Hydraulic Horrors - Massey Ferguson 100 series top cover setup and adjustment. - Part 4 

Good to have you back on the job, and thank you for showing us your special tool...

Definitely one of those jobs that the manual and correct tools and thorough checking and rechecking are needed ! Nice walk through of the procedure:)

Great job Clarence, very well explained💯👌👍🙏😎

Great video as always keep up the great work and videos you always learn something by looking at your videos mind yourself

Very informative Mr CFW thanks. I did mine to the book and it hasn't self destructed so i'll call that a win!

Excellent video as always. I have to do my 165 and will be spending wisely with Mr Churchill 😊

Good stuff. It is interesting to have it explained.

That is pretty intensive stuff Clarence 🤔 best left to the experts 👌 hope your recovery coming along well 👍

Hope your health is back to levels from years past . Enjoyed the video. 💡🍺👌

Something I'll probably never do but always good to know. Its impressive how they worked out stuff like this when these things were originally built.

Well said, very informative.

A very informative video Mr Fud-Weasel and appropriately title of your video especially if anyone tried to making the settings and failed because of the lack of knowledge and tools necessary if not criticality needed as well as the proper factory workshop manual, I don't blame you for putting off this video for a while, 10/10 for peresentation and showing the tools required (I wished every video was like that in the beginning) and the sections of each adjustments, 👍 no need to thank me for watching but thank you for showing.🙂

Think I'd of been unwell knowing a job like that was waiting for me 🙈 thanks for sharing your knowledge. 👍

You explained that well Clarence! I recently refurbished my lift cover on my 1966 MF 165. I replaced the lift cylinder & piston. I didn't have the tools to set the various control settings, so I took it to guy who was a former MF service mechanic who did. You are right - if you get those settings wrong it can get very ugly in less than a second!

Good job. Bravo

Nice to hear an engineer describing things. A steel rule and end float are proper terminology becoming lost these days. ❤

Good video but I have a very good mechanic friend who is very good at fixing Massey's and I think I will leave it to him you know what they say every man has his trade it's nice to see you back on top form 🙂

Well Mr fud that job would fill me with terror and I would definitely backheel it and leave to a expert. Your knowledge and knowhow makes your videos good viewing as these skills (with the onset of laptops and electronics) will be lost forever. Interesting viewing..👍 Clarence

Doing that to my MF 250 gave me the absolute horrors. I don't know how many times I checked everything before daring to reassemble it and test it!

Great video. Me personally I'd leave this job to someone who's experienced in setting these parts but I would love to be torght how to do it myself.

Awesome videos! Can you tell me what manual would have the settings listed, my shop manual only list the break down of the hydraulic parts.

Great video, done one not that long ago. Got the tools from VL Churchill. Would you be able to do one on a mk3 cover? Different tools and procedure needed. Thanks

You are not kidding about whether you can do this job or not. It has to be done just right.

Good day. Have my 1967 MF 135 with Power Control Unit that I’m working on the three point. Where I’m stuck at is that I can’t find a specific manual for my tractor. Where did you find all the special tools required to set the timing, such as those blocks?

Hi their. Firstly Great information there. I am fixing up a 135 and the pressure control ajuster spring is in three bits ,well broken. I can't find one for sale or a part number for it. I wonder if you know the part number for it or where I could get my hands on a spring. Thanks and keep up the good work.

Never though I’d say this but I’m glad I’ve a merc, it’s simpler 😉😁

pressure control - is that setting the pressure relief valve for the overall hydraulic system, great video btw

Great video, do you know who can do this for me around Lancashire or surrounding areas?

One question, where can I buy the manual to make the settings? Greetings Federico

No intention of doing this to my 550 but why would you need to do this adjustment in the first place??

Well, that's decided that for me. I'm not touching that bit of the tractor. Hopefully, 1 of the 2 jobs I'll farm out. The other is the injector pump and injectors!

This is one of the reasons why I don't like Massiv Failures... I don't have any luck with them. 😅😅

This strange occurrence: I liked the video @ beginning. I had to leave for a moment. When I returned, my like had been removed. This is upsetting.

This is a job I will leave to someone who knows what they are doing.

Excellent video - certainly not to be taken lightly!

I've witnessed the guy from the pub doing this, when it was tested it kept building pressure and spilt the head in 2 🫣 very informative video 👍

In other words, Don't try this at home folks!

It was an excellent presentation, but you lost me at the first turn. When I first got a real tractor (I inherited my FIL’s Massey Ferguson 175), I learned a lesson about how incredibly powerful the 3 point hydraulic lift is. I was pulling a small trailer on the drawbar and one of the lift arms swung under the tongue. I realized that it would be better to carry the arms higher so I hit the up lever. The lift arm did not clear the tongue and it crimped a bend in a pretty stout tongue before I could have a second thought. So, having seen that, I have full respect for your warning that a tiny lapse in judgment can have a catastrophic result and the damage is done long before you could possibly react. Shade tree mechanics have been warned. 🥸👍👀✅