New member, just bought an old Massey Ferguson

inactivist · Sep 30, 2022

Hello, all.

I've been browsing the forums a while, finally got around to registering.

I purchased an old Massey-Ferguson -- 1969 vintage, MF40?

It's all there, it's usable as-is, but it needs a whole bunch of TLC.

I'm a fair shade tree mechanic so I guess this is just another pet project with practical benefits

I rebuilt the very leaky CAV fuel injection pump and cleaned up a few things here and there. Runs well enough.

Anyway, I'll be asking a few questions here and there, and maybe I can answer a few as well...

495man · Sep 30, 2022

Welcome, MF made a really nice utility tractor, same basic design still built today.

inactivist · Sep 30, 2022

Thanks. I'm looking forward to this adventure

ASEguy · Oct 2, 2022

Welcome. Tough old tractor. I've got an MF-20. Very good.

Richard G. · Oct 2, 2022

I had a 30 and worked it hard.
Only weak spot was the power steering.

stevieb49829 · Oct 2, 2022

I think the MF 40's were a switch-over from the MH 50, and only produced in '56 and '57; And then went to the MF 50 from there ('57-64), but I can't really tell for sure from the Tractor Data site.

stevieb49829 · Oct 2, 2022

If that's it in the photo, it looks newer than '57, so maybe they continued on with the MF 40's in later years.

ptfarmer · Oct 2, 2022

(quoted from post at 14:29:12 10/02/22) If that's it in the photo, it looks newer than '57, so maybe they continued on with the MF 40's in later years.

inactivist · Oct 15, 2022

Every time I try to post a reply/quote message I get an error saying I've tripped the spam protection filters. Must be my newbie status or something

This post was edited by inactivist on 10/15/2022 at 05:49 am.

inactivist · Oct 15, 2022

Let's try this again

This post was edited by inactivist on 10/15/2022 at 05:49 am.

Jim.ME · Oct 15, 2022

(quoted from post at 08:46:29 10/15/22) Let's try this again

This post was edited by inactivist on 10/15/2022 at 05:49 am.

Serial number appears to fall in the 1969 range.

SilentButDeadly · Oct 15, 2022

Lucky you...I've got a 40 in the shed that runs quite nicely but is suffering from a bit of rust. I've had the loader and backhoe buckets rebuilt but the biggest issue is the brakes....which don't work. They work sufficiently to slow the thing down but not well enough to stop the thing moving when it's working or parked on a slope. Which is annoying!

Oh and access to work on the engine is dreadful.

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