Alan Steele he stays nr Sandford- other salesman would be Robert Richardson

Exactly they are mouldboard stays that keep the pressure on the furrow as the furrow is only a maximum of 8 inches wide and 8 inches deep

South West Scotland

The timing on the injection pump was incorrect (it’s a 4 cylinder and the owner had adjusted the timing to make it start easier from cold) it had been recently rebuilt and hadn’t bedded in so mr harrow made adjustments n after slowly increasing the maximum loading the maximum pto hp increased, was a combination of timing adjustment and the engine beginning to “bed in”

No sir. These tractors have a Standard Motors 23C precombustion diesel engine. A much nicer engine than the cylinder Perkins.

​@@Drottninggatan2017The Perkins 3A152 is much better than the Standard 23c engine!!!

@@Ferguson-Power A matter of priority. The three cylinder Perkins has less torque reserve, and more irritating exhaust sound, it will blow the head gasket frequently and it will crack and drop the liners from time to time. In the field and on the road the 23C is superior.

@@Drottninggatan2017 I've never heard such nonsense. the Perkins 3A152 has more torque, more horsepower and is much more reliable than the 23c. The sound and pulling power are excellent - as is the cold start. This engine never had any head gasket or liner problems.

@@Ferguson-Power Maybe you are new to these engines? Come back when you have picked up the pieces of broken Perkins liners from the bottom of the sump a few times. There is more to an engine than simply cold starting.

I’ll get dad to run me through it n let him see the video he’s done a few different types over the years

He”s “chipping “ with the rear body on his way back up the idea being when u build the crown up your front furrow sits up against the chip , if it’s too big lol on your subsequent runs and in theory if it’s done right your crown should be level

Yup she was-apparently lad that had it before them told them he’d had it from new but he hadn’t lol - still in Derbyshire as a local lad had bought it

I thought i recognise the area .i live about 5 miles away the 2 wheel drive he has is in right decent fetal it sits on a straw chopper

@@johnjohnston3805 i think this was on the straw chopper for a while too he was a really nice guy that tractor was getting replaced by a McCormick mtx that was originally supplied by dealer round the corner from me , really is a small world lol

There were a few differences-some early 1290’s had the db 4wd axle, some had the carraro axle, the 1294 4wd had exclusively carraro, the 1294 had the orbital unit for the steering mounted outside the cab, reducing cab noise and heat over the 1290 which was in the cab. 1290 had the older round hydraulic console which u could fit 2 hydraulic remotes , 1294 with the big square side console could support 3 remotes, early 1290’s had a shorter stoke engine at 59hp but later ones were rated at 61hp same as 1294 🙂

@@Jim-McKechnie Well well you learn something new everyday. I use to have a load of 90 and 94 series brochures all disappeared unfortunately thanks to my mother doing a major clean out 30 years ago. I've done a bit of research online and mostly from American websites they are indeed showing the two different engine capacities for the 1290. I just assumed the 1290 always had the same (990) engine which was actually rated at 58hp. I'm not convinced that the later 3.6 L in the 1290 was also 61hp like the 1294. I am aware of all the other changes you outlined. The square hydraulic console you mentioned actually came in on all 1983 90 series as with the higher up headlights and it was all Carraro 4WD axels by 83 if not earlier. Yes the steering orbital mounting was a 94 series change. I was rared on DB's when my father bought a brand new 995 with POWER STEERING in March '76 and in 1980 bought a 2nd hand '75 1412 to drive a New Holland 717 Super Precision chop harvester. I could write a book on that.... Then he went over to a Ford 7610 to drive the same New Holland 717S in 1985. That had good power and torque compared to the DB 1412. His health failed there after so by 1988 I was firmly in the driving seat continuing with the silage making until 1996. Being a DB fanatic from the mid eighties that Ford 7610 got traded in for a, wait for it...............................a 1985 SIXTEEN NINETY FOUR in March '88 so very fittingly within days of Meltham production ending. It was delivered on April 1st from a dealership called Alexander Mills based in Northern Ireland. There was a long saga of problems between the engine and the hydra shift, well the hydra shift unit ended up being completely rebuilt a month after getting the tractor by a local DB expert mechanic, and has NEVER been touched since to this day. Oh I will make a video about it sometime when I get time as I know how rare 1694,s are. I am based in County Wexford in Southern Ireland.

@@williampollard6259 there were a few later 94 series hydrashifts got rebuilt by dealers back in the day and they put old stock 1412 clutch plates in them as part of the case cost cutting measures they reduced the thickness of the plates to reduce cost which in turn reduced their lifespan in bigger tractors but if they got rebuilt they seldom gave bother with the 1412 plates, my own 1594 was modified by a previous owner, it doesn’t default to 1 when you press the clutch, the tractors own hydraulic pump steps in and supplies oil to the sequence valve keeping it whatever hydrashift speed u want like a powershift box , it was mostly 1594’s here in west of Scotland but their was a contractors had 1694’s

A lot of the elderly 6 cylinders develop that habit for the first minute or so, my own 1594 was the same until I got the injection pump and injectors done

​@@Jim-McKechnieYep, have a 1694 myself, when I got it 5 years ago rattled like h*ll. Used a liter of ATF in about 20 liters of diesel and is perfect ever since. Did also change the pump oil, very important, only thing injector pump needs to work forever. And clean fuel of course. Have a good one.

After he chopped those fields I headed home narrow roads n high hedges n speeds involved I decided to be safe lol

@@Jim-McKechnie Good decision Jim, I would’ve done exactly the same!

Looks dry jim bet the loads where light did you see what speed he was doing, thanks for at video

@@andrewfdunnett5008 was heavier than it looked but he was chopping at 12mph -14 mph

Lol I thank you for the young man , as I’ve now officially reached “middle age” …. Should get some more video of silage this week and next…. Hopefully get the 1594 out to stretch its legs as well lol

@@Jim-McKechnie 🙂👍