Massey Ferguson 35....
Anybody ever converted the bypass oil filter to full flow ?
Any in the process of doing so...and taking lots of head scratching....
Any in the process of doing so...and taking lots of head scratching....
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what trouble are you having? 0 -
Oil pump is bolted to front main bearing...oil flows to mains and side oil galleys before a side oil passage delivers oil to filter.
I intend blocking at the front main, diverting flow to filter first. Not enough area in front main to tap off a line...so intend milling the side of the front main and replacing with a part that I can get a 3/8ths copper line spudded into...thence back to the filter area.
Have bored block thru into the filter area..and building two 1/2 inch thick aluminum rounds that will go into filter pocket.
Milling the blocks out for oil resevoirs ..took a grade 8 7/8 inch bolt and bored thru lengthwise for oil passage..that will be the PH8 ford filter attach point...
Been working on it for several days.
Decided to do it after destroying a set of new bearing within 20 moments of starting...
Bought the tractor dead..supposed to have been overhauled. Got it running in about an hour..no oil pressure.
Pulled the lower off, and indeed there was new bearings, cam, ect..but the idiots had done NOTHING to the oil pump...and it had GROOVES cut in the teeth...as an expediant, I pulled the gears off ant turned them around...started the tractor and had 35 pounds of oil pressure.
Got new gears, pulled the lower off again...and every bearing was ruined. They had GROUND AWAY some of the webbing...never cleaned the engine...and the oil pressure carried that grit throughout the engine.
While under the tractor, I turned it to clear the bearing caps...and the soft plug in the block at the rear of the cam fell in my face...the IDIOTS had punched it in backwards...
I had seen no such grit the first time I pulled the pan...they must have had the block turned upside down while doing grinding. I discovered the grinding after I had the crank out...after splitting the tractor.
Such fun..but the old tractor runs like a swiss elgin..for at least the 20 moments I ran it...[:D]0 -
Massey's run like clock work. We have one (my father) that was used to plant corn for years, the tach hasn't worked on that tractor since I started working at about 12, its stopped on 5500 hours, it has at least 8-9 on it now. All three have more then 5000 hours on them.
Anyways, back to your problem. I was hoping that the design was similar to the current design of where the pump is located. On any newer MF the pump is located on side near the front of the engine and is run by the timing gear if I remember right. So what you have there is a completely different set up then what I am used to seeing.
One good thing about these engines is how easy they are to rebuild. We had the main bearing go out of the 275. We had it rebuilt in about two -three days, complete overall, new bearings, new pistons, new sleeves, new injectors, and probably other stuff that I can't remember.0 -
Highball
A site called Yesterday's Tractors (link below) is a great source for information and parts for older tractors.
http://www.ytmag.com
I would say (may be wrong) that your 35 uses a Perkins 152 Diesel engine.0
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