Massey 165 was the first “big” tractor I drove back in 1969, I was 13, the 165 was a year old,had a green Lambourne cab with hand operated screen wiper,no pickup hitch just swinging drawbar. The reg no was KAI 723 (Ireland), a Super Major was traded against it. Both the Massey and its owner have gone to the big green fields in the sky.
From what I remember of the 165 clutches if biting point was high and still had pedal clearance clutch needed replacing 🤔 nice to see some basic maintenance bein attended great video 👍💪
Have you seen those vehicle ads where it says “ one careful owner “ . This one managed to turn the sump plug into a rivet and make a flat pack of the footstep .Keep up the good work Dan !
Fantastic , well done Dan absolutely love Vintage Thursday, it’s always a trip down memory lane as like others I spent my early days of farming over 40 years ago now driving and operating Massey Fergusons , loved every day . Thanks
I’ve not seen to many, if any 165’s with PAVT rear wheels. The 175’5 commonly had PAVT rear wheels and the cast centre front wheels. PAVT wheels were very handy in the Fens where wheel widths needed to change regularly for the different veg crops that were grown.
I think a new clutch is needed. We had a 135 and from what I remember similar to the 165 (I never drove a 165 I did drive a 185 for another farmer, again similar to the 165) the clutch was much lower and the pto was easy to activate in the second stage on both the 135 and 185. The 135 was a nice tractor but underpowered at 45hp for most serious field and road work. The 135 a good runner about tractor, spraying, top dressing etc.
Hi Dan, lovin the content. I’ve just bought a MF 165 and it’s my first tractor 😱. Could you put together a quick start vid, with some basic do’s n don’ts, start up, controls etc - I’m pretty competent with most engines & vehicles, just never owned or driven a tractor. Cheers
been a long time but i think you can put the pin through a second hole at the end of the rod and the clutch will engage much nearer the floor but you will not have any pto clutch ............had one just like yours back in the day ......except ad no power steering .......would not like to go back to having it as my only tractor again ......the fiat 80-90 that replaced it was in a different .................
It needs a new clutch, if there had been no free play at all then that is when adjusting it would have made it better, all that happened when you reduced the free play is as you said you gained a better pto clutch
we had a new one of these way back in 70s with a flexy cab same as that one ,when new it was on astand at Royal Highland show and delivered after show but no cladding on cab for first two months due to a factory strike ,we needed the tractor to replace an older 165 and had to suffer the odd day getting soaked but great on hot sunny days at the hay
I am currently restoring my Massey 165 aswell. It took me 9 months for the material for the flexi cab to arrive. Mechanically mine is in great condition but i am doing a paint job. Will defiantly be following your progress. :)
Each job you do is one less to do. The 36 inch wheels will give it a fair turn of speed on the road. I couldn't drive it with the clutch pedal as high as that !!
Hi Dan …. I worked with a 165 that had 16.9/14x28s back tyres …. Depends on what kind of field work you wanted to do but I liked this set up better than the barrier tyres … what is your preference for the narrower wheels?
Why not use a ring spanner or socket to undo the sump plug same as the filter, if I had used an open-ended spanner when I was doing my apprenticeship the boss would have kicked me in the arse
