Project 265

[multi power]

My latest project

re routed the tipping pipe, someone had just routed it through the cab and out the back window, so I put it back under the cab

 

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straightened the exhaust

 

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fixed the window catch, old one was broken
I doubt I will be able to find the proper big plastic nut, so I was thinking a wing nut would do

 

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straightened the spool valve levers, and fitted a new seat that I got from @REStracTORATION at least a year ago

 

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got the grill a lot straighter, and new headlights fitted

 

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@essexpete

 

[REStracTORATION]

Yes was well over a year ago looks ok too
Good job

 

[DeeGee]

Looks like a Duncan cab model? Most had the GKN Sankey raked front screen cab with rear hinges doors.
I have a Lambourne cabbed 265, the design of which was very similar to the International Worldwide series.

Some people now reckon that these classics are better left in their original condition and will be more valuable than restored models.
Not sure myself, but you obviously prefer to get your 265 back to its former glory?

 

[multi power]

Looks like a Duncan cab model? Most had the GKN Sankey raked front screen cab with rear hinges doors.
I have a Lambourne cabbed 265, the design of which was very similar to the International Worldwide series.

Some people now reckon that these classics are better left in their original condition and will be more valuable than restored models.
Not sure myself, but you obviously prefer to get your 265 back to its former glory?

Well for now at least I want to get it tidy, rather than concourse restoration, I should have taken photos before I started, quite bashed about when I got it

 

[multi power]

Yes it's a Duncan cab

 

[Thomas5060]

Coming along well @multi power , think a good wash is in order any pics of the whole tractor?

 

[multi power]

Coming along well @multi power , think a good wash is in order any pics of the whole tractor?

It had a wash a month ago, I should have took a photo before starting , I will get photos of the whole thing today

 

[nick...]

Why would anyone route a tipping pipe through the cab.woukd not be good to have a pipe blow.
Nick...

 

[sawdust]

Why would anyone route a tipping pipe through the cab.woukd not be good to have a pipe blow.
Nick...

A Dairy Fermer ,

To be honest nobody bothered with such trivial thing like that years ago, Twose Buckrakes had the push off handle bolted to the side of the wing with 3 hoses coming off it, early silage wagons were the same for moving the floor and picking the reel up, 2 way tap and 3 hoses, all inside the cab all less than 12" away from driver

 

[nick...]

Yes I can remember hedge cutters in the 70s and early80s with valve block bolted to mudguard,pressure feed and return and 6 pipes for the cutter.must have been a few broken pipes and burnt and scalded operators.
Nick...

 

[powerontheland]

@multi power . It has quite low hours on it, do you think there genuine? Peter seemed to think so, it didn’t get a great deal of use where it was anyway. It’s certainly all there though.

 

[multi power]

@multi power . It has quite low hours on it, do you think there genuine? Peter seemed to think so, it didn’t get a great deal of use where it was anyway. It’s certainly all there though.

I have not noticed yet if it's still clocking hours, assuming it is I'd expect the hours to be genuine, one back tyre I'm assuming is original, very little wear in pedals, the MP changes nice and sharp, bit of a tidy up and she will be fine

 

[essexpete]

I have not noticed yet if it's still clocking hours, assuming it is I'd expect the hours to be genuine, one back tyre I'm assuming is original, very little wear in pedals, the MP changes nice and sharp, bit of a tidy up and she will be fine

It was a really tidy tractor (but still nasty ) when purchased by the previous owners of the small farm in about 1996 (CRAFT). Every thing worked at that time. It has suffered from lack of maintenance and different drivers jumping on it. Essentially underneath a sound tractor with the clutch replaced just before they bought a telehandler for loader work. It has spent the last 15 years or so mainly pulling a small muck trailer a short distance from yard to tip.

 

[multi power]

got lights now, and new fuel lift pump, as there had been a leak, new filters and oil, replaced the worn and bent track rod end, and replaced the missing pain of glass in bottom of door

 

[multi power]

Anybody got any suggestions as to why the indicators don't work