Steve,
I have stripped and cleaned the 23C which we have. When I removed the first sleeve I thought that I was seeing things. The bottom control oil ring was missing. Upon the removal of all the pistons it appears that somebody has re-ringed this unit previously, and left of the bottom oil control ring on […]
Hi,
I’m in the middle of rebuilding a 1957 35 with the 23c engine. I bought this as a non runner having had a engine rebuid kit fitted the previous owner failed to get the tractor going. After stripping the engine down again I found the trouble to be a ringset that was about half an […]
On occasions there can be an unexplained increase in the tractor engine oil level. The question is why has this happened.
There can be one of two contaminants in the oil; either coolant water or diesel fuel can escape from their systems.
The first observation to make is to assess the colour and consistency of the fluid. […]
Changing the tractor engine oil and filter is a straight forward job that anyone can do. Just follow the advice detailed in this article.
Wear gloves as used oil is carcenogenic.
Run tractor until warm.
Find a suitable container to catch the oil.
Slacken sump plug (remember the oil could be very hot).
Remove sump plug taking care not to […]
Free video clip showing how to bleed off the diesel fuel system on a Massey Ferguson 35 with the 4 cylinder 23C engine.
Read the full instructions for bleeding off the fuel system on a tractor engine.
What people have said…..
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Guy O’Reilly says:
November 7th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Thank you very much for your generous display on how […]
Hello everyone
I am lucky enough to own a 4 cylinder 35 (1959) but unfortunately he only speaks french, getting parts for the 35 couldn’t be easier. But there seems to be big differences with some of the parts, for instance the diesel injector pump is different to the british model. On watching Steves excellent DVD […]
