Message:
My tractor is a 35x – does your rebuild video for the 3 cylinder Perkins MF35 cover this engine? I am not sure what the ‘x’ means. I have oil blowing out the dipstick and some pretty blue smoke……so an engine rebuild is possibly on the cards. It costs Euro 2000 to get it done […]
The Problem
We recently had a message from Jock who has been getting white smoke and misfire when the engine is ticking over (Perkins 3A.152). The engine had recently been rebuilt with a crank re-grind, head skim and piston/liner replacement.
When hot and working hard the engine runs fine, seems to have sufficient power and burns clean […]
Oil leaking from a tractor clutch housing is a common problem. We often get asked about this and what the repair involves. The following information is based on a MF35 tractor, but the procedure is similar for many makes of tractor.
Oil entering the clutch/flywheel housing can be coming from one of two places. It is […]
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 […]
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 […]
We’ve had this question from Tyler who has recently fully rebuilt his 23C engine out of a Massey Ferguson TO35. It looks as though Tyler has looked into most of the potential causes, but is there anywhere else he should look?
Dear Vintage Tractor Engineer,
I want to start by saying your 23C rebuild dvd is […]
