Everyone who has worked or grown up on a farm during the early sixties or before remembers threshing day.
The videos from Rosemount Festival have brought back some memories for Dave, who has written in…
It has brought back memories to me from the UK in the 50’s. I remeber the ol Binder & the threshing machine, […]
Michael has a 1962 MF35, but unfortunately all the plates and badges have been removed from the dashboard at some point in the tractor’s life. We already have some photos of the decals for various different tractors (a 1962 tractor, MF35 Decals and Badges, Dave’s tractor, Jeff’s tractor, external link to Per’s tractor), but we […]
Dennis has sent in some links to Youtube videos from the 2013 Rosemount Vintage Festival.
It is always good to go along to a local show and see the tractors lined up on display. However, VTE thinks it’s even better to watch them at work with some vintage machinery. The videos Dennis has sent show some […]
Removing the hydraulic top cover on the MF35 (or any other tractor) is not an easy task, as the cover is quite heavy. To help facilitate this Vintage Tractor Engineer has drawn a to scale sketch and added phtotos.
A number of people have used the drawings to manufacture their own bracket which has made the […]
We’ve had a problem with our Massey Ferguson 8220 a little while back.
We use the 8220 on the farm for the heavy cultivation work. This is a little off-topic for a vintage tractor site, but I thought the information may help someone.
There’s a photo of the 8220 if you wish to take a look.
The 8220 […]
Last week Vintage Tractgor Engineer went along to a local farm retirement sale. Everything was to go, inclucding a rather nice Massey Ferguson 35X.
It was in quite good original condition, straight panel work, original cab, good paint work (must have been well housed all its life). A genuine little tractor.
The one different thing about this […]
The Ki-gas systems to aid cold starting was fitted to the TEF20 and many other vintage tractors.
The system consists of a small header tank situated to the rear of the main fuel tank which feeds the Ki-gas pump through a small pipe. Between the pipe and the pump is a small body which holds a […]
The Problem
We recently had a message from Jock who has been getting white smoke and misfire when the engine is ticking over (Perkins 3A.152). The engine had recently been rebuilt with a crank re-grind, head skim and piston/liner replacement.
When hot and working hard the engine runs fine, seems to have sufficient power and burns clean […]
