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Massey Ferguson 35X restoration
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20-10-2015 11:01pm#1hi all , we are currently restoring a 68' fergie 35x for a friend , its a full strip down - check everything over and replace or repair job , stay tuned for regular updates over the next few weeks , the owner has inherited the tractor from his uncle and he informs me that the engine was reconditioned a few years back so hopefully it will not have to be touched , first off was to get rid of the old ford cab that was fitted to it many years ago , it had literally rotted on to the half axles and we had to use some serious force to get it off ! :thumbup:
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so as usual with most things it hadn't seen a grease gun since it was new and needless to say the front axle and drop legs were shot , so we stripped them ( well to be honest they just fell out when we jacked her up lol
) and rebuilt them with all new shims and bearings , also the center pivot beam had wore into an oval shape so that has to be replaced as well , when we were at it he wanted to fit a new clutch and investigate a fairly major oil leak coming from the bottom of the bell housing , when we split her we found out that the rope seal on the crankshaft was gone so we replaced that with a new one also , few pics .
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small update guys , we decided to put her temporarily back together yesterday and give her a bit of a run to check out the clutch and the new brakes , everything seems to working fine but when we got her back into the shed the blasted new rope seal that we fitted to the crankshaft is leaking again so we had to split her again last night and investigate , only managed to take a few pics and a short video of her running .
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got stuck into the wee massey again yesterday and noticed that one of the brake pedals had a lot of play in it even after fitting the new shoes and adjusting them up so i whipped off the pedals and noticed that the activating rod was well worn where it connects to the back end so i manufactured a shim from an old one i had lying about and it worked a treat , i have a full set of brass bushings ordered for the pedals and housing so i wil get them fitted tomorrow and hopefully they will make a job of her , some pics .
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so with that taken care of it was time to change the oil in the back end , it seems that this had not been done for a very very long time judging by the sh*t that came out of it , not sure where the needle bearings have come from but they warrant further investigation
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when the lift head was off the client decided he want the draft control spring that lives under the seat replaced because it was badly worn and not working properly , thats when the fun started trying to get it shifted , plenty of heat ,c cursing , a big hammer and ample amounts of blood sweat and a few tears from the ould fella we managed to get it out , a new one is on order , lets hope it goes in a bit easier , me nerves wont be able for it !!!!
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i have also replaced al the pins and bushes in the pedals but i dont have any clear pictures of these ( camera phone is on the way out )
we got a new swinging draw bar assembly and a new hydraulic diverter for under the seat because this man wants to run a log splitter off her at some stage ,
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well we didn't make as much progress as we had hoped this week , i ended up with a dose of pleurisy on my lungs and had to have a trip to the hospital but on the mend now , we had to do a lot of rubbing down again and some prepping with a minimum amount of fillers on some of the panels and bonnet , we also mocked up the wings to see how they were lining up , have to clean everything thoroughly now and get everything hanging up ready for primer during the week hopefully .
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