I saw an archive film about Leyland tractors, the 384 was pulling a 5 bottom plow. The engine will stand up to a turbo and injection pump turned up. My dads 384 was set up for weekend tractor pulling, turbo, pump set "10%" over, a homemade weight rack and wheelie bars on the rear and STILL farmed with it for many years. You have a good tractor, do the tin work and run the piss out of it!

I absolutely love the Leyland tractors

As long as the mechanicals are good, there and repairable - the rest is cosemtic! Dang good tractor and want to see more of this in the future I hope. Grandfather had nothing but Leyland's the last 40+ years he was alive and farming - 5 of them. One was a 384 and the rest 272s. Started with a 344 first which I located last year after being gone for 40+ years - now mine! Leyland will probably outlive me as that is how good they are! Cool! :-)

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thinking ! All runs and drives nice, just a gearbox leak and power steering leak to sort, and wire up the ignition, wont be to hard when we get started. Tinwork can be sorted aswell. So you managed to track down one of his old ones that must of been hard, alot of tractors end up with no v5 or reg plate come this age seems to be pot luck if they even have the reg!

@marlinmr7

2 жыл бұрын

@@MowersFamilyFarm More by accident that I found the 344 - the first Leyland my grandfather had purchased. Before that it was all Farmall. As weird as it sounds the salesman @ the dealership where he bought the 344 and all the others years later went out on his own and has his own dealership years later. Other implement dealers in the area want nothing to do with Leylands as way to practical/sensible and this one was traded in @ a John Deere dealership about 12-15 miles down the road so he got it from them. I saw it driving by - stopped to look @ it with no thoughts of it being Grandpas first one - he only had it about 1.5 years before trading it in on a 270. Anyway - the dealer/sales person recalled Grandpas first was a 344 and so did my older brother. When my Grandfather passed in 2006 they never got rid of one receipt or such from over 70 years on the farm so as somewhat of a joke I hunted thru the paperwork and found the receipt which had the serial numbers on it - they matched! The dealer/sales person later also found some more receipts he had from where he used to work - that implement dealer went bankrupt back in 2008 - and they matched also. It was and is in great shape as the guy who traded it in had purchased it after my grandfather traded it in for the larger Leyland. He in turn passed away and it was his son who traded it in on a brand new JD 1025 "weekend warrior" tractor I found out - thought it was to big. He loves his 1025 JD too as it spends lots and lots of time @ the JD dealership and he gets lots and lots of large 5 figure bills every time it goes in - all that high tech plastic electronic crap! So back in the family so to speak to stay and going to stay for my lifetime plus I have 2 nephews who are in love with it so that will be it's next home after I am gone. Wish someone would start making them again but in today's world way to practical and sensible - not enough high tech electronic crap on them that serves no purpose other than transferring lots of $$$ for parts/repair as the guy who traded it on the JD has found out multiple times and continues to do so! Looking forward to more videos on this as well as sometime I will post some involving the 344 later too as for the winter now mine is in storage and waiting for spring to come..... Old school vs. new high tech crap - will take the old anyday as far more practical/sensible! :-)

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Such a great story! 👍 wish we could find some of my grandad/great grandads old tractors but that just would never ever happen lol, old pea viners, majors, tws, crawlers etc would be a nightmare to even start trying to. Most probly are long gone. Too much electronics in new tractors 🚜 old is gold.

Great vid nice tractor!

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Ty bud

Hi Pete the 384 is 72 hp i noticed that yours has got power steering which is good as the ones without were a bit heavy to steer once you tidy her up she will be good

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Ah 72 i was close lol, yeahh power steering the guy who sold it said it was rare to have it, its currently got a leak on the power steering and also a slight gearbox leak too. Gosh i forget to mention so much in videos think i need a list before record ing lol😅 hopefully making a start on tidying her tommorow ! Enjoy your evening bud 👍

Great machine lad ,I've a 270 .great tractor back in the day.

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Weve viewed 3 other leylands no idea all the models but for twice the price, one was painted up and rear end seized. The other was in just about better condition, hopefully tidy her up a bit! How many tractors you got bud?

@johnmooney3258

2 жыл бұрын

@@MowersFamilyFarm 2 new Holland t7s,ford 7810,ford 7000,nutfield 4/65, Leyland 270.massey 165.seven altogether bud.

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmooney3258 nice collection mate! Do love a t7 one the farms we buy off has a cracking t7 and a tm150 find myself staring at them lol!

@johnmooney3258

2 жыл бұрын

@@MowersFamilyFarm I know the feeling mate, new Holland,are one of the most reliable tractors on the road,and beautiful to look at,same as their predessors ( fords.).

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnmooney3258 the old man fancies having an 8240 but the ford version think its cos he used to use one on a cousins farm years ago and loved it.

Do you know if there is a metal plat inside the little fing on the rigth there the spakar is that stops one of them to move

Hi noticed the pump not seen that type of pump before on Leyland 384 - interesting and power steering too thats a winner. We have restored Leyland 804 looks like she just come off the productiuon line check out the video's if you so wish - We are now restoring a Chieftain MK10 main battle tank thats also looking great too. Wish you well on restoring these old tractors and will subscribe to your channel Pete.

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Hi bud thanks for checking it out, hopefully have her running of the key in a couple weeks when i find time, has got a leak on the power steering but looks like its just a seal 🦭 Ill have to check out that tank sounds awesome lol!

respect bro on your hard work

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers bud

Great video nice Leyland good old tractor

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers bud 👍 been wanting a leyland for a while so glad we managed to find one even if needs bit of tinkwork doing 😀 have good day xx

@JACK11168

2 жыл бұрын

Ya there a nice tractor have on myself doing it up on my KZread channel

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

@@JACK11168 ill have to check it out!

Can a leyland 384 lift a power link box

gess who my friend

Paid £600 for my 384, lot better condition tin work than yours but engine had seized from standing for years & water getting down the exhaust, the BMC 3.8 litre engines fitted to 384's are prone to cracked liners allowing water into the sump.

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds same scenario with the massey gave under £700 for that with siezed engine. Water down exhaust lol

@antonyaustin8779

2 жыл бұрын

@@MowersFamilyFarm , 384 engine now rebuilt with new liners etc, next job is overhaul the clutch & replace rear crank seal while clutch is out.

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Progressing well! Hopefully have her up and running in no time bud.

No offence mate you paid for that!!!!!I wouldn't take a present of that

@MowersFamilyFarm

2 жыл бұрын

Good running tractor looked at alot worse for alot more money, old internationals, fiats, where they run on 2 cylinders, cabs need cutting off or hydraulics not working and they still want £1500 for them lol. Problem is the export market means theyd sell that leyland would sell tommorow exported to russia, africa, poland etc for a nice profit too lol 😆