David Brown Tractor Forum

Thanks! I'll go out and check my toplink now! Do don't by any chamce know where to get a new Bowden cable?

Hi, Can anybody please tell me how the Bowden cable on a Cropmaster works? I know that it causes a latch to open, releasing the lever which controls the clutch, thereby stopping the tractor, but how is the latch triggered? From old photos it seems that the cable went from the toplink to the latch on...

Thanks for the reply!

I got a brilliant New Holland finger-bar mower for my Ferguson 20. The blades have serrated edges and therefore do not need to be sharpened, and a belt drives the blade as opposed to a wooden shaft like so many fingerbar mowers. It also cuts everything in its path, and takes no power out of the Ferg...

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Does anyone have a parts diagram of the calorimieter on a David Brown Cropmaster?

What type and size thread is on the end of it? BSF? Thanks.

"Sure that yoke wouldn't pull you out of bed"

OR

"It'd be grand if only they didn't paint it that horrible shade of brown...!"

OR

"So, this is what the back of a David Brown looks like!"

Looks like a nice original tractor. Another college student DB enthusiast joins the club! I was in third year in college when I got my first Cropmaster. 4 years later and I've finally got a Cropmaster Diesel!

The best way out of this would be to put a Cropmaster radiator on it. Nobody;s going to notice that it's not the original VAK1 type!

Good tip!

Well, the VAK1 chassis is the same width as that of the Cropmaster, so I'd take a chance and say that the radiators are the same size!

Thanks very much - very useful info! I had a look at our 996 and 1490 and could see the grease nipple on the outside of the hubs. On my Cropmaster and on the 25D, there is a sort of a cover over the hub, and I thought I was going to have to remove the wheel and then the hub cover to get at the greas...

Powerrabbit wrote:Have you tried greasing the hubs? Normally helps.

How? I had a look but didn't see any grease nipples in there...

Hi,

I have a restored 1952 Cropmaster Diesel which has recently developed an intermittent squeaking noise, coming left hand rear wheel when driving along.

Any ideas what this could be? I think the guy who restored it probably replaced the rear hub hearings.

Thanks.

Hi guys, While taking the rear wheel off my David Brown 1490 Hydrashift, I noticed that there was excessive wear in the hub bearing. Is this normal? Shoudl there be significant rocking movement in the wheel when jacked up? Are the hub bearings difficult to replace? Are they expensive? Thanks. Robert.

You can tell for vertain by the serial number anyway...If it's a Cropmaster Diesel it will start with 'PD' and if it's a TVO, it will start with 'P'. Not that it matters anyway, as they're all lovely tractors!