Thread for MF 1529

[tmajor]

I pretty much have all of the cosmetic work done ... mostly just cleaning, removing rust, a little touch up paint, and replacing the turn signal/hazard lights on the inside of the ROPS. Loader is off, to take the tractor to "my guy" to change the PTO and seal in the front axle. Also, note: Lower ROPS.

 

[tmajor]

I had found a used drawbar, which I installed on the 1529. Then I was reading a thread, where the guy's drawbar lost the pin, and then slid rearward until the brush hog grabbed it and ripped a big hole in the bottom of the aluminum rear housing.

The first thing, which I did, was to check, if my rear was aluminum ... nope, cast iron. I didn't want the drawbar to slide out, in any case!, so I pulled the drawbar and dropped a 3/4" bolt into the furthest, forward hole and slid the drawbar in from the front. Hopefully, if I should lose the drawbar pin, the forward bolt will stop the drawbar, when the bolt reaches the front of the drawbar bracket. The bolt head is close to the underside of the rear, so it can't get out of there.

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[tmajor]

I knew my rear tires were over "loaded". When I had the puncture, I couldn't get anything but Rim-Guard from the valve stem. The guy at Rim-Guard, said "the tires appeared to over filled. They recommended 75%". So today, I drained them, while intermittently adding air, until I got just air, when the valve stem was at 12 o'clock. Then inflated them to 12 PSI. I probably drained about 1-1/2 gallons from the 2 tires.

 

[tmajor]

Received MF 1529/1532 Service Manual from SSB Tractor today. .... $40.00 plus shipping. Now, I can rip and tear!

 

[tmajor]

I got into the front final drive his afternoon. Not too bad. I suspect, water may have gotten in the joint and froze. Sitting outdoors is hard on a tractor or any machinery!

 

[tmajor]

Putting the front final drive together wouldn't have been too bad going together, but ... the new seal had an "undetectable metal collar" inside of it. I couldn't get the spindle to slide into place. By accident, I discovered the metal ring, which, I suspect was to help hold it compressed a bit or to have a hard surface to drive it in. ?? Once I got rid of that, it went together with no problem.

Today, I got the PTO replaced, with the help of my mechanic. He took a couple of days to try and make some more hay, so suggested I give it a shot. I needed stronger c-ring pliers, which be brought to me. We pulled the shaft, and something dropped to the bottom. Fortunately, there is a removable plate underneath, which was needed, to retrieve the bearing, which dropped and an access hole to hold everything in place, while inserting the new PTO shaft. Works fine on the brush hog, now.

 

[1stDeuce]

Has anyone come with an aerosol gray paint color and source, which matches the chassis of these newer MFs?

I bought a 1455 that sat in a field it's whole life, so I've been looking at paint too. Turns out TSC sells Rustoleum's "Farm and Implement" paint in Massey Ferguson Gray in both quart/gallon and spray cans. Of course, they don't carry Massey Ferguson Red... That's OK, Rustoleum Sunrise Red will be close enough for my old tractor.

 

[tmajor]

The MF, which TSC has, is the color for the older Massey's. The new chassis color is called "New Chassis Gray", which seems to be available, only from a dealer. I had a dealer send me a can.

 

[tmajor]

Yesterday, I believe, I nearly got my accreditation on New Holland. Neighbor's tractor shut off in the middle of his field. We worked on it in the field for a bit, and then I pulled it, with my MF to his garage. It turned out, the Fuel Shut-Off Solenoid wasn't getting any power. I believe, the problem was the under-dash connections or relay connections. I pulled all the relays, checked and reinstalled same. We also, separated all of the connectors, sprayed them and reconnected. At that point, the F-S-O solenoid wire had power. ?? I thought the one relay had the proper wire colors, but upon pulling that, it said "Glow Plug Timer". The tractor only had 5-6 relays, while the diagram, we were looking at, pictured about 9.

Today, I mounted, on the ROPS, my "modified" 30 cal. ammo box (because I felt, it was too deep), to hold lynch pins, top-link pin and a few small items.

Tomorrow, I've got a leveling box coming, which I hope, I can adapt to the MF 1529.

 

[arizona98tj]

That spot on the ROPS is where I typically set my chainsaw. Two bungee cords hold it very secure while I head to and from the woods. I'm still looking for a good place to integrate a small toolbox.

 

[tmajor]

I received, modified and installed the box leveler, today. There was a bit more to the fitment process, than I had planned on.
The original and new were close in length, however, the new one was about 1" longer, when closed, so I cut 1" off the threaded portion, as it was bottoming out on the bottom fork/draft arm. The bottom pin was the same size, as original, however the fork on the new one was only 5/8" wide, instead of 3/4", as are the draft arms, so, I had to grind the inside of the bottom yoke, to open it, to 3/4". The top knuckle had a 5/8" hole, while the shoulder bolt from the original was 3/4", so I elected to use the original bolt, requiring drilling out the top knuckle to 3/4". Then, the knuckle was about 1/2" too wide for the shoulder on the bolt, so had to grind it down to slightly less then the shoulder length. All in all, it worked out to my satisfaction.

 

[DuckSlayer1017]

I couldn't seem to find a "small tool box", that I felt would fit well. That's why I chose the 30 cal. ammo box. It's about 11" long, so could be moved further to the left, behind the SMV sign.

I used a larger tool box in the same spot as yours. I ended up cutting and extending the SMV sign so it would clear.

 

[tmajor]

After having the MF 1529 for nearly a 1-1/2 months, I decided, it was time to find out what the black handle, by the right front corner of the seat was for. I was pushing some trees over today and had occasion to use the differential lock and always felt, "that handle" had something to do with the diff. lock, etc.. I was unable to move it, at anytime, so got serious. As it turns out, it's to lock the loader controls. A few raps with a plastic hammer and some oil made it work! One more item, off the agenda.

I have to be honest, I did get the NAA out to move some firewood containers and my one coal container to the back of the house, with the 3ph forks.

 

[deanocraft]

I am enjoying this thread, as I just purchased a used 1529 a few months back. I have not had the chance to use it much until last week when I finally started my driveway project. I was successful in re-working the drive and now I am just waiting on gravel and then to stack stones around the edges. Love that tractor.

 

[tmajor]

I am enjoying this thread, as I just purchased a used 1529 a few months back.

I'm glad you are! TBN doesn't get a lot of responses, so, it hard to tell, if anybody is getting any good from the posts or not.

 

[arizona98tj]

I check this thread every time I access the forum. I hit 160 hrs on my 1529 today. Got it when it was in the 90s.

I found a new use for mine last week. Here is the photo:

 

[tmajor]

To think, if you had a bigger tractor and bigger bucket, you could have gone for the "bigger one"!

I did a video this morning of my 1529 "cold start". I showed it to 2 of my diesel mechanics. The farm tractor mech. and the heavy equipment mech. While their roles seemed to be reversed today .... the farm tractor guy was working on the township grader and the heavy equipment guy, showed me an old IH tractor, which they had just rebuilt the engine on.

My farm guy, said "I need to work it". The heavy equip. guy showed me the smoke from the one he just rebuilt ... smoked and chugged for about 1 minute.

I guess, that's all good news, but I wish it was clean, like the NH I worked on. I'm thinking, I might try to use an infrared thermometer, on the glow plugs, to see, if I can detect any heat, from the outside. ... trouble is, the laser on my thermometer isn't working.

..... Let's try YouTube
...

 

[Snobdds]

Good thread.

I think it starts and idles just fine.

 

[tmajor]

Good thread.

I think it starts and idles just fine.

Thanks! The impression, I'm getting is, that it might be OK and may get better with use. I guess, I'm just not used to diesels. And then, the NH starting, so clean, makes me envious. I would like to test the glow plugs, if I could get to them, without removing the fuel tank.