Mr Grumpy at Tumut NSW has a proper headache. He has a TD24 that desperately needs a rear head. Does anyone know where he might source one from, as it is unlikely that there is a good one in Australia? He is going through a hard patch at the moment so any help for him would be greatly appreciated.

I may know where one might find that head in CA USA ,, you could only ask !! ,, the Business is mostly known as Piggy Smiths. Located just north of San Fran .,, I did have all contact info some place!! ,, you should find him on Google ..... Regards Mate ....Pete

Thanks Pete, I will try them, unfortunately recently, when Mr Grumpy was up North helping his son, his house got trashed, he is also dealing with issues with his severely handicapped daughter, as well, a couple of his sons staff wrote off his Landcruiser on him, all in all a tough couple of months. He has a beautifully restored PS Thirty as well as a 7 horse stationary steam engine.

Here is the contact page for their web site.
I have used their services in the past and was well satisfied. Bought a standard crank for a D6C about 35 years ago and it was perfect.

www.fpsmitheq.com/contact.html

This possibly could be a lead to .
www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread....ternational-TD-24-25

"ianoz" wrote:

This possibly could be a lead to .
www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread....ternational-TD-24-25

Hey Wombat, If we can find out where thy are in Northern MN, I would be glad to take a look for you if they are not to far off. Always looking for a excuse for a road trip, never know what I will find on the way. There is a local machine shop here that specializes in engine work where it could be checked out before shipping.

there was a fella a few years ago at Tully in north Queensland had 2 real good 24's dunno much about them he passed them in at his clearing sale dont know were they ended up

there was a couple out Blackall or Barcaldine 12 months ago on a station I was told about at least thats what Paul Moore at Towoomba told me last time I was down that way

so there must be some still about we just gotta look under the right rock LOL

a fella at Western Traders Gatton has one he was looking for tracks for but otherwise was ok I told him I was heading to Paul Moores and would ask if he new of any thats when he told me about the ones out Barcaldine way

maybe some leads there apart from that theres one about 10 km from my farm that still getting used so dunno maybe they might know of some parts

Paul

Many thanks for the help, Mr Grumpy is a very happy man, FP Smith had a brand new bare head that will be heading to Australia at a very reasonable price. I will have to teach Mr Grumpy how to use a computer so that he can get onto this BB.

"Wombat" wrote:

Many thanks for the help, Mr Grumpy is a very happy man, FP Smith had a brand new bare head that will be heading to Australia at a very reasonable price. I will have to teach Mr Grumpy how to use a computer so that he can get onto this BB.

Great. Can't do better than a brand new head.

Is it true that the heads (rear one at least) fails because the engine side covers have been removed - which typically happens in order to provide more ready access to the engine??

I was told this by an owner:mmph: