One thing Vintage Tractor Engineer has learnt over the past few years is that tractor enthusiasts in northern Europe are crazy about the gold/grey FE35’s…
Two and a half years ago logistics manager Gunter Birth started the beginning of a busy relationship with a tractor. The machine that chugged now and then through his village was […]
There are just a few data specifications which are useful for the 3 cylinder Perkins engine. These accompany our Rebuild DVD for this engine.
DATA
Tappet Setting (cold) 0.012″ (.305mm)
Operating Oil Pressure 25-30 p.s.i. or more at normal speeds
Relif Valve Setting 50-65 p.s.i.
Backlash in Timing Gears 0.003″ / 0.006″ (0.0762 – 0.1524 mm)
Injector Pressure Setting 120 Atmospheres
Fuel […]
We often get emails and photos from customers who have restored their tractors (and it’s great to see how people have got on).
Andrew (who incidently has a quaint little holliday cottage in Whitby) has sent us a video of his grey and red FE35 starting up from cold in winter time…
Andrew thought the video may […]
Andrew asks…
Hi,
Having completed a full strip down and rebuild of the engine according to the dvd I have now bought the Hydraulics dvd and am about to start looking at that end of the tractor.
I noticed that Ian mentions using multigrade oil in the gearbox/hydraulics. Having Googled this and looking at a few forums […]
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 have written before about the benefits of enlarging the entrance to the pre-combustion chamber on the Standard 23C engine as fitted to the Ferguson FE35 tractor.
One of our fellow FE35 owners (Neil) had completed a full rebuild of his engine but the starting performance was disappointing. Neil ordered Vintage Tractor Engineers’s DVD so see […]
