Massey 298 Tractor

kincaid

An Friend Of Mine Has A 1986 Massey Ferguson 298 4wheel Drive And Wants To Sell, New Tyres All Round, Duncan Cab, Engine In These Were Not The Greatest So This One Was Completely Rebuilt And Has Been Rubbed Down And Completely Resprayed With 2Pack Paint…Everything Is Working Perfectly, Very Very Tidy Tractor Inside And Out ..

Not Sure On Price Of It As Not Many About
....But Whats It Worth In Todays Market?

Ford4000

8-9k if its v good !

kincaid

do you think it would make that much, wouldn't be as popular as the 290 as it had the longer wheelbase too

Ford4000

Ah its still a Massey and there dam all wrong with a 298, they had a livelier engine than a 290 (236 perkins) not near as hard to start and if maintained no bother at all

tabby aspreme

how does the duncan cab compare with the other cabs fitted on 200 series masseys

Ford4000

Th duncan (phonebox) cabs are grand but not much space for the dog !!

biblio

Make sure is starts easily from cold, and that there is no weird noises from the bottom end of the engine,the engine in the 298 is a bit of a rarity, its a perkins 4.318 same as in 595 and 698, 698T had a 4.236

Not many 298s with 4wd about,think there were only a few hundred of them built from 1984-86. Duncan had their own facility within the MF factory for fitting the cabs. AFAIK the 298 was offered with the Duncan cab only, other smaller models could be had with cabs from Cabcraft(not very nice) or Sankey , a decent cab but not much room inside either. Price? I would say around 8k

kincaid

the 298 engine is supose to give trouble and this one did, he spent quite a few quid on engine alone..
as for trying to get some parts for the duncan cab, the main massey dealer couldnt get them and when he contacted duncan in england and they no longer done them either...
he had to get the parts made up at a local engineering business...

its a really nice tractor, radials all round 4200 hrs,

He would be happy with the prices quoted here

JohnBoy

Totally unfair to start a thread like this, and not show us pics.

very poor form

marlyman

its not worth near 8-9000. its woth just over half that. the 318 was famous for blowing a piece off the block between the 2 liners cause thay werent spaced out far enough. you cant get bits for that engine today so if it gives hassle your up the swanney. the duncan cab was also a bad design. the 4wd drop box from the gearbox always leaked around the big seal or the ;arge buush would get worn and eat the brop box housing, which will cost you about €300.

not a good buy imo.

Ford4000

marlyman wrote: »

its not worth near 8-9000. its woth just over half that. the 318 was famous for blowing a piece off the block between the 2 liners cause thay werent spaced out far enough. you cant get bits for that engine today so if it gives hassle your up the swanney. the duncan cab was also a bad design. the 4wd drop box from the gearbox always leaked around the big seal or the ;arge buush would get worn and eat the brop box housing, which will cost you about €300.

not a good buy imo.

But its still a massey and it will still make big money at least 7k knowing the way masseys sell

kincaid

Remember the engine in this has been fully rebuilt, new clutch, lift pump reconditioned, new tyres, cab redone and new paint job so I would think it is worth more than 4-4500k…

Im up that way next week and must get some photos of it