stood for a while so could the seal have dried out and with a bit of use function again, me being a bit optimistic as my friend has just shelled out for this tractor from a dealer and getting someone to split the tractor would not be what he wants to hear.

 

[Kevtherev]

Sounds like rear crank rope seal in two halves.

 

[PSQ]

Thanks for the reply, OK so my first thought maybe correct. The tractor has been stood for a while so could the seal have dried out and with a bit of use function again, me being a bit optimistic as my friend has just shelled out for this tractor from a dealer and getting someone to split the tractor would not be what he wants to hear.

The dealer will have written 'sold as seen' on the invoice, as no one in their right mind would lay themself open to a claim on a machine with 61 years of unknown history.

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

Don't have any experience of majors but would there be a breather on the engine that is blocked or would benefit from a clean ?

 

[Foxhollow]

The dealer will have written 'sold as seen' on the invoice, as no one in their right mind would lay themself open to a claim on a machine with 61 years of unknown history.

Yes I do agree with you, that is why I said that my friend will not be pleased to fork out additional monies at getting someone else to remedy the issue. Also the dealer is not very local. If the tractor has to be split I will advise my friend to do the clutch plate, anything else that should be looked at and renewed in that area when split?

 

[borderterribles]

Every true blue Fordson fan will tell you that their beloved Majors and Dextas don't leak oil. They are simply marking their territory .

 

[startinghandle]

I unexpectedly stopped oil leaking from rear crank seal on my dexta when I put Fuchs HDX30 in engine instead of multigrade there were other little leaks around engine which also stopped

 

[startinghandle]

I will add that it starts and runs better.. also the same applies to my petter ph1 which drives sawbench

 

[essexpete]

How bad is the leak? The old Major based loader we used when I was a kid all dripped from the bell housing but went for years like that.

 

[Captain Sensible]

Father-in-Law had the solution on his Major ....... Open-top Bakes Bean tin can suspended under the offending flywheel drain hole by two bits of wire, like a Child's Swing. At the time (as an aspiring Agricultural Engineer) I felt unable to comment ...... But looking back it was definitely one type of solution

 

[Baker9]

All vehicles of that era leaked oil, if it didn't leak there was no oil in it.