I will certainly look forward to any vids of this, be nice to see it doing a bit of ditching eventually. We had something similar to these on the council years ago, gluttons for punishment. The opening front shovel was very handy especially for shifting hot tarmac which at that time was dumped on the road and moved to the levelers by the tractor shovel.
I would like to see you work on the 40 digger Dan. This is interesting Dan I would like to see you sort all the problems on her out and bring her back to life and look forward to seeing her finished and all the steps to get there. Great video Dan thank you.
I have a 50b of similar vintage so would be intrigued to see you working on yours. I did note your comment about the fan belt and agree it must be awkward as the previous owner of mine fitted two extra and tied them out of the way.
They were very popular as a loader tractor at most colliery,s. The one I worked at had one with just the loader and had linkage on the rear for pulling a tipping trailer. It was thrashed everyday of it's life but they could not break it. It left when the pit shut.
Hi Dan great channel, love your vintage stuff, I have a bunch of old Massey and Ferguson tractors and implements, just not enough time to play with it all. Perhaps you could do a video to run through of all of your vintage stuff and get feedback on what viewers would like to see running?? 😀👍👍
Yes Dan I would be interested in following its progress, as usual very informative video. Sorry about my dopey picture link son keeps changing it regards Michael
Looks similar to a few I have seen some with a loader but a weight on the rear and others with the rear bucket being put onto another machine. Up here in the islands of Scotland they used to be massive fans of massy machinery and would modify and swap all sorts of parts to make what they needed
As you requested - "I am going to guide you on What happens! 🤣😅", Yes, PLEASE feature this machine in your Video channel. I am sure lots of others would like to see this also. (P.S. Where you find the time to do all of this is beyond me). Keep up the good work mate 👍
Oh that's a grand machine you've got there: I 've still got mine "J"reg round axles: dry brakes are a pain but otherwise OK. will run rings around most 50 - 100hp Loaders On Concrete - mucking out FYM. We've removed cab for access to low buildings and were lucky to get waht was at the time, the LAST of those Manifolds - same problem . It is still used almost daily - have fitted linkage and will easily pull our 3-F 14" plough depsite what folk say about Torqs. Look after the oil and front pump drive and she's good to go for a LONG time . ( don't talk about power steering pumps tho' !! good to see you have the Original style of tyres still fitted - but missing full complement of front wheel weights. Got a problem - gimme a call - we have a good 50B as well for the flat8/10 work as required - faster on soft stubbles and Hills! Thanks for posting - you got the same work boots as me too - howzat :-)
Hi Dan, i would love to see the work you do on the digger. At the vintage tractor club worshop i attended before the lock down the brakes were attended to on one of those machines, it has discs and shoe's, something to do with regulations at the time folks seemed to think. Great video as always.
Would love to see everything you do on this Digger. On the green paint. It looks like Murphy green. Maybe it was in construction or demolition for a while
I would like to see it working some ditches or anything else with the back bucket. You could have it to load straw on the chopper, it would be usefull for Job like that
The 40 TLB was an amazingly punchy piece of kit. M REG would put it between August 73 and July 74. I drove one on my student farm between 79 and 83. They were a very fast little loader and the digger was powerful for it's size. It was a bit knackering if you spent all day on it. Needed ear defenders on the road! The first time I drove it I found the foot shuttle needed some getting used to but brilliant once mastered. The one I used had a 4in1 from new and made it very versatile. The cabs were better than nothing I think the one I drove had a defunct Smith heater. I believe the cabs were built by Cabcraft for Massey. I think the 4 in 1 bucket may have been Rubery Owen (like some of the Drotts of that era). I wonder if the one here was run by one of the big road contractors with just a weight or a compressor. Some used to paint in their own colours.
Hello Dan A friend of mine had one and I used to repair his farm machinery. Your machine looks like it's had a hard life with the loader. When you are changing the fan belts check the bushes in the front axle as the drive to the hydraulic pump goes through the front axle . Any significant wear in the bushes will result in a snapped drive shaft losing all hydraulic power. Brian's broke it's shaft when we were trying to walk it through a wet patch! can't remember how we got it out but it definitely wasn't under it's own steam
Thanks for sharing this video Dan yes would love to see more on the Massey digger progress,was that a 2640 in the background or not would love to see some videos on that as well thanks
Best of luck with latest purchase Dan, looking forward to watching more videos of it working/getting serviced. How deep would you think the backactor would dig?
Dan, FP McCann Ltd in NI paint all their plant the same shade of blue as in your 40. Also, to this day a lot of their wheeled diggers have no back actors with compressors fitted on the back.
The company bought a brand new 50B in 1976 P reg. They had other older MF's also. I remember that the balls on the rear spool levers used to have thumb and finger grooves worn in them by operator use. I remember the fan belt was difficult because you had a coolant rad and a torque converter rad which caused problems. we used to fit an extra fan belt on so if the first belt broke you already had a spare fitted around the pump prop. I remember that a serious fault was on that wishbone like forward / backwards / throttle pedal unit shaft. There was a shaft in the side of the bell housing and it used to get a lot of wear. This meant that the amount of play in the bush took up all of the movement and then the throttle side would start to rev up the engine and at some point the drive would kick in quite aggressively and the machine would try and do a wheelie going forwards and spin the wheels going backwards. To repair this fault meant completely splitting the transmission to remove and replace the shaft bush from the inside. A LOT of work.! when this happened the company used to get rid. we went over to JCB because they were a much better machine all round.
Nice machine & project. Just my opinion but it might possibly be cheaper to keep your eye out for a 1/2 decent used 4in1 replacement bucket than be refurbishing that 1, yes it's possible but it requires a large amount of work to bring it back something like.I think a replacement would be a cheaper option. I don't know the prices on these aftermarket bucket manufacturers but it'd be interesting price wise the price of a new bucket. Some of the plant guys trade theirs in every few years, one of the trade in's could be worth looking at. I could be wrong but it's worth looking into.I'm looking forward to future repair & refurbishment videos.
Prob not the most popular opinion but if you're restoring this you should clean it up and keep the patina with all the mixed colours, just clear spray it to gloss it up, that'd be unique as anything. You'd get to keep all that rich history of the machine.
I am a sucker for an old battered pile of scrap, even better if they work👍😊. It has a wiff off whitlock about it or is that just me? I think your right, she's got the wrong bucket and I doubt it was the original back actor on it but I've gotta admit, she looks like she's got some lifting power! I look forward to seeing you use it in anger 😊
Hi Dan a man beside me has a digger like that with the high cab but he has a compressor on the back of his he told me that it came like the from the dealer when he got it you could choose it or the back actor
Just been looking through eBay and there is one being broken on there. Only issue for you maybe is that it is in Doncaster. Maybe worth contacting him looks to be a complete machine.
@@CowfarmerDan I have just checked again it's still on there. Try typing in the item number 224034662310. They are listed in the tractor section as Massey Ferguson industrial loader. He has 3 separate listings so check on his other items for sale button to see the rest. Hope this helps
Hello how's things, could you possibly tell me why my back boom and bucket creaps down on its own. There is no oil leaks thanks I have the same mf40 but my ones manual box
I am not sure but I think backhoe belonged to Mozes, I like how you minimise the amount of wear in a machine that is worn out-rooted it's probably a way of making your self feel better about purchasing a heap.
@@CowfarmerDan Thanks for your reply. I have a Massey Ferguson MF40 with what appears to be the same backhoe but hard to identify the actual model. Here is mine...ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qM8fgPaSDis.html
CowfarmerDan i havent really looked,il asked him i think he said it was torque converter fault,he is an old school Massey mechanic but he just dont use it parked Ill get some pictures of it.
I love Massey tractors, but you can see why JCB were light years ahead when it came to making a backhoe. Good project though, and Ive seen plenty that are worse than this one. And it will do you a turn at the farm for odd jobs here and there for years to come.
