Comments on: Ferguson FE35 Golden Grey Hydraulics Not Lifting

By: Robert S Coyne

Robert S Coyne — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 10:44:22 +0000

Hi Dave,
It seems you must have damaged the pump inside,as happened to my Hydraulics you will need to get the DVD AS IT WILL HELP YOU FROM DOING MORE DAMAGE,it will bring you along with test you can make to localize the fault and you can do a re-build if need be the advantage of the DVD you can play it as many times as you need or stop and view while you are carrying out some very sensitive adjustments, as even well trained engineers need practice to keep in top of this type of work.
Regards,
Robert Coyne.

By: Dave Thomson

Dave Thomson — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:29:27 +0000

Hello Guys. I have a MF35 as well and had to pull a car with a loaded trailer up my driveway. I did the wrong thing and towed it by the drawbar which I had slightly raised. Since this time the Hydraulics will only raise and lower using the draught control like mentioned in Roberts post. I am looking at ordering the DVD as I have the workshop manual but thinking to see it pulled out and apart would make it easier to understand. My question is could you point me in the direction of what you might think could be the culprit here if possible. Also the hydraulics will lower when the clutch is depressed. Before all this the hydraulics were in excellent shape and had no problems with them.
Thank you in advance for any help that you can offer.
Cheers Dave

By: Robert S Coyne

Robert S Coyne — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:45:59 +0000

HI Steve,
That information has sorted me out, the auxiliary tank is piped from the top of the fuel filter , the leak off from the injectors has nothing to do with the cold start mechanism, the confusion occurred when i took off the pipe at the bottom of tank no diesel came out, there must be a non-return valve in the tank and normally there would be very little diesel returning to the tank.
The Hydraulics DVD was indeed very USE-FULL, the large spring on the top link section was broken and was replaced plus pump re-build kit. The bracket for hydraulic top cover removal i made up from your drawing, it did the job very well in freeing up space and keeps cover steady.
Regards,
Robert S Coyne.
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By: Vintage Tractor Engineer

Vintage Tractor Engineer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:36:09 +0000

Hi Robert,

The fuel leak off pipe from the injectors should go straight into the bottom of the fuel tank. The fuel leak off (de-aireator pipe) from the top of the fuel filter goes up between the battery and fuel tank and returns to the main fuel tank if you have the Ki-Gas cold starting equipment (or returns to the heater plug header tank if you have CAV cold starting thermostart).

Pleased you found the Hydraulics DVD useful and that it helped you with your hydraulics rebuild.

Hope that helps.

Kind Regards,

Steve Ridsdale (VTE)

By: Robert S Coyne

Robert S Coyne — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:02:11 +0000

Vintage Tractor Engineer

re my comment september 15 last, i have since received the dvd which gave me the instructions to carry out complete hydraulics overhaul, found it marvelous now i am waiting for weather to clear to start ploughing. I have another query about the leak off pipe from the injectors to tank in (23c) does it return the diesel to the auxiliary tank for the cold start heater?.
Regards,
Robert S Coyne.