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Lucky enough to pick up this rare 1950's manual to go with my equally rare Versatiller Mk 1

I bought this today to use in plowing, discing, and harvesting. 1965 David Brown 990 Selectamatic 55 hp diesel. Rear remotes and everything works as it should except it needs headlights 3250 US.

thanks wrist pin for your help i done everything you said, it stripped down great there is 1 clutch plate is stuck to the pressure plate and the other clutch is free are the 2 clutch plates supposed to be free ,on the bottom of the gearbox there is a 4 bolt flange plate i undone the the bolts and took the plate off no oil in the box at all i turned the flange plate over there was a bearing there that was seized up it is all free now and running great thanks for your help john

Yes the original square hoods had a plastic bracket in the inside of the hood, then par36 lamps fastened into this. We removed the plastic and used the one bolt (note the plastic is fastened to the bonnet with a single central bolt) to secure a metal bracket that we had made to hold the LED lamps, square or round, makes little difference.

I've just sold a snow plough all complete and working with the axle bracket for £175 and gave the chap a full length frame.

Sorry I forgot to put the asking price on, I am looking for £450...… a lot of work went into this....

I call it Tractor SFU; Special Forensic Unit. You literally have to go back in time and find out what each and every owner/operator did to the machine and how to remedy the issues and repairs. These types of enquiries are not unlike scientific enquiries you will do at Uni. I've done this on 30+ machines and it never gets easy, but the knowledge you attain does transfer into real world problem solving. You're going to be very successful.

As pointed out by Fix'em all the Osprey does have a fibre clutch plate that may contain asbestos and this can absorb moisture and rust to either of the pressure plates - one of which is part of the left hand wheel hub and the other keyed to the axle. Jack the machine up , remove the split pin from the nut in the left hand wheel centre and undo the nut . At this point the wheel and hub should pull off the axle . If it wont come off, try hitting the inflated tyre with a mallet. If that doesn't work, get back to us. This may be useful. https://www.dropbox.com/s/e2rmk54zl2msh1k/Hayter Osprey and 21 0001.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/5sjvlcenhz6ghfe/Hayter 21 %26 Osprey Gearboxes0001.pdf?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/0puak77v28dnjpl/Hayter 21 %26 Osprey clutch adj20001.pdf?dl=0

You did the right thing, keep looking. The rotavator looks a bit butchered and from what i can see the tines look very worn. I picked one up the other year for £150 although the idler and rear bracket wasn't included. The plow doesn't look like any of the wheel horse ones, it looks like they have used the rear hitch bracket as a plow bracket.

Thanks Alain Thank you! I will have to investigate a bit more when I return from uni at christmas, yes it is a Delco Remy starter. I didn't have the time to look at the engine too much when I was home but I think it is the original, I'm always sceptical when someone says the 'tractor was running 5 years ago', I always wonder if it was put away as something broke, I guess I will find out when I strip it down.

Par36 the ones your thinking of mate? Just seen a post on red square and I believe they will fit! I think I only have one of the brackets though unfortunately

Cub cadet I didn't realise they were sealed round units in assuming there are holding clips/lugs on the back of the bonnet. That changes things a bit