Help Resources For David Brown Tractors
David Brown Tractor Club
The David Brown Tractor Club is the official club for David Brown Tractor enthusiasts.
The posts and replies this site houses originated from the forum originally hosted by the Club for many years.
The Club operates a Facebook group and Instagram page:
Parts Diagrams
Use the official CaseIH parts lookup. Comprehensive parts diagrams are available for most David Brown Tractors.
Search for your model tractor, for example "990", to find parts diagrams for your model tractor.
You'll need to know your tractor's model year
or serial number range. To find your model year, use the David Brown Tractor Club's
serial number lookup table.
Parts and Service for David Brown Tractors
Following are links to companies who have been found to have parts or service.
United Kingdom & Ireland:
Global
- Your local CaseIH dealer may be able to find parts
- Sparex
- Amazon sometimes has the part you're looking for. Be careful of bad quality
- An eBay search is worth looking at, but be careful of bad quality
YouTube Channels
There are several YouTube Channels that have content related to repair of David Brown Tractors.
Has many videos on a
David Brown 990 Selectamatic, mainly related to hydraulics restoration.
David Brown Tractor Playlist
(Path of Discovery's owner runs the David Brown Forum Archive website.)
Disassembled a David Brown 990 Selectamatic, cleaned it up, and is putting it back together.
The channel has outstanding videos on various processes
and techniques on disassembly/reassembly of the various components.
Covers tractor repair topics and restorations.
Massey Ferguson is the main focus, but knowledge is
given in such a way as to be useful for any type of vintage tractor. Be sure to check out the
playlist of David Brown videos.
A model 880 will be restored in the future.
Also see Queensland Tractor Spares
Technical Brad has a great playlist of videos he's done on a 1966 David Brown 880A Selectamatic.
Manuals and Documents
Main source for Manuals
Path of Discovery's Google Drive
contains 3D diagrams and plans for the Service Tool used to
adjust the Valve Chest on Selectamatic tractors. Also contains re-written instructions for setting up the main adjustments for
a Selectamatic tractor.
Man fromthemist's Google Drive
contains shared documents, manuals and resources. Also contains 3D files for the Service Tool as well as an axel spanner.
The technical section of
Queensland Tractor Spares website has an archive of technical documents for many types of tractors, including David Brown.