MF Tractor Identification (MF235?)

The tractor is diesel with approx 2900 hours and supposedly about 50 hp

any help would be appreciated

Looking through all the S/N's for Massey Ferguson's on this site it appears to be a 1963 MF-65. Using the photo pages I found some pictures and it looks like that is it. Can anyone tell me any information about this tractor? How much horsepower, etc..

SDNW is confusing as it would read a Standard (i.e. wide low front axle) with a standard and Perkins diesel engine and multi-power��. I agree it looks like a '63 MF-65

Look at the engine and see if you can determine the make.
These are great tractors and I have one myself. Love it.

Hope that helps Jeff-oh

Here are the Ferguson/MF prefixes used during that era: S Standard/Utility C High Clearance/Hi-arch
R Row-crop two wheel
T Row-crop single wheel
J Industrial/multi-purpose
V Vineyard

G Gasoline
H High altitude gasoline
B L. P. G.
D Standard Diesel
N Perkins Diesel
K Vaporizing Oil (TVO)
L Lamp oil

F Single-stage clutch
M Dual-stage clutch
Y Differential lock
W Multi-power

A few more quick questions. Is the front engine mounted PTO a factory option or is it aftermarket. I was told it was used to run a hydraulic pump for an older front end loader. The loader on it now has an ID plate from a MF 235 and MF decals. It obviously wasn't designed for the tractor as the installer had to build a new sub-frame for the tractor from the nose all the way back to the rear axle to hold it. It looks as if he used over 1000 pounds of steel plate to make it.

Also, what is the Multi-Power option. It has a three speed transmission and a 2-speed transaxle with shift levers mounted on the transmission but then a Multi-Power switch on the dash with high and low. Is this basically a hydraulicly shifted third transmission? It doesn't seem to make much difference but then I haven't had much opportunity to test it.

The tractor has several leaks that have to be taken care of and the brakes don't work well (probably worn out from all the extra weight). It will be some time before I am able to really test it but it does run well.

But in a nut shell M-Power is a "Shift on the Fly option with out use of clutch. cang give engine braking, helps on hills, can run in high or low all the time if you wish. Just always shift all the way up or down. Doubles your speed ranges.

i.e. 3 fwd + 1 reverse * high/low lever * high/Low M-P = 3*2*2= 12 fwd and 1*2*2 = 4 reverse.

One thing to be sure to do is check the oil level in the wheel planatary gears (blubus area on rear axel). These were often neglected and are expensive to fix. Yours should have a drain plug on bottom and fill plug on top. Uses 1 US quart of SAE 90 mineral oil.