Elecktra Beckum produce good quality machinery, we have quite a few wood working machines by them, German made and the company is now owned by Metabo I believe.
Awesome find! Yes they are rare in the UK and I can't believe this was in a scrap yard! good save. The tractor looks fairly complete which is good, much better than my RJ58 was when i got it. A good site for wheel horses and possible help with spares is wheelhorseforum.com
With regards to a serial number, they were printed on a foil sticker on the top of the chassis rail, just behind the inside of the bonnet. At least thats where they are on an RJ, they were quite often lost unfortunately.
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
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.
Never mind I've said I won't be taking it sadly. Right fancied a plough and rotavator for it.
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.
The Kohler 7hp (k161) and 8hp (k181) both had a bore of 2.938 inches. The only difference between the two engines is the stroke, with the k161 being 2.500 an the k181 being 2.750
Thanks Alain
7 hours ago, Anglo Traction said:
No way of telling what size it is visually. Maybe worth pulling the head to check it anyway, just to see the condition and know what it is for sure.
Can only offer you some engine spec info. Records of Kohler engines supplied to Moto Mowers show the following info-
Could not find any other engine type supplied to Moto Mowers, unless they obtained a batch of a Basic Model (off the shelf).
Is that a Delco Remy starter generator?. You could search the parts list manuals for those specs to see if they show the mountings etc for it.
Hope it's the original engine and not a swap in.
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.
So that puts Ewan's Executive model pre '65. What hp is the engine, Ewan? Does it still have an ID plate? Maybe you can date it off the engine number?
They made the executive model in 1963, 1964 and 1965 I think, each year there was quite a few changes to the styling. I am pretty sure it is a 1963 7E (executive 7hp) as there is a few things such as the aluminium steering wheel and the foot pedals that make me think it is the 63 model. Unfortunately someone cut off the piece of metal which went at the top of the hoodstand, this had the serial and the model number on it. Very frustrating! Also the engine serial number plate on these Masseys were positioned on the top engine cowl, this has also been removed at some point. So at the moment we are unaware if this is a 7 or 8hp engine. It looks identical to my cub 7hp engine apart from this one has a fuel pump, does anyone know if this was an option on a 7hp kohler? Is there any other markings that will help me deterring the HP without pulling the head?
Well done, Ewan. Looks in reasonable condition. Shouldn't take to much work to tidy up.
hopefully not, going to need all the electrics looking at, the front axle is very worn, needs quite a few new oil seals, and i suspect new bearings in the dynastart
Any idea who made it for Massey Ferguson, or did they make it themselves?
It was a company called Duracorp I think, they made a tractor called a moto mower and then they were rebadged for Massey Ferguson, I’ve been speaking to someone in the US and he said they rarely see them for sale over there. Very desirable although the moto mowers are more common.
Hopefully it’ll be there, for once I think I might try and keep one original although it has been painted over at some point, they did make a fairly good job of it. Going to need to be stripped, cleaned and rebuilt first, will be a winter project
I remember it now. It was the Finger Bar on the front, I seem to recall your Dad (meadowfield) adapting it to fit sometime back. Looks a good solid machine now.
Thats right! we made a finger bar from a barford fit. It was a good worker but my brother thought the money would be more useful to him.
I just have the square holes in the hood and think I will use led like you have. You can get sealed 3x3 and 4x4 cree work lamps that will do the job, I would give them a light tint to make then less terminator lol
Ours was the same, unfortunately i cant find a photo but the round ones were the same 4 1/2" diameter as the originals so fit perfectly and were extremely bright, the square ones will work awesome too!
although it has been painted over at some point, they did make a fairly good job of it. Going to need to be stripped, cleaned and rebuilt first, will be a winter project 
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Elecktra Beckum produce good quality machinery, we have quite a few wood working machines by them, German made and the company is now owned by Metabo I believe.