Engine Part ID

[chriskelland]

Don't go anywhere near an engine with grit! especially a diesel. What you want is a small parts cleaner or a bucket and stiff brush. Don't waste money on Jizer or Gunk use neat diesel then hose it off with water. Diesel leaves a thin film of oil so wont rust.

This is a really lovely bit of kit, like no modern diesel you will ever see. The engine is not a true Perkins, but result of a tie up between Ford and Perkins, forerunner of the P3. First truck I drove was a Fordson 4D that had a similar engine but 4 cylinder, air governed as well.



Chris.

 

[octo0072000]

fast tracter

this is how a Dexta should go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lmE17Dg23w&feature=related

 

[metalspanner]

Fordson Dexta eh! i had to look that up

had to tell from that angle, but looks to me like the oil filter.

looks like a 5/8" bolt in the bottom to drain the oil out of it before removal to save a mess.

what the hell did you buy that for

The bolt in the bottom holds the outer shell of the asssembly, inside is a paper cartridge filter, undo bolt pull the casing towards you and hey presto the whole covers you in oil.
Make sure you have a large container under it although not a lot of oil comes out, it does tend to spread far and wide, it depends on if your doing it on your front drive or in the workshop and how quickly you get the absorbent granules down.
Someone will probably have beat me to this already though.

 

[Ducati]

The bolt in the bottom holds the outer shell of the asssembly, inside is a paper cartridge filter, undo bolt pull the casing towards you and hey presto the whole covers you in oil.
Make sure you have a large container under it although not a lot of oil comes out, it does tend to spread far and wide, it depends on if your doing it on your front drive or in the workshop and how quickly you get the absorbent granules down.
Someone will probably have beat me to this already though.

You have to do this in 4 stages:

1) Nip in the kitchen and make a cuppa, the most important bit

2) Whilst in there dig through the cupboards and drawers and find yourself a food / freezer bag, the ones with handles on are best, Wilkinsons do some great ones and are cheap

3) Just slacken off the oil filter, slip the bag over it, hold the bag up with one hand using the handles, then remove the filter with the other hand, bingo, filter and most, if not all, the oil in the bag, tie the handles, jobs a good un

4) Sit back and enjoy the brew

This works for most oil filters, canister or cartridge, horizontal / vertical / bottom mounted.

This also works for such as fuel, hydraulic fluid etc. filters.

Any excess oil in the bag can be drained by snipping of one of the bottom corners.

My Blue Peter one I did yesterday

 

[madkayaker]

i like that idea

 

[Welderpaul]

Could these engines be started with a crank handle? I seem to have an opening in the front bonnet bit, and a toothed cog set behind it. Dexta addicts seem to think that this was non standard. Not retro fitted surely. It has a key ignition (Well will have when i've fixed it)

 

[madkayaker]

possibly but would have been hard going!

 

[rtbcomp]

I think crank handles were geared down (hence the cog?) on diesels so you could spin them rather than just give them a swing like on a petrol engine.