I know what you mean by "father in laws tractor". I just got through completely rebuilding my father in laws 1971 2020 Deere. Same situation only mine passed away three years ago. Tractor sat under his barn for about eight years. Engine was completely shot. Mother in law didn't even know it was there. Told me I could have it if I wanted it. Started working on it Aug. of last year and drove it first time in Feb. About fifty five hundred dollars later it has a new engine clutch and tires. I heard you mention Blakely Ga in another video. I am in middle Ga. in Bleckley county. I worked for a logging company in the mid eighties and we cut on a big plantation outside of Albany and hauled the wood to Cedar Springs Ga. Beautiful farms down your way. Big plantations too. We cut on a place called Tallassee (think I spelled it right) plantation which was a big farm too. Hope you get the 135 going...
I’ve traveled through Bleckley county frequently when I was going to Georgia Southern. I farm between Bluffton, Fort Gaines, & Blakely. Drive past Tallahassee (not pronounced the same as the Florida city) every time I go to Albany or to my mother in law’s in Ocilla
At 18 yrs old I bought a new MF135, put several thousand hours on it over the years. It started after the 2nd cylinder compression every time. What I hear is compression issues and a tired starter. Assuming it does not have MultiPower, hook a chain and pull her in road gear...the CAV injection pump will purge itself pretty quickly if it's sealed up and not put more stress on the starter. For a small utility tractor, it doesn't get any better than a 135 diesel.
She is finally running now. The issue was some water logged diesel got past the injector pump. I cracked the lines where they enter head and continued turning her over until we had good fuel there. She fired off and runs…..but there are new issues.
I'm not positive, but i believe that 135 would have originally came with a generator instead of an alternator. If so, i think it would have been up under the hood a little bit more than the alternator.
They are a work of art (edited...but a PITA). Never thought about it until now, but what it the general thinking behind the design of a tractor's front tire? Rear tires are pretty obvious. Thanks!
Use WD-40 to spray in the intake while cranking. I got one that had been sitting for YEARS and was doing the same thing. Finally got it to crank using the wd-40
Yes, got a serious oil leak while running. Believe the blow by is stopped up forcing higher pressure oil to run out front main seal. Doesn’t leak while not running.
We have had to keep the lines lose until the engine starts at the injector u should be able to see the bubbles come out around the fitting it sounds like it wanted to start n the video
