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Timing Massey Ferguson 35, 23C Without Removing Engine From Transmission

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We’ve had an email from a 4 cylinder 23C, Engine Rebuild DVD customer who is having a few problems with the timing procedure for the engine.  The DVD shows how to time the engine when it has been split from the clutch housing, but Henrik wanted to know if it were possible to determine Top […]

By |February 13th, 2010|Engines, MF35 FE35 TO35|4 Comments

Barth K150 Draining Machine

Vintage Tractor Engineer has been out and bought a new County tractor toy!

We’ve been searching the magazines and internet for a couple of years to find a trenching machine to lay drainage pipe on our farm.  We’ve replied to several adverts and each time we got the same answer – “Sorry, it sold immediately”.

Trenchers are […]

By |February 5th, 2010|Articles/News|14 Comments

Engine Reconditioning, Comiskey Engineering Works

Vintage Tractor Engineer is often asked to recommend a good engine reconditioning shop for our DVD customers.  That’s easy if you live in the North East of England because we can recommend our local engineer who is very good, but what if you live in other parts of the world?

Can You Recommend An Engineer?

First of all, […]

By |February 3rd, 2010|Articles/News|Comments Off on Engine Reconditioning, Comiskey Engineering Works

Massey Ferguson 35, Manifold Primer Pump

We have been asked where to find a manifold primer pump for a 1959 Massey Ferguson 35.  The pump is no longer pumping fuel.

Unfortunately we can’t make any suggestions as to where to source this part, but it is probably just a seal which needs replacement and so would suggest stripping down the pump.   It […]

By |January 30th, 2010|Engines, MF35 FE35 TO35|5 Comments

MF35 Slow Hydraulic Lift

Stuart is having trouble with the hydraulics on his tractor. Here is what he has to say…
I have a MF35 tractor. The hydraulic lift pump seems to be operating slow when using the hydraulics to lift the ram on my tilt trailer. I have been advised to check the strainer. I was given a photo […]

MF35 or 35X?

One of our readers, Nick, has sent in a query about his tractor.  Nick is having problems sourcing the correct tractometer cable and is also trying to identify which model he has.  Can anyone help?

Here’s what Nick has to say about his tractor…

Happy New Year All, My lovely wife bought me a MF35X with 9 […]

By |January 1st, 2010|MF35 FE35 TO35|5 Comments

Dave’s Ferguson FE35 And Massey Ferguson 35 Tractors

One of Vintage Tractor Engineer’s Australian DVD customers, forum member and much appreciated commentator on this website (it’s the tractor restoring public that make this website what it is!!) owns a grey gold FE35 and a red/grey Massey Ferguson 35.

Dave has some good information for us all, and says that the gold/grey FE35 had a […]

By |December 8th, 2009|MF35 FE35 TO35|26 Comments

1957 Massey Ferguson 35 Decals And Badges

On 19th November 1957 it was announced that the Massey-Harris-Ferguson name was to be changed to Massey Ferguson.  The result of this was that the gold and grey liveried FE35 was to change to the new Massey Ferguson colours of grey and red.

This promotional photo shows that although the livery changed […]

By |December 7th, 2009|MF35 FE35 TO35|12 Comments