Vintage Tractor Engineer

Vintage Tractor Engineer has a customer with a hydraulic fault on his FE35 golden grey.  The tractor will lift light implements such as a ridger or spring tine and will lift heavy implements when cold, but when the hydraulics get warm it takes high engine revs to lift the heavier implements such as a rotavator.  [...]

I’ve just got my 1953 MF 28 running, but have struck a problem.
It has jammedin gear, 3rd or 4th, not sure which. Happened after I had it in reverse for about 70m, took it out of reverse facing slightly downhill, and then it somehow got stuck in gear. The next job was to change the [...]

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. [...]