I Make a House Call - Massey Ferguson 165 - Will it Run Again?
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2023
- Well, they tried to call in an expert....but he didn't show up. So then they called me.
Come with me and we will figure out what is wrong with this 1960's Massey.
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Great job! Green Acres indeed -- keep Manhattan just give me the countryside. I'm sure both the wife & hubby are tickled pink with the resurrection of the Massey. I guess tractors are just great big ole lawn mowers: open the carb, clear the holes, squirt some cleaner in the holes making sure it comes out the other end -- presto change-o ... ignition. Congratulations on gettin'er started & wish you the best on the revisit for the upgrades.
Thanks for excellent video - . My son purchased an M-F 165 tractor and i volunteered to do a tune up . Purchased parts from a M-F dealer hopefully to avoid the junk sold on line / made sure the AC Delco points were marked made in the USA. So i installed new plugs, plug wires, dist cap & rotor , points and condenser. Tractor ran worse then before, i could barely keep it runnning. Installed new air filter and fuel bowl, made certain i had good fuel flow, it would still barely run . Paid a man that restores M-F tractors to install rebuild kit in the Marvel Shebler carburetor- that did not help. I was convinced the problem was in carburetor- bought another rebuild kit . I believe i cleaned that carburetor as well as humanly possible but to be certain i had a friend clean it in his Ultrasonic cleaner, installed the 2nd rebuild kit, reinstalled the carb, tractor still hard to start and would barely continue to run . I am not exaggerating, i must have had the carb off 20 or more times. Marvel Shebler carbs like these are as about as basic as it gets, but if i never read another article about Marvel Shebler carbs it will be too soon. Anyway i asked a friend that is a better mechanic then myself to look at this tractor. Guess what ? He thought problem was in the carb also and removed it 2 or 3 times looking for the problem - no luck . Finally out of ideas he removed the new points and condenser - installed a used set he had lying around his shop, problem corrected. Pretty certain the problem was a bad condenser. I am 75 yrs old and don't recall of ever hearing about a new set of points/condenser being defective. We came very close to ordering a ZENTIH carb ($475.00 i believe) and of course that would not have corrected the problem. Forgot to mention i checked compression and i think all cylinders were 145 to 150 lbs - also installed new ignition coil - procedure to check the timing is a little unusual but i believe i checked it correctly and i think it was within spec / 8 deg BTDC i think . Incidentally i believe the valve you were adjusting on the carb is called the Power Valve.
Yep, that's the state we're in with new parts these days. I typically no longer replace parts like that unless I know there shot in the belief that the old stuff is far better.
Great job getting the M-F 165 up & running the ole girl just needs a little tlc. I love the sound of those Continental gasoline I 4's with vertical exhaust. I have a 1959 M-F 50 with a Z134 Continental gasoline engine, & what a power house these engines are. The best thing I did for Stella was putting in a Pertronix electronic ignition; She doesn't miss a beat.I did take off the grass burner exhaust as well, & put on a vertical stack. I use her for skidding logs, & I have a log splitter that I hook up to her; I sometimes use her to grade our road with a woods scraper blade as well. I have had her for 26 years now. I also own a 2018 M-F 1526 with a fel, & is 4wd diesel that I bought new. I like my Chevy trucks, Corvairs, & Massey-Ferguson tractors.
Great content! Love these " bring em back to life" videos, wish I was there to hand you tools, working on that old girl reminds me of my 49 3100...pure and simple, nice job getting her purring again!
I couldn't let you by with just handing me tools. lol
love me some tractors too hawker, they are usually pretty straightforward. i got a old 48 farmall C and a 86 ford 1910, why farm some when you can farmall
Looks like a Zenith Carburetor. They are made not too far from me and are still in business. Kits should be available. Great job. I had to do similar things to my 50 Farmall Cub when I got it. Although it did run, it could barely move itself. It’s going to be the subject of some later UA-cam videos when I get to work on it again. Great job very thorough and interesting!
I'll be looking forward to that. I was just checking out some of your more recent ones. Keep your stick on the ice!
I expect those lights do a great job of illuminating the back of the loader arms and absolutely nothing else. I grew up with an Allis Chalmers Model G from the 1940’s that had the world’s most frightening sickle mower attached, and owe much of my mechanical skills to that wonderful old tractor.
lol exactly
I blend old gas with new and burn it in my truck - but my truck doesn't have a computer on it. Not sure I'd do that if it were newer. Maybe blend it at a lower rate? I usually put a gallon of old gas with a full tank (16 gallons) of fresh gas.
flex fuel :)
I thought they were diesel.
They were offered in Continental gas or Perkins Diesel