drawbar parts and engine flush

Hello. Ran on some more stuff that has me a little confused.
Looking at the photo here:

What is the bracket below the PTO? i'm guessing remnants of a swinging draw bar. If someone could point me to the parts i would need to complete it that would be helpful. I have some rocks to look under but don't know exactly what i'm looking for.
also, If anyone happens to know the thread size of the blue dot and red arrow, I'd really appreciate a heads up on that.

I also found some moisture in the engine oil as well. wondering if the filter in the pan is a gauze element or just a strainer. i am planning to do a diesel flush on the gearcase, wondering if it would be safe to do the engine too, never had the filter out before.
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Hi Josh

With the engine don't flush it. You are running an oil pump to lube all the valves bearings etc, how well will diesel lube compared to the correct viscosity engine oil. Get the engine hot and change the oil and filter. From memory these are a proper filter. if you get the engine hot you will get rid of
the condensation by regular running of the tractor up to operating temperature and ensure the rubber boot(s) on the gear shift are in tact to stop water running down into the transmission. If you can store the tractor under cover this will also help. Also changing the transmission oil and allowing
time for the case to drain will remove water. Remember water is heavier than oil! Can't help with the PTO overrunning clutch or drawbar parts my MF 35 only had a linkage drawbar.

Thanks Matt,
Just changed the boot today, and replaced the dipstick (grandad had whittled a branch and shoved in there ) Hoping that helps in the short term. I'm planning to put together a quick shed to park it under here in the next month or so. until that happens I may use a small tarp over the important bits. Got a line on a filter locally, gonna have one on hand for oil change day.

Sounds good Josh

Remember don't overthink it and get a manual it will have all the information you will need as well as the clever and experienced people on these forums (of which I don't profess to be one!)

As you guessed, I believe you'll find that the bracket is the pivot point for a swinging drawbar.
The bar itself has a roller which travels on the horizontal, multi hole, drawbar.
For PTO work, there was a PTO extension and housing which was attached at the four bolts, the upper ones of which you've highlighted.
This extension gives you the standard 14in. horizontal distance between the PTO shaft and the drawbar hole.
The upper bolts of the four in a square, are identical to the lower bolts.
You might Google "Dennis Carpenter" in SC for pictures and parts.

I was mistaken about Dennis Carpenter.
He has Ford.
Ferguson had a different swinging drawbar, although man parts can be mounted interchangeably.

If I remember correctly the bolt is not a stud bolt with nut as picture shows but a fine thread 7/16" bolt about 1 1/4" long. might be 1 1/2" long. Think it is the same as on the 9N-2N Fords. And the piece underneeth is part of a swinging drawbar for a 8N or NAA Ford but it is also used to mount a Dearborn 3 point hitch loader. That Ford swingong drawbar was better than none but not as good as the correct Ferguson swinging drawbar. But the after market swinging drawbar is still better than either orignals. For pulling something like a drag type disk they both put the hitch pin too far back for good steering. The aftermarket will set that pin hole farther forward. The drawbar for mount pictured uses the 11 hole cross drawbar and will put the hitch pin about 8?" back of the cross drawbar. The orignal Ferguson unit would put the pin hole about 4" ahead of the cross drawbar. The orignal PTO extension for the 9N, 2N, 8N has the bearing holder about 10" long and the Ferguson has it about half as long. You have an over run coupler that is not as long as either Ford or Ferguson PTO extensions. I did not use the PTO on any 3 point equipment, only on pull type implements like a PTO combine. Or a flail forage harvestor And been years since I had the TO-30 or the NAA, I still have the 9N and 2N Fords but they are stored about 40 mile away in a friends barn so I cannot get to them to actually measure the length of the PTO extension. But the aftermarket hitch was correct for same length that over run extension is.

Never had any thing diesel so no diesel to flush with. On the 9N, 2N, TO-30 , Naa and 2 cylinder Deeres would use kerosine and crank engine for about 30-45 seconds without starting and drain. Procidure is in the Deere operating manuals. On these engines everything would drain. Now on an engine with hydrolic valve lifers would not do it.

Swinging drawbar Could be either this style

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Or the horseshoe style

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If you want a swinging drawbar go with the one like they sell on this site. Just watch the tonge weight.