Vintage Tractor Engineer always likes to hear from MF35 owners from across the world who kindly send in photographs of their tractors, especially when we get the serial number. This helps build a catalogue of tractors that we can use to compare against our own machines – particulary helpfull when trying to do an authentic […]
Lau from Denmark has done a complete engine rebuild of the 23C engine in his Massey Ferguson 35. However, he is having some problems and has written in to see what could be the trouble. He says…
Hi VTE.
I have followed the whole rebuild process acording to the fantastic DVD I bought (I also bought […]
In the UK we’ve had two consecutive cold winters and the frost has blown core plugs from some engines which haven’t either been drained of coolant or had sufficient antifreeze concentrations. Owners who have had blown core plugs are lucky that this fail-safe has worked – they could have been dealing with a more serious […]
The ring gaps are an important thing to look at when assessing an engine for serviceability. Excessive ring gaps will cause reduced compression, impair starting and running performances.
What is the ring gap?
The ring gap is the gap between the end of the rings. This is measured with feeler gauges.
Tractor and engine manufacturers will provide tools […]
Making the settings on the lever springs for the Massey Ferguson 35 hydraulic system is quite a fiddly job, and the method is shown in detail on the MF35 Hydraulics DVD. However, we just thought that a written description of the process may also help.
So here it is…
Loosen retainer nut and eccentric cam.
Make sure quadrant […]
This tractor belongs to Jeff in Canada. Jeff wants to know what exactly he has? Ferguson or a Massey Ferguson?
Read what Jeff says about his tractor and take a look at the photos…
Hi,
I have a Ferguson / Massey ferguson 35. I dont know the year and I have been trying to figure out if […]
A few days ago we wrote about ‘hedgerow’ tractors and included a few photos of Grey Fergies (oh, and also it was pointed out by Hauker from Iceland, a Ford 8N).
The response from everyone was quite overwhelming and we received lots of emails about tractors you’d rescued and restored. Including this photo from Mike, up […]
We’ve written before about Dave’s grey gold FE35 and red/grey MF35. Well Dave has been busy over in Australia, working away at his red and grey 35. Here are some photos and video of the nearly completed tractor.
Dave says about the restoration…
Thought I’d send a few pics and a short video of the progress, Fergie […]
