massey harris 50

Hello, This is my first post on this forum. I have a MH 50 with the continental gas engine. A prior owner replaced the original generator set up with an alternator. I am trying to restore the tractor and get everything working, the tractormeter (tachometer) was disconnected when I bought the...

I recently bought a Massey Harris 50 with turf tires that had been used to mow grass at a church summer camp. It has 3800 hours on the tach. The rear wheels have weights. There is a bolt broken off in one of the front chassis mounting blocks, so I assume it had a front end loader on it at...

Hello all, I have been browsing the net for days now trying to find information on a Massey Harris 50 gas tractor. I am really close to buying it, there is just one hang-up I have that I would like to get an answer to. Of all of the sites I have looked at, this one seems to have the most...

Hi, I am having a problem with a MH 50 tractor. it is a gas engined old gal and still pretty good for its age. But I can operate the loader quite well but when I isolate out the lift on the back end of the tractor, The implement on the rear begins to drop down to the ground. I took off the...

I think I've got a major problem with hydraulics on a Massey Harris 50. Tractor has 3 point hitch and loader. When it happened: I'd already moved a few things around the yard using 3 point hitch and from one minute to the next the hydraulics stopped. Usually I can hear something goin on inside...

There I was...thought I had winter licked. Picked up a blower, blade and had a dependable gas tractor to get me through. I was moving implements around the yard and things seemed OK..until I was hooking up the blade and the 3 point hitch stopped working....then I tried the loader and...

I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem with this tractor. Symptoms: Engine starts; runs for 30sec-1min. then shuts down and will not start. After 40 minutes to 1 hour the machine will start again but only run for 30sec-1min. It sounds like the engine runs out of fuel, but there is gas in the...

I am in need of left and right spindles for my 1956 massey harris 50 one spindle has stripped threads and the other looks as if it has been welded in the years past around the top where it goes through the tie rod end or linkage, haven't looked at it in a while. If anyone knows of a parts...

My MH 50 throttle does not let the engine rev up very high. it was operating perfectly, I shut it off and was unresponsive when restarted it 5 minutes later. Engine will rev if I open the throttle a little at the carburetor manually. The rod going from the carb throttle to an arm at the front of...

I recently purchased a Massey Harris 50, the same as a Massey Ferguson 50 just manufactured when they were still using the Harris name. My question is as follows: My tractor has the single stage clutch, as far as I can tell, and I can't seem to engage the "engine pto" while the tractor is...