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    Fordson E27N revisited

    Oct 21, 2022 4 minutes

    DIFFICULTY

    RATING

    In the last issue I covered the adjustment of the brakes, having received a pair of new brake cables some time ago and I’m now satisfied with the operation of the brakes. I just now need to clean and refinish the brake covers and fit them before refitting the footplates.

    The most recent tasks have been to repair the corrosion-damaged mudguards and sort a porous oil bath air filter bowl.

    Way back when I first acquired my E27N, in 1986, I went in search of a pair of replacement mudguards, as the originals were badly corroded. After a long search I settled on a pair of mudguard tops from a scrap tractor in the yard of

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