zimbo
Bronze Member
Hi all
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about a very sad old MF 35 in a farmers shed, Ive been looking for an affordable tractor for ages, so after a bit of scraping, and making sure it was a model with available spares I brought it home on Monday.
The engine had seized, but apparently the back end, gear box and hydraulics are OK, It has the 3 cylinder Perkins, single clutch, serial No 298833, so looks like its a 62 model.
There are quite a lot of issues to work on, Im going to get it up to a good running condition, not necessarily show room, as it has to work for a living.
The front axle in the weeds
The body getting cleaned up
Problem No 1, getting the brake drums off, someone got angry.
The engine was in pieces, and kept in a box, the crank shaft is quite badly scored, pistons and sleeves arent great, but the rest looks Ok. Ive sent it in to a good engineering co to get a quote on a rebuild.
Today Im going to fight with the brake drum, There is an oil leak out of the right rear axle. Is it possible to weld a nut onto the screw?
A couple of weeks ago a friend told me about a very sad old MF 35 in a farmers shed, Ive been looking for an affordable tractor for ages, so after a bit of scraping, and making sure it was a model with available spares I brought it home on Monday.
The engine had seized, but apparently the back end, gear box and hydraulics are OK, It has the 3 cylinder Perkins, single clutch, serial No 298833, so looks like its a 62 model.
There are quite a lot of issues to work on, Im going to get it up to a good running condition, not necessarily show room, as it has to work for a living.
The front axle in the weeds
The body getting cleaned up
Problem No 1, getting the brake drums off, someone got angry.
The engine was in pieces, and kept in a box, the crank shaft is quite badly scored, pistons and sleeves arent great, but the rest looks Ok. Ive sent it in to a good engineering co to get a quote on a rebuild.
Today Im going to fight with the brake drum, There is an oil leak out of the right rear axle. Is it possible to weld a nut onto the screw?