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Massey Ferguson 165 Cylinder Head Gasket Leaking

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Dear Sirs – I have a M/f 165 with an A4 212 Perkins engine – cylinder head gasket leaking causing pressure in cooling system & also oil in the water. Stripped down top of engine – had head pressure tested & checked for trueness – both ok – did the valves & all injectors […]

By |June 2nd, 2009|Engines|4 Comments

TEF20 Hydraulics Oscillating Drive Strip

Having problems with oscillating valve cir clip. How do you get cir clip in position inside valve. Does the valve slide? My old girl is in the 400,000 series. Acquired her last year, finally getting around to
refurbishing her. She still goes, but how so got me beat – […]

By |May 13th, 2009|Hydraulics, TE20|1 Comment

Ferguson FE35 Compression Test

Hi all,

I have a mf 35 4 cylinder engine rebuilt pistons liners rings little ends
valve seats recut new valves head skimed it used to start up on 3 cylinders then the 4th cylinder come in we have had the injectors and injector pump serviced now it takes up to 4 atemps to start even […]

By |May 12th, 2009|Ferguson / MF, MF35 FE35 TO35|6 Comments

Painting A Vintage Tractor

I would always say that there is no point preparing and painting a tractor
if you need to go back at a later date and perform some mechanical repairs;
basically because all the good paintwork is often scratched and damaged when doing the repair work.

When a job such as an engine rebuild is been undertaken this is […]

By |April 15th, 2009|Articles/News|Comments Off on Painting A Vintage Tractor

Fitting Fordson Dexta Cylinder Liners

I’m rebuilding my Fordson Dexta engine (diesel) and need some info on the cylinder liners. I’ve just removed 3 seized pistons and pressed out the cylinder liners. The question is should I use high temp loctite 620 on the new liners when pressing them in. The older liners presumably didnt use it and are a […]

By |April 15th, 2009|Dexta, Engines|1 Comment

Massey Ferguson 35, How To Test 12V Dynamo

First thing is probably to inspect drive belt and see if it is OK for tension and condition.

Check that dynamo and control box are connected correctly. The larger dynamo terminal must be connected to control box terminal ‘D’. The smaller dynamo terminal connects to control box terminal ‘F’. Check the earth connection to the control […]

Converting From Dynamo To Alternator, Massey Ferguson 35

Per at Soggers has recently had an enquiry about converting from a dynamo to an alternator on a FE35.  If you haven’t allready had a look at Per’s website then Vintage Tractor Engineer would recommend it as an interesting read about his FE35 tractor.

Per Said:-

I’ve had an inquiry about converting from a Lucas dynamo to a […]

By |March 30th, 2009|Tractor Electrics|2 Comments

Links

Farmingfriends – read what’s happening on our farm

Ferguson Enthusiasts of North America

Johnson family tractor pages – Ferguson TED20, Massey Ferguson 35 3 cylinder and David Brown 880. Lots of photos, implements and good reading.

Per’s FE35 Tractor Site

Tim’s TEF20 Blog – very detailed photos and descriptions.

By |March 28th, 2009|Articles/News|Comments Off on Links