i think it was a hydro shift or was i mistaken ?Very cheap 1412,.rare enough tractor unless of course this one is a basket case.
https://www.donedeal.ie/tractors-for-sale/davib-brown-1412/1754988
David Brown
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nashmach
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If the tinwork matches the mechanics you are right.
All xx12's were Hydroshifts :Thumbp2:
didn,t realise all 12s were to be honest
nashmach
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The gearbox is the only difference between a 1210 and 1212 and their 14 brothers :Thumbp2:
MF30
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They had crankshaft issues, though I think some of the 990s had a weakness here too. I remember seeing three broken crankshafts from DBs in an engine shop in Sliabh Rua years ago at the same time. Mechanic wasn't really surprised. That small diamond door would put me off straight away. Turning the pump down on a 1212 was the first job then to help save the crank.
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Arthur
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Afaik only 3 bearings on the crankshaft was to blame.
crankshafts seemed to be a problem with db,s , are they hard to be got nowadays ?
MF30
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He could get new crankshafts fine but lack of support in bearing carriers was a problem. Blocks possibly got twisted too as he showed me that when a new crank was torqued up fully it tended to bind, releasing the bolts slightly and it freed up again. The cure? He used pieces of folded tinfoil between the bearing caps to space them apart! Said he did this first twenty years ago and engines have come back worn out after all that time with the tinfoil intact! I couldn't believe it.
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nashmach
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MF30
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Wonder would sales have been much higher for these models if the doors were a decent size? I'm sure the door size alone put off many a well fed farmer...
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Toastfighter
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The cost of developing new cabs hurried the demise of many manufacturers just as they were becoming vulnerable to the fall in total tractor sales.
nashmach
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You did have the option of the Secura cab but it was probably a lot dearer so most wouldn't have chosen it.
They just looked ungainly compared to the much more compact 3000 or 135.
nashmach
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Or in maybe!That's to make sure you don't get out too often
Didnt Browns have some valve back near the lift quadrant that if touched could lead to all sorts of bother?!
nashmach
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I think that was one that you could use to lock the lift arms but not 100% sure on that.
JOHNNY BOY
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There lever to lock the lift arms on the 1210 was under the seat at your heals.
On the 1210 there was a dial sort of thingy behind the lifts lever, a flow control of some sorts if memory serves me right.
MF30
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The selectamatic 3 way control valve is on the right beside lift lever, moving this changes the type of lift control. Beside it is the dump valve-pull/push movement. Bottom right at the heel is flow/drop control rate, left side are 3 oil flow/ on/off taps. All have their own uses and work satisfactorily but you wouldn't want to be in a hurry to discover their full potential.
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gone
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Is that the Irish made cab?
That cab was on a lot of them, not sure where it was made tbh
nashmach
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That's the David Brown VQ, mark 2 cab with the wider doors.
That is a very tidy example.
The Irish cab was a Delaney cab, I think it was made in Kildare.
