Hi all,
Had a pretty bad day yesterday with my MF 1240. Doing some loader work and suddenly the tractor started to make a noise like something was stuck in the fan. I shut it down right away and took a look.. Nothing in there so I started it again and found the noise is coming from the engine... It still runs good except it sounds like it is going to tear itself apart when shut off (and sounds bad when running). Of course I have only run it for a few seconds sense this happened. I was able to get it on the trailer and to the dealer and they did not thing it was going to be good. First thoughts is that it might be a bearing or a push rod... Basically we are probably looking at an engine rebuild... They are going to take the pan off on Tuesday and take a look to see if we can figure out the issue. The engine does have oil in it and had shown no signs of any issues.
The initial thought from them is it is going to be cost prohibitive to fix (over 5k for labor alone). The parts are not cheap either. Just a crank for this tractor is 2500... They did look quickly for a reman engine or crate engine and did not seem to have anything for Massey (iseki engine) tractors.
t I
The tractor only has 1700 hours on it and I have only had it two years. It is a nice compact that has about 30 hp.. The rest of it is in pretty good shape and I only payed 5500 for it with a backhoe (had 1500 hours on it when I bought it).
Anyone have any thoughts? Should I try to fix it? Maybe someone has a lead on parts for this tractor... Is it worth anything to sell? I think spending some money on it is worth it but not more than the tractor is worth. Anyone have any good contacts in the NW that might fix something like this for a good price?
This really sucks and I am just trying to figure out what to do. Maybe it's a good time to start tractor shopping, even if I can afford it.....
I will update this thread after they work on it next week...
Thanks in advance for anyone's help!
Tim
Had a pretty bad day yesterday with my MF 1240. Doing some loader work and suddenly the tractor started to make a noise like something was stuck in the fan. I shut it down right away and took a look.. Nothing in there so I started it again and found the noise is coming from the engine... It still runs good except it sounds like it is going to tear itself apart when shut off (and sounds bad when running). Of course I have only run it for a few seconds sense this happened. I was able to get it on the trailer and to the dealer and they did not thing it was going to be good. First thoughts is that it might be a bearing or a push rod... Basically we are probably looking at an engine rebuild... They are going to take the pan off on Tuesday and take a look to see if we can figure out the issue. The engine does have oil in it and had shown no signs of any issues.
The initial thought from them is it is going to be cost prohibitive to fix (over 5k for labor alone). The parts are not cheap either. Just a crank for this tractor is 2500... They did look quickly for a reman engine or crate engine and did not seem to have anything for Massey (iseki engine) tractors.
t I
The tractor only has 1700 hours on it and I have only had it two years. It is a nice compact that has about 30 hp.. The rest of it is in pretty good shape and I only payed 5500 for it with a backhoe (had 1500 hours on it when I bought it).
Anyone have any thoughts? Should I try to fix it? Maybe someone has a lead on parts for this tractor... Is it worth anything to sell? I think spending some money on it is worth it but not more than the tractor is worth. Anyone have any good contacts in the NW that might fix something like this for a good price?
This really sucks and I am just trying to figure out what to do. Maybe it's a good time to start tractor shopping, even if I can afford it.....
I will update this thread after they work on it next week...
Thanks in advance for anyone's help!
Tim