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Hi Chris. The cylinder head was bought on eBay as a brand new exchange unit with valves. I think (but don't hold me to it as this was 2.5 years ago now!) the head set me back about £400. Hope this helps you. All the best, Rob

@@bobthesmug thank you, I'm just stripping one at the moment, found a cam lobe just spinning on the shaft plus a broken rocker and damage to the rocker bridge. Looks like I will have to pull the engine and gearbox forward to get the head off for inspection as the bolts going to the egr cooler from the manifold side are like cheese and are rounding. Also timining chain is as slack as hell which I would say has caused the problem to begin with. Thanks, best wishes, Chris. Thanks for your hel

@@chrsrans1 Ouch... That is sounding painful and I wish you good luck sorting it... The EGR's are not in the nicest to remove and I remember mine was a bit of a pig to remove. All the best Rob

Hi Scott. Not a problem. It does very much sound like either a head issue or possibly the head gasket beginning to fail. My suggestion would be to get a combustion leak test done on it as this will tell straight away if the pressure is coming from the cylinders. If you are lucky you may only be a gasket but if you we're unlucky like me it may need a head. I'm guessing the egr coolers must be prone to leaking thus getting bypassed. The cost of the job will depend on what you end up needing. This heap I have was majorly cooked due to a complete water pump failure and the lack of temperature sensor (just hanging behind the head). The van didn't run and had no compression on 2 cylinders. The head removal process on these engines isn't the most straightforward and is quite a fiddly job. At a guess you may be looking at a 10-16 hour labour bill, say £400-600 for a normal garage rate plus the parts. If you just end up needing a head set then it's possibly not going to be too expensive but it's if you do end up needing a head when it gets very pricey. If you do get it done and they find the head cracked, it may be worth getting them to send it to be pressure tested. Sometimes heads can be cracked, but not leak. The one in my van had far too much cracking on it so I didn't bother and just bit the bullet. I can happily report that 2 years on, and 20,000 miles later (2000 of which was clock in two weeks in my mad dash through Italy and back) I've had no issues. I hope this is helpful for you.

Hi Robert and yes very appreciated information there .. and bet you had a great time on your trip love the fools n horses theme .. thanks for the information and you take care n thanks again...

I can't quite remember the price of the head, but I have a feeling for an exchange unit it was in the order of £560 odd. Then there was the cost of gaskets and everything else that was needed on top of that. What's happened with yours? Pressurising the cooling system and overheating? Sadly I can't really take on any work at the moment (van cars ETC I do as a slide line to my main work) as I've got backlog of work I'm trying to clear. I take it your here in Cornwall then?

It was quite a windy day that day!

@@bobthesmug at least now they got the new panther any fire response should be a whole lot faster

@@stacy-qm4qq fingers crossed for them! It was painful watching them race up at such a sedated pace. As you said, it was a good job it wasn't a major problem!

@@bobthesmug the teledyne trucks use to have a problem with wheels falling off at high speed hence they are now restricted to no more than 30mph .......shame really as they are a great rig when on scene

A rebuild would have been the better option, but the donor tractor I bought for far less than it would have cost me to rebuild the engine plus this way there was a lot less down time. Rebuild would have taken the tractor out of action for at least a month, where as this way it was out of action for just a few days

Well all I can say is the three cylinder David brown is a beautiful engine even now I am certain it is one of the best three cylinder tractor engines to come to Australia

This old pup doesn't have a heater plug! It has an advance tap on the pump to aid a cold start.

Dunno where that 1 came from before 'band' !!

tom williams would have to disagree. I think the fiat 80 series and 90 series were bullet proof basic tractors

It took a fair while. The mechanical stuff was a couple weekends work to complete. The wrapping took ages! Couldn't tell you how many hours it took

The reasoning behind the swap is that the cabbed 996's front axle was rotten out and collapsed on one side. I'd of also had to swap out all the loader brackets to get my loader to fit. The cabbed one would have also need all the hydraulic linkages freeing up as the only valve that is free on it is the quadrant. The hitch is also missing, link arms are worn out, brakes not working ect. It would of probably ended up being more work than the engine swap. Annoyingly I do now have to repair the gearbox on the cabless one now as you seem to have to go fishing for 2nd gear!

@@bobthesmug Not that i know much about mecanicking but that could only be a selector.I all ways heard the david brown gearing was built strong.I have a 995 q cab.Before that i had a 996 hi cab .I liked the hi cab in hind sight lol.Far less to go wrong than q cab model.No clutch and brake cylinders to worry about.And just easier worked at over all if she ever stuck in gear etc.

@@mariecarey7009 I wish it was a selector! I sadly know from a little bit of prior investigation that it is something broken behind the synchro. The 2nd and 3rd gear are synchromesh on this gear box, but they always have crunched going in since I've had the tractor. I'm just coping with it untill the end of the year until I manage to get some time to strip it down and repair it! Always something breaking on old high hour kit!

@@bobthesmug Your lucky you can to the work yourself.I have to pay a garage man anything i need doing. The brown that i have only has 6500 what seems to be geniune hours. The engine is good easy started no smoke.There is a bit of a blow.I was told it will never do her anyharm.I could do the engine up and still get a blow.Rings might of went hard from not doing enough.?

@@mariecarey7009 it may be that it's slightly glazed up. It can happen, but giving it some hard work can sometimes help. A bit of blowb-by never will heart anything. So long as it's starting without a problem as you say it is, and not drinking oil, I personally would leave well alone. A lot of old Ford tractor engines are like that. Breath heavily but are mechanically sound.