massey ferguson 2300

[phil burckhalter]

hi everyone,
I just purchased a used massey ferguson 2300, seems like a well built compact tractor. looking to see if anyone has a good source for parts. I need typical parts like oil and air filter, plus minor body parts ( headlight lense). anyone have a source for this. the internet seems to just dance me to new sites that never lead me to a real source.
phil

 

[son of man]

Hi phil,

Perhaps someone else will chime in concerning body parts. However, I was able to find oil and air filters at NAPA.

 

[phil burckhalter]

Hi phil,

Perhaps someone else will chime in concerning body parts. However, I was able to find oil and air filters at NAPA.

thanks for the that lead on the filters, i am sure both need changing, the oil looks black and the air filter looks pretty clogged, being from buffalo, we get plenty of snow, and cold. i will use the glo plugs and block heater. at work on the heavy equipment we still use starting fluid when really cold. wondering if i give it a squirt, it will be easier on the starting system.

 

[ray66v]

Here is a link to our new GC owner thread.

It is full of useful information, directly from other GC owners, and the most frequently asked questions:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...197005-all-newbies-faq.html?highlight=newbies

 

[ray66v]

My GC starts, no matter how cold it gets, without any trouble.

How well yours starts, has a lot to do with how good you are at doing it.

In really cold temps, you may use 30 seconds of glow plug, or more, and open the throttle about 1/4.

If it doesn't start in 5-8 seconds, repeat glow plugs. Cranking more than that, will not result in a start. Just a dead battery.

In time you should be able to guess, approximately how long to warm the glow plugs, and how far to open the throttle.

If you have trouble, you can buy the OEM block heater for $100+, and it should always start easily.

 

[phil burckhalter]

thanks for the reply. i will use your advice on starting it, on the tractor it said to set the throttle to half to full, i just don't feel good about starting anything at full throttle when cold. the new lawn mowers are set to full throttle all the time, to me it shortens the life of, but i guess it has to do with emissions. i had a yanmar tractor that was a hard starter. i needed to use the glow plugs, block heater and compression release to get it started in the winter, it even started hard in the summer.
again thanks for the advice,
phil

 

[ray66v]

A trick to finding out the lowest possible throttle setting is to, slowly increase the throttle opening, while cranking. Note the setting where it starts at. Use that as a starting point, the next time it's that cold.

No one in their right mind wants to open the throttle fully on start up. And, I can't imagine that being necessary.

However, you can easily close the throttle fast enough, once it fires, to prevent it from reving very high.

Also, keep in mind that a diesel cools down on idle. So, to warm the engine properly, you need to have running at a decent speed.

Keep the extended warm up times for the transmission oil in mind, in cold weather ops.

 

[phil burckhalter]

i will use your tip and use a starting point of 1/4 throttle. i also have a john deere 445 hydro, that i use for plowing. i let that warm up 5 - 10 minutes before using. the heavy wet snow really puts a strain on the hydro. i also have a wheel horse gt14 which i plowed for 35 years. the reverse on the hydro starting getting slow and i thought it was cooked. someone on here gave me a tip that there are springs in the hydro that break and it will do that. he had some extra he sold me, i changed them, now the hydro works like a charm again. i really plowed a lot of snow with it. that old koehler still runs like new. wish i ran as good as it does after all these years. i think i can make two brackets and weld them on the front plate and run the deere plow. hoping the loader joystick will run both functions of the blade, both have quick disconnects.
also, i never took the loader off, i see the two pins that come out and quick disconnects, how does that come off?

 

[ray66v]

There are two legs, (black steel), that fold down from the loader frame.

And you pretty much lower it on to them.

 

[drifter2518]

Google the MF brochure for the GC2400/2600 on page 15 there are instructions to remove loader.