David Brown Tractor Forum

Did any 900s leave the factory in yellow paint? I picked one up recently at auction sold as a "DB 900 industrial". It has red primer base coat, then fairly intact yellow enamel, with a poor top coat of spray can red. Wheels are orchid white or close to it. Any thoughts? AD4//30J, 905, J900D, 50869 1...

going to Ruscha's?

Have you tried it, or just postulating? 4BTs and 354 Perkins engines live in other DBs. The tape measure says it is awfully close.

Anyone done it? Will it bolt in? I have a 900 that is just plain worn out. Parts are like looking for hens teeth in the US for the 4/40. 4/47 parts are generally available, and I have a donor engine I can rebuild.

Someone have a link? I can't find it.

Anyone with a lathe and drill press can make a pivot pin, certainly cheaper than what it would be from Case.

Open station syncro is forward for engaged.

The oil line is 1/8 BSP versus 1/8" NPT that is common here. The BSP is 28 tpi, NPT is 27. Sometimes you can get a NPT to seal in a BSP hole, sometimes you strip the fitting or it leaks. Adapters are available, I have also run a 1/8 NPT tap into the hole in the block to allow it to take a standard f...

Winter diesel AKA #1 fuel is kerosene, or a blend of diesel/kerosene depending on where you are.

I keep a 5 gallon can of Kerosene in my heated shop as a rescue item if I gel one up on an exceptionally cold day.

I had a 3800. Knocked it over the head for parts. Some are very hard to find.

did you pop out the wedge at the rear of the cover? It is clamped in by 4 horizontal bolts that are in the little holes under the steering box. Bolt by oil filter? Starter bolts? I still like to look at a clutch while the cover is off to make sure everything is happening the way I want. For a clutch...

A stuck latching valve will cause it to lift constantly A friend of mine had this problem on a 780 and more recently a 770 But with a tandem pump you are diverting all the oil away from the selectamatic when combined. I plowed a few acres this way while playing with mine and figuring out exactly wh...

I have had this issue with my 1494. The "latching valve" inside the selectamatic control valve was stuck.

The 770 from the clutch back was its own animal.

A 780 is more or less an 880 back end and engine with the 770 front frame and front axle

Probably dirty connections on the cables at the starter. disconnect battery, unbolt wires at starter clean all connection surfaces with emory cloth or a file and reassemble. Clean battery terminals too. Other option is you let the magic smoke out of the starter. You can buy replacement Lucas smoke, ...