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Last week we sent out a Massey Ferguson 35 Hydraulics DVD to Mr Alan Clark from Ontario Canada. He has made his own bracket to help flip over the hydraulic top cover, and has made such a good job of it Vintage Tractor Engineer thought it was worth showing the pictures here on the website.
After watching the DVD, Mr Clark sent us an email – and here’s what he wrote….
Many thanks for the Hydraulics DVD.
I especially liked the way you admitted that some things i.e. the dismantling of the lift cylinder/spring assembly, took more than five minutes.
I found it a great encouragement.
I am currently replacing and older, no filter, hydraulic pump with a new, later unit, with a filter.
I will be able to set everything up properly now, after cleaning out the sludge from 50 years of neglect, on this, my neighbour’s 1959 MF 50
I had already made the bracket, from the info on your website.photo attached,great idea adding the 0-8cm scale.
You will note I have fitted a shackle, to cheat, and help me lift the top cover, must be my age.
I will be asking for your Engine DVD, as Christmas nears.
thanks again
Alan Clark
It’s always nice to receive such emails and know that people are working in their garages all over the world restoring these old tractors and enjoying their work/hobby.
Mr Clark has sent in some photos of the bracket he has made, and what a neat job it is!!! The plate is cut cleanly, the pin is held with an R-pin and washer, painted Massey Ferguson red and the addition of the shackle on to the handle/stand.
A perfectly manufactured bracket (which puts Vintage Tractor Engineer’s rusty old bracket to shame!!!)
Alan reports temperatures of +2 degrees C in Canada at the moment and snow flurries forcast for later in the week, so he’s trying to get the MF50 back in working order before the weather closes in. So good luck Alan.
I have a question I hope someone can help with. My lift pump on my MF50 is broken, the parts books show
a replacement pump that has a filter on it. My old pump doesn’t have a filter. Is it the same pump just updated? Thanks Dave
Ihave a problem with the steering on a Massey Ferguson 50 doesn’t turn at all. Could u direct me what to try. Thanks
Hi John,
I presume you have been looking at the Hydraulics DVD?
The DVD was filmed on a MF35 (English built variant), and the information
will be the same as for the TO35.
I am not certain about the F-40. I have never worked on a F-40, so cannot
say for certain, but I believe that the information will pertain to this
model. I think any differences will be in the set-up of the system (which
is obviously critically important). It depends what is the problem with the
F-40 hydraulics at the moment. If they are weak, but the quadrant levers
are giving good control of the system then I guess that the set-up is
currently correct and will not require any alteration other than possibly
looking at the condition of the rollers etc.
Sorry I am unable to give you a definitive answer about the F-40, and hope
this information has been useful to you.
Steve Ridsdale (VTE)
Hi,I have a 1955 TO-35 and a 1956 F-40. Would your dvd work equally well on both tractors or are ther differances that I should know about?
Thanks,
John Graham
I have a MF50. I can’t get it to lift my 6ft auger is this the hydralic pump? or does the auger have to be lifted?