Vintage Tractor Engineer

Hello, Ian, just a note.
The next time you and your friends make an instructional video, I think a Merlin robe and hat should considered. For you to take us to all of the dark corners and scary places and, provide enlightenment and confidence is nothing, if not magical!
I was hoping that your program would help on a project that has just begun,…..it has done far more than that!…..

I have started on a gas (petrol) 135 Deluxe ‘68, and, another complete rebuild of a diesel MF20 w/ loader, and back hoe ‘71, if all goes well. Thank you for your good work!

I’m a fan!
Sincerly, Dan

This one is from Pierre (France). We have been emailing with Pierre (who only speaks French), so we’ve had to go to Google Translate to try and understand each other. Anyway, Pierre eventually put his order through for the MF35 DVD’s (Hydrualics and 4 Cylinder Engine Rebuild) and then wrote back to say….

J’ai bien reçu mes deux DVD ;je les regarde en ce momment , superbe! au revoir Pierre.

Google says this translates to :- I received my two DVD’s, I watch at the moment, superb!

Hi Steve,
I’ve finally fitted the 23cs to my boat and both engines fired up first time!!

Fantastic I’m really chuffed.

My background is in carpentry, although I now teach English in the local prison, and so your dvd is the only tuition I’ve had on mechanics/engineering.

When working on the engines I had the dvd on the laptop and so repeatedly replayed each stage of the rebuild etc. There is no way I could have done the engines before and so a great thank you for the dvd and excellent advice.

Cheers Paul.

Hello again!

I have got the DVD, and it´s very good.
But the man in the DVD shows us how to lift the heavy top part to get access to the hydraulics, and he usees some sort of home made bracket.
You haven´t got some drawings of that bracket, with all dimensions, by any chanse?
And the dimensions (positions of the holes and everything) of the plate on which a square rod was welded, too?
If you do, I would be very happy if you could email me those drawings. I work at a school and we have milling machines, drills and lathes, so it would be possible for me
to manufacture those part myself. But I would need all the dimensions.

Hope it is possible
Thomas Lindell

Hi Thomas, the scale drawings of the bracket for the hydraulic top cover removal are available here.

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