1080 Ugliness Delete. Part 1 

S crap it and save yourself (and the planet) the grief of the agricultural equivalent of the Triumph Stag

"I'm appearing in a play entitled 'Today is tomorrows new yesterday..."

Great stuff my friend...as an old timer myself take advantage of the battery tools. Great stuff, thanks

10/10 for perseverance on. These bolts think I would have had the blue spanner out by then😁 think once that boat anchor is removed 80% of the ugliness will have gone too👍 great video

Now it starting to look like a proper massey ferguson!!! Cant wait to see the next videos!!

Hi from Durham FudWeasel 👋 👍 great start and hope you enjoyed your scotch egg and pork pie 👌 and something else we learned is your tools fit nicely on the c section facing upwards 🤣 hope your shoulder is OK mate on serious note and at least you've got some good metal to use or weigh in to offset some costs 👌 hope what ever is up with combine isn't to much of a repair and not down too long, thanks for your time be safe and see you soon 👍 👋

The first 1080 I ever remember seeing was on the edge of Wicken Fen, down Factory road, Burwell in 1971. My father farmed Priory Farm then, but Mitchum’s, tractor and machinery dealers, farmed the last few fields closest to the reed fields at Wicken Fen and it was their tractor. My father had 3 MF 175’s, a 165 and 2 135’s, plus a couple of Fordson Majors, a yellow Fordson Major County Crawler and a Track Marshall Crawler with a Turner linkage. Mitchum’s MF1080 looked absolutely massive compared to our 175’s. Not sure if it was French or American, but it did look very American to me, having a flat deck floor (but no Cab) and the gear shift on the dashboard to the right of the steering wheel, by the throttle lever, which IIRC, you pushed forward to increase the revs. Mitchum’s driver seemed to like the tractor a lot. We moved to North Suffolk shortly afterward. Some 7 years later we bought a French built MF 595 (Mk1), which was a modern version of the 1080, but which was a bloody disaster of a tractor! IIRC, You had to split the tractor to change a hydraulic filter. It had the European type PAVT back wheels (which your 1080 doesn’t) and European type cast front wheels (which your 1080 also doesn’t). The front wheels were too narrow ant it would get stuck as soon as it hit any boggy ground. Which by the Autumn of 1976, it all suddenly became.

Hope shoulder gets better Mr Fud-Weasel the repair of the nose cone has turned up very nicely indeed, I still think a 3000 series would fit in nicely 👌

As someone else correctly mentioned, the Front Wieght Support Bracket is American spec - the European style bracket is a cast item

Do my eyes deceive, or is your truck one of those FULL sized American pick-up favorites❓👍👌🚜

Hope your shoulder gets better soon. You will get it appart yet.👍

Love the videos and I like this tractor. Looking forward to the vids on it

1080 on a crash diet and makeover. Looking forward to the next installment!

Spent a brief time in the UK years ago, my perception of a cold snack & those I experienced in the pubs differed substantially, emphasis on the degree of cold.

Great video as always I am new to your channel

Good progress!

Good job Clarence, You will get her all spiffing again in time👍👌💪😎

Enjoyed the video. Thanks.👍

Some MF 595's had a greasable clutch thrust bearing. Oh and by the way, you have permission to dance on my grave!!!

You don't often see a tractor wearing a chastity belt! I think I'd be tempted right from the start to just gas axe that frame into small manageable chunks and unbolt what's left afterwards. Granted, there may be some useful metal in that frame, so careful choice of axing, but hey-ho, it's more about getting Eloise out of her chastity belt.

The blue just had to go after all it is Lord Mucks favourite colour.

The combine repair would be of interest to some of us @ least, just have no knowledge of the Massey line, perhaps some day you will have a go w/ an International, many, many of which were built in the UK, unlike french tractors.

Agreed, there's a special place in hell for people who leave excess thread unprotected on bolts. There are shops that sell different sizes every day, no excuses.

Like in Duke Hazard movie “which side do you want it” slap LOL another vid of sub frame with mind of its own once drop from the tractor LOL Hope your shoulder gets better, I did same thing yesterday, couldn’t pick up anything in my left hand, I hate old age even I am bit younger you Fud.

Great video, good to see you working on the 1080, I'm sure it a be looking good when it's finished, any baling videos?

We all get older but our brains don’t seem to age as quickly as our bodies, my brain tells me I can do something in ten minutes but 20 minutes later the old bones have to have a rest. I find myself admitting defeat more often now that the mid 60’s have shown up on the old clock.

The nose cone turned out well. So just curious was it an American tractor brought to France at some stage and the decals changed?

Is it me or are there more wasps this year early?

Bit of a surprise to see you back on the spanners but good none the less. So the 1080 was a US import for France? Was that very common? Hope that you didn't over do it on the shoulder front and that some cool lubricant made it feel better.

Good day from Ontario Canada Now over here we had 175, 180 which has 236 Perkins, then we had 1085 which had 318 Perkins so what motor has this 1080 got. The cast weights on wheels look like 1085 & I can't remember anything more about them. Only couple that were around & transmission were not the best. Thanks

What did you upload the size of the screen? Nearly chucked the laptop out the window thinking it was broken 🤣😄. She's a fair machine when you see her she would look the part with duels on the back. Oh there I go again spending peoples money for them 😉😆 stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Could she be out of canada at somepoint sure they are french in some parts and would be why it was made in the US

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