thanks for the good video - tempted to try this on our mf135

This is the making of a great series, better that any handbook. We here in Northern Ireland are lovers of the wee Fergie and Massey Ferguson 135 for obvious reasons ( Harry was an Ulsterman) looking forward for each upload Lance. Graham Coulter

Just want to give you a thumbs up for all your good videos! Got a MF 135, a 350 and a 3060 on our farm in Sweden. Could not keep the farm running without your vids =) No matter what I need to get in to I seem to end up on one of your videos. Like now for testing the compression on the 3060. From one side of the globe to the other - thanks for your work!

Thanks lance my memories not good I hide my own Easter eggs now so when I forget how to do a repair on a tractor I look up your video to jog my memory thanks nick

Another fab restoration on the way! good stuff mate

From Canada...bought a derelict 135 3 yrs ago. Now I think it has a blown hd gskt. Glad I found your site.

Great video + well explained. Really looking forward to the rest of this series, the 135 is a great tractor.

Best advice on the net.

Great video, I bought a diesel compression tester off Amazon and didn't know how to bolt it up to my tractor injectors and now I do thanks mate

I'm looking forward to this series Lance. Ive just bought a 240 in need of some TLC. Graham Northern Ireland

Thanks so much...really helpful!

That was bloody interesting thanks Lance

I think ur Chanel is brilliant lance. I’ve a fe35 needing an engine rebuild they can sometimes be a bugger to start which mine is. Chris walker Northern Ireland

Great vid thanks for sharing

Really nice videos, me and my dad bought an old MF135 thats been sitting in a shed for 20+ years just rusting. The forest had grown upp around the shed, bit of work to get it out to a road. Now its in the Garage, were taking it slowly apart. Its gonna need alot of love, and were gonna need to Watch some of your videos i reckon. It seems like we have found a bit different traktor from yours, its got "overdrive" and some other features, but most seems to be the same. Greetings from Sweden and thank you, these vidoes are gonna be very helpfull.

This is excellent.

Hey Lance, too bad about the poor compression but it will make for a good video series. Keep smiling.

Good start to the series Lance - I don't think this tractor had too much TLC during it's working life.

Hi Lance, findings not so good on the test but I think its better and easier to do now while everything is getting dismantled than having to do it down the road and risking scratching the new paint job in the future, also engine rebuilds are interesting and fairly simple(compared to todays engines)if you have any clue at all. cheers Derek

Your experience with that cheap ebay compression gauge was the same as mine.. it failed after 3 cylinders. Same symptoms, pressure release button had no effect... threw it in the bin.

Great vid Lance. What l know about diesels could be written on a postage stamp! What psi would you expect on a big single cylinder like my Field Marshall or a Lanz ?

Had the same problem with the H-thing in the eBay compression kit on my MF275, except much worse, since the injectors are rotated 90deg and and the head bolts all interfere. I made a much smaller and thinner plate and it turns out that oxygen sensors use the same thread, so a weld nut is available at the auto parts store. My gauge reset hasn't broken yet :)

Hi Lance, have you done a video on compression checking the 23C diesel motor, need to check mine but looking at other videos, it appears i might need a special fitting to go into the injector hole.

Hi Lance thanks for your great videos I have a 23c that i rebuilt with new sparex piston liner kit and cylinder head was rebuilt but still having issues with getting the engine to fire without assistance. Engine runs fine once its started just difficult on startup im assuming its a lack of compression havent tested that yet but it seems to me fairly obvious its low.Set the valve lash at 12 thou how much liner protrusion above the deck height of the block maybe theres to much causing the lack of comp thanks for your wonderful videos again Cheers Ken

i decided to watch the series because i am looking into starting to restore my mf 135 and i want to know weather i am doing the right thing

Great video, I have a mf 168 that lets out coolant through the expansion pipe only if its parked up for a couple of days but is running fine. Would the head gasket be on the way out?

Lance, if you had a blown head Gasket what would happen with the Compression test? as I have the FE35 4 cylinder engine and I think it's done the head Gasket, it won't start at this stage unless towed till if fires, it runs pretty well when running but I bought it non-running and had fuel issues. Because I have little knowledge and doing this as a bit of a fun hobby with the goal to have a tractor I can use here as the outcome I am enjoying the learning curve when I got it the oil was as I would expect and it was Black as coal but they had been having issues with starting it and just replaced the tractor and left it for about 5 years they said. I had a lot of trouble getting fuel up to it but when I did and tow started it because the starter cannot get it running. It would run fine but I would cut it back to idle and go put the car away and by the time I got back it had stopped and towing proved there was no fuel up there at all, Now I have finally got fuel to be there, But now the oil has water in it and going grey, and the tractor now will get rough at idle. Any suggestions as to which way I should go as I thought of putting a compression test on it just to either confirm my thoughts? I was told that these tractors were terrible to start anyway, But that does not make sense to me as they would have found it difficult to sell them if that were the case. Cheers Garry

Hi Lance, if I understood correctly you kept the stopper lever on the cav pump engaged so to not feed fuel to injectors? right?

Hi Lance love the channel I've just finished a an engine rebuild on my 35x and have discovered back pressure on the breather pipe. I've completed a compression test and I'm getting 280 psi to 320 psi, I'm wondering if I have put the rings in the wrong way?

Hi Lance. I modified an old injector to do compression test on my FE35-23C engine. Took all the guts out, enlarged the bore and fitted QR nipple in place of fuel connector and blanked off the fuel return port. (I do not have the machinery you do to make a new bridge if needed :-(

Fascinating stuff Lance, have subscribed to you. I own a 35 with the 23c diesel, and a 65 Mk2 Multipower. Both great tractors but the 35 is a bit of a pig to start. I was thinking about doing a compression test to see whether I can narrow it down to the engine itself of the injectors or pump. I don't really have the cash to throw around to do all of it as I need to buy 2 new rears for the 65! Can anyone recommend a compression test kit that will fit the 23c? All the best - James, UK

Love these restoration series as i am currently restoring a tractor! A David Brown 996. Good luck with this tractor. I look forward to the final result. Also feel free to check out my restoration videos on my channel. Keep up the good work!

Hi Lance I have a 168 and am trying to get injectors out. They seem to be very stiff. Have been leveraging however seem well stuck. Any suggestions.

G’day Lance,just wanted to ask whether replace of injector seal is needed after they have been taken out to do compression test. Or can I just do the test and then put the injectors back in place?Thank you

Hi Lance. I took my tank off to rebuild the motor but am having trouble putting the tank back on. I couldn't find any info on how to do this. can you help?

Do you have a video on combustion cap on a 152

did the copper washer come up with the injector or did you fish them out later

Those engines wet sleeve?

What is the actual spec that it calls for?

Ciao Lance, got the cheap testing tool on ebay.. should the test be made with hot or cold engine? I hope the gauge does not fail... lol

Hi mate have a question Why do you need an alternator to drive it on the road over the generator? What is the difference?

I need a MF 135 workshop manual ?

I was always more interested in the pressure on the first hit. I feel that being the valves open between compression strokes the cylinders do not pump like the compression gauge does with the one way valve in it. It is the first hit of compression that ignites the fuel. Just my humble opinion.

It's a wonder the compression is as good as it is having been run without the air being filtered. Could have been all manner of bugs and debris run through the engine.

G'day Lance I'd put money on it that you knew that was going to happen. She still was firing over to run that pump though regards John

Sneaky little tappy tap tap 😉

My english dont the best. Engine Perkins 3,152. Pistons 91,48 mm On the test of compression what is the biggest pressure in the cilinder. Max or min ( Bar-Psi)..

arr reco it thats why kelly was barking LOL///// how many kgs u runing at

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