Ferguson Club Information Exchange

Hi.
Don't think Ferguson ever made Roll Bars. One Manufacture that made roll bars for older tractors was Lawrence Edwards back in the seventies when it became compulsory to have a roll bar fitted. You sometimes find them at vintage sales.

Sandy.

Hi.
If you type this into an internet search, Massey Ferguson 135 service manual pdf free, it will bring up some different manuals that you can look at to see if they have the information you require before purchasing.
Sandy.

Hi Chris Have you carried out the setting in order as said in the manual, are you able to get the correct gap at the dash pot for position control. Please feel free to give me a call or send me your number and I will give you a call. The other thing that I would recommend that you do, if not already...

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On some Perkins engines they are not fitted with valve guides, and you have to have the valve guides machined to take oversized valve stems. There are valve guides listed for a 212 engine, which would require your head being machined to to accept the new guides.
Sandy.

Hi Jock
The link below is what I would use series 1 SAE40, other people may tell you 15W40.
https://www.withamgroup.co.uk/qualube-series-1-hd-sae40
Sandy.

Hi Jason.
If you look in Journal 107 Winter 2023 or log into the members area you find an article about the rear engine oil seal, this will give you an idea what to look for. In my experience a lot of the time the major oil leak is for the rear sump cork and not the rear engine oil seal.
Sandy.

Hi Chris.
Can you post a picture of the old valve and the spring that you are talking about, just to clarify the correct part. From my understanding you are fitting a MK 2 valve into a MK 1 pump?, please feel free to give me a call my number is in the journal under Technical.
Sandy.

Hi Chris. On the original old type harness there would be 2 fuses, 1 for the cold start heater plug and 1 for the lighting circuit not sure what comes with your new harness. If I was fitting a fuse box to give control of the individual circuits I would connect to the key switch end of the feed wire ...

Hi Tim. The 3 grooved piston would have metal piston ring fitted, which from new leak a small amount of oil letting the arms go down slowly The single grooved piston has a black o ring and a white backing washer, this gives a better seal but doesn't guarantee the lift will not drop a small amount. C...

Hi Tim.
You could fit a 14.9 x 38 tyre, but that won't give you much more width, and if I remember correctly they are expensive.
The other sizes of tyre with appropriate the same R/C would be 16.9/14-34. or 18.4/15-30. which would require new rims and centres.
Sandy.