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Fordson Major engine number???

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Clas Uddenas

04-28-2001 03:28:33

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I have bought an old Fordson Major -56 (they told me). I am unsure about the engine because the original was replaced with a diesel engine.
I would like to know when and where the engine is produced.
I found some numbers on it:

GD50J
J3167

I am not sure (hard to read).
Is there anyone who can help me find out something about this engine?

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Clas

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Brian

04-29-2001 02:56:12

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Re: Fordson Major engine number??? in reply to Clas Uddenas, 04-28-2001 03:28:33

Clas,
The "where" is easy. It will have been built at Dagenham in England.

The numbers you quote are not related to any given although I would suspect that you are reading some of them wrong. They are sometimes hard to read.

Your engine, if produced after 1956, should have a flat machined area under No.1 injector. Any number stamped here will tell us the date of the tractor the engine was first fitted into. If it was a "skid unit" however this will not help.

The casting numbers are on the manifold side of the engine and should read something like : L19T. This decodes as September 19th 1952. After 1963 the casting codes would read: 3G19 which decodes as 1963 July 19th.

Your J31(67) Could be July 31st but the 67 is wrong.

Hope this helps.

regards

Brian

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Clas Uddenas

05-08-2001 02:27:25

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Re: Re: Fordson Major engine number??? in reply to Brian, 04-29-2001 02:56:12

I found a stamped number on the manifold side:
4F1

Over that there is an "A" in a metalic ring and
under a big stamped "A".

Is this the right number?

Clas

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Brian

05-09-2001 10:45:35

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Re: Re: Re: Fordson Major engine number??? in reply to Clas Uddenas, 05-08-2001 02:27:25

Clas,
Non of the numbers you quote are casting codes or Fordson engine numbers. Have you a Fordson engine or was the engine replaced with a Perkins L4 or 4.270?
regards
Brian

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