@@Ayorkshiremansdailygrind: I myself spent part of today getting ready to have my Massey Ferguson 270 Diesel trucked from my mum’s farm in Southern Ontario, Canada to my rural property in Central Ontario about 2 hours away. I had to air up the tires, place the two batteries on a battery charger, hook a 6’ Bush Hog to the rear 3 point hitch and load a 6’ grader blade into the bucket of the tractor’s MF Quick Detach Loader. My 1985 model year MF tractor has just over 2000 hours on the engine but had previously been used to clean stables so there was a lot of wear in the front end spindle bearings and tie rod ends. Those issues have been addressed now but my injection pump needs to be removed and a seal kit installed to address a nasty fuel leak at the pump. This tractor will be replacing a 1963 International B414 (gas) that came with an IH 1550 front end loader. Sadly, the engine of that machine is worn out (very low oil pressure) and lots of leaks (hydraulics and rear main seal in the engine. Parts for that machine are getting hard to find in Canada and the repair bill would be more than the tractor is worth. Besides, it’s nice to now have a bigger 60 HP diesel tractor with a quick detach loader with down pressure and power steering. Before passing away in 2012, my dad owned a number of vintage tractors including a Ford 800 with an Arps Loader, a Ferguson TEA 20 and a Massey Harris Pony that came with a front mounted spring controlled blade, belly mower, chain harrows and wheel weights. Dad’s last tractor was an 1972 International 434 (gas) with loader. Out of all of these, my favourite all-round versatile tractor was the 1958 Ford 800. It did not have power steering and the front end loader had a trip bucket - that said, it had great pulling power and was easy and forgiving to drive.😂🇨🇦✌🏻
That is "NOW a lovely 35X", also it has the Diff-lock Peddle, which is a must for ploughing. Those Perkins engines are really good and last forever, if You service them. Excellent job, I often wonder why some Farmers treat their Tractors so badly??? Thank you for your video.
Well done, to have saved the 35x, what a transformation. We used to have one on the farm a way back in time, it punched above its weight, and was incredibly versatile, we had half tracks for it, manufactured by Jones of Larbert. Long gone now. A brilliant little machine & ultra reliable. You did a fabulous job in light of the condition it was in. The French comment wasn’t very clever he said you hadn’t cleaned/prepped it thoroughly & that the rust would return, pretty pathetic comment, you have to ask oneself if one can’t say something decent about the job you did why bother saying anything at all, creeps. . I worked in France so speak the language. All the best I know what it takes to restore machinery & its hard but rewarding work to do total strip downs. Well done bro
thank you for your comment its much appreciated ....... i have to accept that not all comments are good but it goes with making videos and we can learn from all comments . 👍
Hello Yorkshire man. There’s always some sad inadequate twat who has negative stuff to say, not 100% sure why some individuals turn out like that?! But in my experience it’s usually becos the sad idiots aren’t themselves getting attention. Pathetic. Decent folks who graft & especially when they’ve been involved in restoring plant or race cars road cars themselves appreciate & support folks who do this kind of work. It’s almost always work one has to do in your spare time & requires many hours of relentless dedication, I kno I’ve been there myself. So hats off to you for your sterling effort & a great result to save an iconic tractor. Cheers & all the best
How could that French guy know from watching that short video how that tractor was prepared for paint? Hrs a dush, dont listen to guys like that. You did a lovely job. We all have to learn somewhere. Personally If it was me now knowing what I know I'd use a paint von rust treatment before primer and that'd keep the rust at bay. But thats just a tip for future projects. I think it turned out great and you should be proud of your work considering the condition you found it in.
One of my favourite tractors, really nice job on the whole tractor and paint. I am doing my own restoration and will paint the rear with red oxide and the front with light grey primer like you did, was there a reason why? Also did you scuff the red oxide/light grey primer down before applying the top coat?
Hi , i used the red oxide on the areas where i have either sanded the rough paint and rust off or there was no paint remaining and was almost bare metal i did red oxide some of the areas at the front of the tractor but generally the original paint was covered well already after cleaning so i just built it up with grey primer prior to top coat . Hope this helps and good luck with doing yours i thoroughly enjoyed doing mine 👍👍👍👍
@@Ayorkshiremansdailygrind Cheers, yeah it's quite a good feeling to restore such an old tractor to it's former glory. I have wire wheels the most the rear end so I'll red oxide that, then any that already has paint I will just paint over it with grey primer then top coat, no need to sand it/rough it up before paint?
Hello sir, i have the same tractor Massey Ferguson 35 same mask and motor, from an unknown year of production. It is imported and i want to know how much kilowatts is it? There aren't any marks, thank you.