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1963 Massey Ferguson 35 Diesel Deluxe

I was a tough kid and drove my Mom nuts, always getting in trouble, and she is pretty damn close to a saint. My Mom is as honest as they come and that's one of the stories she told Lisa when we started dating. She told Lisa I could be a handful, and (in her words, not mine), he understands things that most people wouldn't understand if they lived 10 lifetimes, he's fiercely loyal, always honest even when it hurts someone's feelings, but the only person you'd ever want in battle with you because he gives his all in everything he does.

Lisa still married me, boy did she screw up bigtime.
 
Shovelrick said:
I took a Ford FMX auto trans apart when I was 16-17, it ended up in trash cans 🤣🤣
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I ran over my brother's toys with a front reel mower, after removing the catch bin, shit everywhere. Also washed dad's new car at 10, couldn't find a spong but noticed one in the trash can. Dad tossed it because he was grinding near it and it was filled with metal filings. Yeah, no clock repair in my youth.
 
I stepped on several 16 penney nails and in first grade stuck a number 2 pencil into my fingernail and the tip broke off. There's more.
 
Sounds more like you were a sadist enjoying all the pain you inflicted on yourself.

I told Lisa about the sponge with metal chips and you washing your Dad's new car, and her first words were, "Jerry's father was a patient man. If you'd have done that your Dad would have knocked you out silly".

She's right, he would have.
 
What a pain it's been. Between the storm, fixing the well, and storm cleanup, the tractor got put on the back burner. Finally got back to it only to find out the bronze clutch bushings where too tight and had to be hand sanded with 800 carborundum. Took a few hours to fit them and the half shafts for the clutch throwout, and they are still tight and not completely free, but should only take a little bit for them to free up and then they should be good for another 60+ years.

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After closer inspection of the old clutch assembly I realized setting the PTO clutch to .087 as described by the service manual didn't take into account the new clutch assemblies and the exposed rivets, so I'm changing from .087 to .045 (half the distance). This will allow less travel of the clutch pedal to disengage the PTO clutch, but still maintain a healthy separation between the drive clutch and the PTO clutch. Soon as I make that change, she's ready to go back together..
 
Went together pretty easy. After I realized the jack in the front end wasn't aligning the shaft properly into the pilot bearing, I ditched the jack and did it the old fashioned way, I picked the front end up by hand and wiggled it right in.

Just reassembly now, fill it full of gear oil, adjust the clutch pedal, hook the brakes back up, and fire her up.

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She's back, running great, and no leaks whatsoever (oil leaks). The radiator has a slight leak and I'm going to have to replace it, but for a 61 year old radiator, she held up good despite the previous owners putting holes through it and being fixed at some point in it's life.

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Nice work my friend! I learned a bit here, not knowing the full fate of dad's MF35 yet but it's probably going to my brother who has some interest and 5 acres. I personally had a hand in rebuilding the power steering twice, since it's got a bunch of added weight on the front from a loader.......the PS doesn't like all that added effort. Also the fuel system and some other topical stuff, but never as deep as you went. His has the multi-power also, not sure if it was optional or standard on the 35 gas??
 
Thanks. Never worked on a tractor this size before, so this was my first and took a bit of reading to understand the design before I dug into it.

As I understand it was an option just like the dual clutch was an option.
 
She's getting another upgrade. I didn't like the hokey way the bypass valve worked, so I decided to build my own system and added the ability to have additional remote hydraulics. Just waiting on a few adapters that should be delivered by 5:30 or so from the local NAPA. The are neighbors and friends, so they will deliver for me.

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Used to do that out in the woods sometimes too, usually when it was -30. We used an axe to cut them but I could never get a clean one time cut.
 
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