Vintage Tractor Engineer

We have had an email from Richard, who had previously bought the MF35 Engine Rebuild DVD.  Richard has sent in a video of the engine starting after the rebuild.  Vintage Tractor Engineer has also spotted the Ferguson plough in the foreground of the video.

Richard went on to tell us a bit about the rebuild of [...]

The oil level on this Massey Ferguson 575 suddenly rose up the dipstick.
The oil hadn’t gone the milky/creamy colour consistent with water getting into the oil, but had become ‘thinner’ and had a slight smell of diesel.  Clearly diesel was entering the oil, but where was it coming from?
In this case the fuel lift pump [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]