Information on setting the injector nozzle pressure settings for a Perkins 3A.152 3 cylinder engine as fitted to a Massey Ferguson 35 tractor. This discussion follows the story of Ryan’s tractor.
When trying to get good starting performance there may be more than one issue that needs attention. Ryan began by reconditioning the injectors, but also […]
We’ve had this question come in…
After about 1 to 2 hours running my MF35 3 cyl 1960 model starts loosing oil pressure. Also if taking out the oil dipstick, exhaust gases/smoke is coming out. How can I fix this? can a good DIY man fix it without an engineer? Is it safe to continue running […]
This is a rather interesting video looking at the compression testing of a Perkins 4.248 tractor engine. This video is from Youtube user EngineerLikes Farming. Vintage Tractor Engineer follows this channel and likes many of the videos. We would recommend you subscribe too!
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It shows the compression measurement at […]
We recently wrote about Ferguson FE-35 glow plugs. The vital piece of information in the article was that glow plugs from a Land Rover engine also fitted the Standard 23C engine. Land Rover parts are quite easily obtainable, so this is a good source of supply if you need glow plugs.
We have been given some […]
Many Standard 23C diesel engines have the ‘Thermostart’ heating and vaporising coil fitted in the inlet manifold. Effective as this is, FE-35 tractors sold for use in areas of the world where extreme cold temperatures are expected were often fitted with ‘cold climate heads’ that have individual heater plugs for each pre-combustion chamber. Tractors equiped […]
Last week we posted about a video of a Massey Ferguson 135 that had a turbo fitted.
Somehow we didn’t get the video copied into the webpage correctly. Anyway we’ve fixed it, so now you can watch the video of the Massey Ferguson 135 Turbo.
Vintage Tractor Engineer often finds himself spending far too much time viewing tractor videos on YouTube.
Today we saw this one of a MF135 that has had a turbocharger fitted, and had to share it. The tractor certainly seems to accelerate faster than a standard 135. Another great example of tractor enthusiasts getting up to no […]
This photo has been sent in by Steven. He has a French built MF835, which is basically very similar to the MF35 tractor (there is a modified version of the Standard 23C engine in these tractors).
When he was lifting a heavy load on the 3 point linkage there was a loud crack and the load […]
