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Hey Tony...

Oh Inno. What ever you do, don't be an idealist, and buy a diesel. Atleast not a project diesel. I just came home from the closest mf dealer, unforunately the one that 'advised me' to not even start the rebuild. So my hat is in my hand eh? His way of tackling this CAV pump is to bring them to the guy near my place- that wants $700. He been in busines since the 50's? early 60's? They don't ever tear into the pumps. Yet yesterday, I was down in tobacco country, ran into an old italian gas station mechanic, not a massey or even a diesel guy, but, his theory was 'don't let the thing get ya down, don't let the stupid thing get da upper hand, pull the s o b appart and rip its guts out, teach it to not mess with ya no more. It gots ta be just somethin stuck in there, rusted up or gummed up, there's no magic in them things like everybody's scared of.. oh ya, I gots some books you can have'.... 2 old MF manuals, each has a section on CAV pumps.... so I gots alotta readin ta do... pretty quick I am going out there and kick it's butt and let it know what to expect if it don't smarten up pretty soon.....
 
Ya know Tony it's things like that which keep me inspired. I love/hate it when people tell me not to bother or that it can't be done or that it's too difficult. That only drives me further to make it work.........by myself! Somewhere there is a person, a website or a good book (or maybe two in your case) which, with some study and preparation will give you what you need to get the job done.
When I was working on the power steering on my 202 I met with a lot of negativity and folks that said "why bother" or "just suck it up and buy the expensive factory parts" etc. So I quit asking questions and did my research. For probably a third of the price of "original" fifty year old technology (maybe older), I have fully hydrostatic power steering which can be set to operate with one finger with a loaded bucket. A huge improvement in my book, and all because I faced the challenge head on.
And just because you said not to, I'm gonna look for a basket case diesel! lol

Edit: and for the record, I'm more of a realist.....with a touch of optimism.
 
Ha Ha. U R so funny I forgot to laugh. Be careful. I might just bring this thing to your house. Then 'U' would have '2' boat anchors.... or just bring yours to my house, and I will feed you black labels as you help me fix this one. I tried a couple new tricks last night, still no fuel up the final lines. The shop that advertises rebuild kits is out of stock. What's next? I saw so many early gas 35's this week you wouldn't believe it. I wasn't even tractor hunting! I was driving around for other business! 3 or 4 years ago I never saw my first one. The money I might have into it is sad enough, needing the back half for a better project is also sad, but now the leaves are already falling off.... so that is/was my 2011 project.... that's worst than a sad thought eh??
 
Tony, Don"t let all this negitivity get you down. I bought an old TO30 from a guy for $100.00 that he thought would never run again. After 7 months of taking apart, painting and a few parts, it looks and operates like a new one. I have only 24% lungs and still brought it back to life.
I just figgured I needed to be smarter than what I was working with. Best of luck and hang in there. It"s something simple that has been overlooked. Keep digging
 
I did my TO 30 last year in???? Well started stripping it on St Valetine's day weekend, was plowing on Memorial day weekend. If this was gas, I would be finishing my second by now. A diesel is 2 projects. The normal engine work... and the injector system. Which is a rotten extra project. Maybe if I tore appart a running one, so's it was just bleeding and tweeking, but this was a dead horse.... that still don't have a pulse.... if you didn't read them already, I have a few posts with pics on here and the massey forum the last couple months... btw, no paint. Murphy's law says no paint is safer.
 
OK OK. I retract telling you to not buy a basket case diesel... that way you won't carry the curse... the real curse.. hey you in western Ontario? Winter is in like??? 6? 7 weeks? I have this MF 50 that may not need much more than a valve job, a 2135 that could use an ag back half, and a well deserved road trip on my brain.... and like my 91 year old father said this morning.... we never liked diesels anyway, we never had any luck with these things... he had to remind me of the family curse... btw... did you see the pics of my back hoe project? "Inno- you should never buy a $250 back hoe".... there, now go nuts with that one and begin your quest!!!!
 
I paid $5000 for my backhoe and I'm not that much further ahead.......well I CAN dig holes with it and did bury a water line to the barn......oh, and it came with a MF 202 and front end loader.......but yeah, a $250 backhoe even I would stay away from. I've fixed a few things on mine that were absolutely necessary but it will not be getting every loose, cracked, leaky, or otherwise compromised part replaced........and DEFINITELY no paint! Did I mention it's ugly? Like I saw on the back of a lovely old car once in an ice race (don't ask) "she ain't pretty but she shines".

Winter? No, we won't be seeing snow for at least another 3-4 months......I'm hoping for another nice long fall like we had last year.
 
As far as taking on another tractor right now, I would love to but I have to curb the spending for the time being. My wife is due in less than a month and something tells me that money and time are going to be short pretty soon!
I'm sticking to working on smaller tractors for now. Just finished up some work on a free Ford YT16 yard tractor........details in the tool talk section of the forum.
 
Bring it on down, I'm pretty good at tearing stuff apart and forgetting how to put back together, take some pics along the trail.
 
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