My father-in-law and I got our hands on a 1979 MF 230 at an auction sale for a good price with a nice Allied loader.
It has a few issues, the most immediate was a leak from the cover where you access the trans/hydraulic pickup and strainer. I drained out the oil and cleaned the strainer - it all looked pretty good except for some sludge on the bottom, and the two parts in the attached photo sitting on the access cover.
They had sludge deposited on top, which suggests they've been broken and sitting there for a while. The hydraulics *seem* to work fine. However, before refilling the tractor, I'm hoping to see if someone can help my identify where these bits may have come from in case it's something I can 'fix' easily without draining it all again.
It appears to be a portion of some sort of hinged part. The pin fits through the loops perfectly. There were also the shreds of a cotter pin in the sludge, which would have held the picture pin in the hinge loops.
It has a few issues, the most immediate was a leak from the cover where you access the trans/hydraulic pickup and strainer. I drained out the oil and cleaned the strainer - it all looked pretty good except for some sludge on the bottom, and the two parts in the attached photo sitting on the access cover.
They had sludge deposited on top, which suggests they've been broken and sitting there for a while. The hydraulics *seem* to work fine. However, before refilling the tractor, I'm hoping to see if someone can help my identify where these bits may have come from in case it's something I can 'fix' easily without draining it all again.
It appears to be a portion of some sort of hinged part. The pin fits through the loops perfectly. There were also the shreds of a cotter pin in the sludge, which would have held the picture pin in the hinge loops.
