found a massey 35 today

[john p]

doing a site clearance today and poked around the old barns on site as you do,lurking in the dark was a massey 35 with loader! owner said we could have the scrap on site so could have a free tractor,needs work but tin work all good,result! they are quite desirable tractors arent they? its 1971

[scraggs]

iirc if it's the 4 cylinder engine it's not as desirable as they were an arse to start, the 3 cylinder engine was more sought after, not sure if thats still the case though

[Tyz05]

Good find,had one brought into workshop this morning,suspect head gasket failure but doubt it'l be that simple. They still sell for good money,especially with original tin work.

[Rich2484]

They are but it's more for fruit farmers, there are newer small tractors that are wanted now. Done a complete rebuild on the 35x on college, it was my entire machinery coursework section. The 3 pots are better and wanted more than 4. I would keep it if you have a use for it.

[Tyz05]

iirc if it's the 4 cylinder engine it's not as desirable as they were an arse to start, the 3 cylinder engine was more sought after, not sure if thats still the case though

 

Yep 4cyl would never start when cold, 3cyl is the better engine,choice of direct or indirect injection.

[john p]

will get some photos when back there on fri

[treequip]

iirc if it's the 4 cylinder engine it's not as desirable as they were an arse to start, the 3 cylinder engine was more sought after, not sure if thats still the case though

 

It's a 71 and they stopped fitting the woefull 4 pot in favour of the Perkins in 1959.

 

Good find particularly with the loader, the restoration gang love them because they are small enough to work on in a domestic garage.

[carpenter1]

i have a massey ferguson 35, i did not like the engine so i changed it for a 50hp perkins, so when we are on a road run pull up long side an other 35 and pull the accelerator back and watch it fligh, they do not under stand. what fun

 

i us the 35 for towing 13ft trailer and firewood processing

[WorcsWuss]

1971? I thought they were out of production by then and well into 'red giants' territory...

Either the date's wrong [1961 maybe] or it's a 135 with the 1 missing, which would be a great result...!

[steve@black]

Thats cool enough , maybe you should just leave it where you leave the rest of your scrap:001_rolleyes: