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While I will never claim to be a tractor mechanic, an automotive mechanic neighbor and I have split this MF250 tractor to gut and change a broken transmission housing, and I have rebuilt the bucket cylinders on the FEL. It was my fathers tractor that he put me to operating at 15, so as long as...

Need help diagnosing the problem, please. I have a MF 250 tractor with a MF 232 FEL. The boom arms and cylinders stay at whatever position they are moved to, with the tractor running or shut down, for days, with no noticeable change from leak down. The bucket cylinders, however, used to stay...

Now that I finally have a working MF 250 with a working FEL once more, I have 3-4 years worth of logs, limbs, downed trees, etc to finally move. I bought a set of Paynes Forks years ago, but I always had trouble with them moving from any side pressure, etc. The forks themselves are plenty...

Okay, here goes a picture upload of the cylinder, sort of a test, because I did get the problem resolved. The wife and I up and decided to drive to Oxford Alabama to the sole MF dealer with a replacement gland wire, who was kind enough to leave it for me on a bench in front of his shop. A...

Now that I have calmed down, figured I would post and see if someone can point me towards a solution before another weekend goes by without the FEL working.:muttering: I have been trying to get the MF 250 with a 232 FEL fully operational again after the transmission housing was busted, and the...

When my LTX1050 threw a belt and my son lost the two deck wheels (of course I found all of this on a Saturday afternoon), I was able to borrow a neighbors RZT 54 to mow the lawn. I have about 2.3 acres (with a total of 3.5 that I could mow) to cut and trim out between my place and my mother's...

As I posted here in the forum, the trans housing for the MF 250 finally got changed, and with new seals, no leaks so far. I have not been in a rush to attach the FEL, as with splitting the tractor, the hydraulic fluid got drained and the housing cleaned. The filter was terrible, so I don't...

As I struggle to repair my father's 250 with a 232 Loader, I have started looking at modernizing. A 2615 in 4wd looks like a good fit, but the loader specs for a DL 250 vs the newer 911 series seem less? Am I reading this wrong? The 250 is a solid tractor, but I do a fair amount of loader...

I managed to locate another transmission housing for my MF 250 that my dad bought in 1985. Some of you may have seen the thread where my son's overly optimistic use of the FEL broke the housing in 2011, and it happened again recently. Besides the fact that my son is over-working the FEL, I...

:confused: I need to make sure I am dealing with the right things. I have a 250 tractor with a MF 232 loader that has been out of commission for many months (long story, has cost $$). I can't manage to re-connect the bottom one of the auxiliary hyd lines to even re-install the loader. This...

I have a MF 232 loader that would normally be on my 250. While I was overseas, my son found out that a loader is NOT a bulldozer. After replacing the transmission housing, I need to re-install the mounting bracket, but I only found two spacers from the original mounting. All the hardware was...

Before I ask advice on repairs, I need to figure out some part numbers. I have had a major failure with my 232 FEL on what was my father's MF 250. I have been overseas for 2 years, and my youngest son ran the tractor in my absence. In short, the loader mount lost bolts, and the bolts left got...