That's awesome, thanks for the link! Edit: I just watched the linked video and it was awesome! I fear I was born in the wrong generation because that looks like the America that I wish we still were. Thanks for linking the video. It was awesome to see and I learned a lot about the tractor!!
By my obligation, your Tractor has had quite alot of use. So your intent of replacing parts for new ones is correct. My thoughtful best to you and to your Wife
Nice looking Field Mouse! Normally, it’s like a graveyard as the mice don’t like tractors which function😁. My best to you, your Wife and to your Tractor.i
I've got TO35. No restoration project but a great little machine. Have done clutch,ring and pinion, carb,brakes,12v conversion, several oil changes and a couple of tune ups. Used for Bush hogging,discing,roto-tilling and finish mowing. Semper Fi. Probably keep her until I'm gone. Have another for parts from bellhousing back. Keep it up she's a good little tractor
Thank you so much for this video. We recently acquired a MF TO35 with the exact same problem. We have it split now waiting for the clutch to arrive. These type of clutches are pretty rare and you pay a premium price for a replacement.
Thanks for the comment! It's awesome to hear that you're keeping another piece of history alive. Gotta love that old iron! Good luck with your project and be sure to check out the other videos on this tractor. I think there are 3 in this playlist?? Also, don't hesitate to reach out if you think I can be of any assistnace. I dont know much, but I can at least try to answer any questions based on what we did to ours!
Not sure how long that weld will hold, mig uses a steel wire where as that flange is cast iron hence the brazing. The two smaller bolt that are facing from the pan out are installed that way as the rear main cap is sealed or corked with a cotton rope. The bolts from inside out are to remind you theat the cordage needed to be replaced.
@christophermitchell8986 thanks for the comment! It's been about 2 yrs and the starter hasn't fallen off yet (knock on wood) haha. I have some high Ni MIG wire for welding cast iron, but it's expensive and I didn't think this old tractor warranted the fancy pants wire lol I'm familiar with the rope seals, but as you saw in the video, this tractor didn't have one. It just had a typical lip seal that we replaced Regardless, that seems like a terrible design to me. I can't see a reason to face those bolts the wrong direction. If it really was to "remind us" of something as you suggested, just make a dang casting mark and face the bolts the proper direction! 😆
Love the transformation you gave that ol Ford TO35 lol personally I like the mechanical side and you talking about how you tackled the lashing was pretty neat. If anything I would make it more of a series (a lot of people like those) and make them more 30 minute videos that go more in to detail. A lot of respect for what your doing man and makes me want to start up my own youtube channel. Thanks for posting this video!
Thank you very much for the feedback! This was a 3 part "series", but perhaps it should've been more, shorter videos as you've suggested. Regardless, thank you for the comment and I hope you'll check out some of the other content on the channel. We will soon be releasing an 8 part series documenting the transformation of our workshop that these videos were filmed in! So I hope you'll stay tuned for that haha! And you should absolutely start a channel! It's so much fun to engage with people in the comments. It still blows my mind that anyone (albeit not very many) people watch our videos - very fun!
@@StaySlyh Well for me I think you guys made some great content and I plan to check out your Nopar series here soon. Can't wait to see your shop transformation and good luck dude!
@@ryanroberts3742 Awesome, glad to hear it! Can't thank you enough for the interaction, and I look forward to seeing you in the comments of some other videos 😀
Loctite is an anaerobic gasket similar to rtv but for machined to fit metal to metal sealing. Jet ski engines from the 90’s use it as a head gasket for aluminum to aluminum sealing. It’ll stay wet until oxygen is removed so either it keeps your main seal from rusting to the housing or it gets drained next oil change, no harm no foul but personally I use a thin smear of grease in hopes that it’s easier for the next guy trying to remove the seal, especially if I’m that guy, or my next generation.
Thank you, glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment, and good luck on your restoration! Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Not to say that I'll have good answers, but I'm always happy to share any info/experience that I might have 😀
Don’t forget about dad, with the challenger, looks like he’s getting older, and I’m sure he would love to drive that ol gurl. While he’s still able.! Great page by the way, I binged watch a lot of your videos today. Kinda cool how time flys, and you guys growing up. Great sh*t.! My friend… keep the vids coming!!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words, James! Trust me, the Challenger has not been forgotten haha. As a matter of fact, dad's been pecking away at it and we're currently trying to plan a weekend to go spray the rest of that beautiful Plum Crazy Purple! :) Thanks again for watching and I hope to hear from you on some other videos!
Btw big screen watching and phone commenting lol nice mopar, if you like Mopar, F250 7.3's and old mid 60's chevy nova cars and el Camino 68 to 72 Chevy trucks. Never got into mopar except early cudas, and early sport furys with little hemis in them. Guess I'll have to watch the mopar build see how good you really are, maybe some time I give you a peek at something I tried my hand at when I got tired of beating sheet metal together gor hi rises and hospitals after 40 plus years Y'all have a Great Day and a better tomorrow
The Challeneger is dad's nightmare, I just got swindled into helping (kidding haha) You're speaking my language. I'm a bow-tie believer, old (mostly small block) Chevy cars and square body trucks are more my speed. When it comes to bigger trucks that I'm actually trying to do work with, then Superduty all the way haha Brother had a 7.3 powerstroke, we have a 6.7 powerstroke. We love our 6.7, it's an awesome truck. BUT, I kinda hate all these new fangled diesels and emissions stuff. In the future, I plan to build an old tow pig. Maybe OBS Ford body and a DT466 out of a school bus or something? Idk, add it to the endless list of projects on my mind lol I appreciate the conversation and look forward to hearing from you on some of the other videos haha. Have a great day!
@@StaySlyh new diesels are boring, they have no soul, because you can't hear them. I'm big fanatic on the little mouse motors, had one in my 70 C10 from mid 60's vett, with camel 🐫 hump heads massaged with 202 valves. Nice mud range crane cam beehive double valve springs 030 so was little bigger than factory Mallory dual point distributor 750 dbl holley.. With Hayes super clutch muncie 4 speed m21 from 69 Z28 long wheel base, only it was no ps, pb, ac, just alternator and water pump. Painted fomoco blue, same as your tractor, and people use to trip out on me when I spit them out the headers. They be like what you have under the hood, and I would raise it up. They be like wt!%$÷!, because sitting in the huge engine compartment was this tiny little Ford blue motor just idling with a little lope to it, quietly through 3" exhaust and turbo mufflers. Never advertise to the local poopoo, that you're exceeding the posted numbers, because they can follow the noise you make. Yeah old truck was my baby for many years, and when you're young things like ac pb ps, electric windows none of it mattered back then, as long as you had decent stereo good speakers, and pretty much the ability to keep up with the high dollar builds, and smoke 9 outta the 10 on the road. But things aren't like they were in the 70's early 80's, because nowadays everyone has big money in the rides, turbos, nos, blowers. Running all motor tells what your capable of building H pattern tells that you are capable of making a 4 speed sound like an automatic, and that you have to have skills to leave the line without smoking the tires through the 2nd gear. Kinda like new diesels have no soul, nowadays most cars are trucks capable of going fast have no heart and soul to them Sure they're fast as they are, but it's like pro stock against hot rod street car, and whoever had it built doesn't have any of themselves in it, or even if they built it. Who has $10,000.00 dollars are more to put into a legitimate street car/truck, are even more for those buying factory built cars with 5, 6, 7 , 800 horsepower for $60,000. to hundred grand. Then they spend who knows how much money on bolt on are someone tuning it past maximum survivability, and they eat motors like some people do French fries you know. That's not the spirit of what it was all about, it was what you could piece together from here n there, and you and a buddy wife girlfriend busted your asses putting it all together over a weekend once you have all the pieces. Then when no one was around you laid into it with most all of what it had, because you didn't want to be embarrassed, kill yourself, or someone else when it got stupid going all over the road sideways. That's what it was all about when it came into the minds of those guys after the war, and they didn't have much money, but they knew stock was boring. Same way it was in the 60's when my neighbor let little kid nextdoor drive his 65 El Camino behind his 69 El Camino flat pulling it all over Dallas, Ft Worth, and anywhere there was someone lining up at red lights, flashlight starts for money. Then in the 70's I built mine, and my buddy built his 69 camaro another had 69 swb gmc with 396, cousin had 72 Cheyenne 402, another 67 Fairlane 390, and we'd go looking for races. Look up Forest Lane in N Dallas back in the 60's and 70's, that was some serious street hot rods all motor all good times back then. I think I was making $1.68 an hour, and I had apartment with two roommates drove hot rod pickup and we raced on the tires we drove on every day bias ply tires, L70 on the front 10" wheels, and N50 on the back 12" wheels on the back, and made by Dayton. No traction in the rain or on asphalt, concrete if you dropped the air down to 20 lbs, and we use to put concrete parking lot bumpers on the axle in the bed of our trucks to get traction, so even though we weighed more than most cars, we added couple hundred pounds to them to make them hookup. Carry the left front tires through first gear on motor small blocks big block it doesn't matter. 327 will walk away from big block because they rev so much faster and you get through the gears faster, they almost catch you at the line if you keep it up around your red line. Sorry I get carried away caught up in memories these days, and I've always had a problem with talking way too much about things that don't matter to anyone including myself I've been told. Your dad has a very nice ride, as do yourself from what I seen.. Have a Great Day and may Tomorrow be even Better for y'all
@@timothymilam732 hell yeah brother. I couldnt agree more, and I pray the true hot rod spirit will live on Thanks for sharing some of your stories, I'm sure there are many more where that came from! Haha
Looks good and glad you got it back running again. Make sure you replace the shifter boots and top 3pt link draft boot or you'll end up with water in the transmission and often locked shifter pins. I currently have two 1955 TO35s and a 1958 MF35. Since you have the 55 ... they made a gear set change 2/3rds through the 1955 model year, so if you are in working on a trans rebuild check and you might just upgrade those while you're in there.
That sludge in the valvetrain is just what crude oil based motor oils did back in the day. Modern oils(mostly natural gas derived, with more effective detergent packages is why we can go much further on oil changes now with much better lubrication performance.
Great info! Sometimes when I can't determine what fluids should be in what equipment, I just tell myself that anything I put in has to be light-years better than whatever it called for 60+ years ago haha One of these days maybe I'll have some newer toys and will need to pay more attention lol. Thanks for the comment!
@@StaySlyh My wife's Honda Accord(0W-20) uses what would have been considered PS fluid in the 90s! Zinc is important, but in a motor turning this slow?
@@dwitcraft hahaha look how far we've come lol. It is amazing how much thought/technology is in everything we use these days. My caveman brain just thinks "oil = slippery = good 👍". I'm now beginning to understand how much thought really goes into it with all the additives, detergents, etc. like you mentioned. Again, for the old machines I own, "oil = slippery = good 👍" might be good enough lol!
great job on the video-it had to be that long to capture everything👍. the only thing i would have done different is replace the thrust bearing that pushes the 3 clutch arms in when you had it that far down. also having both ends supported when removing the bell housing bolts. possibly why the starter bracket broke when the first guy was in there. anyway happy to see industrious young folks doing something other than staring at a phone, warms my old heart, you did good!!!
I just started watching this video, but I hope you went to the trouble of resetting the valve lifters by regapping them, because after all these years the springs have got little softer, little wear n tare, and it helps with cam timing overall quality of how well it runs under load. As far as the paint, it's y'all's if your little wife wants it pimk and purple with lavender wheels. It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about it, because it's not their's to say. All mine whether old fergusons, or the newer massey ferguson they are equipment gray, aka battle ship gray on engines and transmissions differentials axles, but all the metal panels and insides of wheels are massey ferguson red, with black and gray grilles. So it only matters what others think if you let it bother you, otherwise to each their own.
If I'm understanding correctly; yes, we did set the valve lash ... and tried to clean out as much sludge as possible from the top end haha Couldn't agree more about other people's opinions. However, I still always feel obligated to explain myself ... not sure why. Regardless, luckily the wife was happy with Ford blue (Mustang girl at heart lol) and not pink/purple haha. Not sure I'd be able to find pink/purple down at Rural King? Lol
@@StaySlyhPS if you want to greatly improve the way these intake and exhaust manifolds work by reducing the heat soaked intake manifold. Build yourself a set of headres for exhaust and heat wrap the pipes, and then build a intake manifold that is separate from exhaust also wrapped with heat wrap. On the exhaust take it down and under footboard as it is. On the intake make individual runners like you did exhaust only take the individual pipes out from under the hood, and tie into a flange built to accept standard one barrel carburetor of your choice from the old straight 6's, and go with down flow setup, and do away with updraft BS. You lower the intake air temperature and you increase airflow you get free power that these engines have always had but couldn't supply it with what they were given to work with. You follow me, even if it's sticking above the hood on one side and looks funny to everyone else, they'll mess their diaper when you pull circles around them. Old skool tractor pulling trick from long ago, always meant to build me setup like it but never got around to it. But no different than improving the factory air cleaner set up and better exhaust, because combustion engine ain't nuthin but air pump air in should equal same air out and cold air is horsepower
Atf in crank case, are sea foam little at a time will clean sludge..but you don't want to hit it too hard, because it will block strainer on oil pump and your screwed then because it will do it slowly at first then a chunk will hit it and oil pressure will drop to nuthin before you get it shut down
You may be right about that, I'm not sure. However, for as few hours as I put on this machine, I'm hopeful she'll keep purring like a kitten for many more years with just the lash adjustment I gave her - fingers crossed haha
@@michaelextance1953 I'm fairly certain I still have it. Keep in mind that a bolt on one of the fingers in the pressure plate is broken Where are you located?
Are you determining this based off of the serial number? This has always been confusing to me ... I've never quite understood that time frame of his history. Especially since there are Massey, Harris, and Ferguson casting marks on the tractor lol Regardless, I appreciate the info!
Yes ... I think. I want to say that there was less of a "ticking" sound after adjusting the lash. However, it was apart for so long (and has a fairly substantial exhaust leak lol) that it's difficult to say definitively one way or the other hahaha
No current plans to "restore" any of the others .... but we have accumulated quite a few at this point lol. I'm sure there will be other tractors and equipment in future videos haha
good videos , my only issue is you put Ford blue paint on a Ferguson tractor, but I'm a Ferguson guy and hate that they painted the old TO 35 tins red after they became MF .
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, we knew that would probably rub some people the wrong way haha. But, we couldn't find the correct green paint. We figured it'd be better to paint it something that was obviously the wrong color rather than paint it the wrong shade of green. Plus, the only green we could find was JD green ... no thanks!! Hahaha
@@StaySlyh I had to have the green made and the Ferguson gray came from Amazon, the internet makes keeping these old tractors running a lot easier. Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@donpegar2645 I agree. So many amazing resources (like Yesterday's Tractors) full of amazing and incredibly knowledgeable people. Although the internet has caused a lot of damage (in my opinion), it certainly has also created a lot of good. I dont know how else I'd ever find info/parts/etc. on these old hunks of iron haha. Thanks again for the comments, I love getting the chance to interact and receive feedback. Hope to see you on the next videos!!
Hey Ken, we painted it blue because I couldn't find the correct green paint (I believe this would've been a "green belly" tractor). The only green we could find was either Oliver or that other green/yellow tractor company (boo!) lol We figured that painting it something that's obviously the wrong color would be better than making it look like we botched a resto with the wrong shade of green. Plus, blue is my favorite color, so that helps haha Thanks for the comments, I hope this answers your question! :)
Perhaps I misspoke. I think the idea is just that they would be at tdc at the same time. Presumably one on compression, and one on exhaust. BUT, idk ... I dont really know anything (as I'm sure you can tell by the videos on this channel lol)
The remanufactured clutch assembly ended up being approximately $300. The wiring was all from a Harbor Freight kit for approximately $30. Battery cables were just AutoZone cheap stuff for maybe $15. The battery cutoff switch was off of Amazon for about $20. The paint was from Tractor Supply for $45/gal (we bought 2 gallons). We track almost every dollar spent on every project that we own. So if there is enough interest, we could make a video showing exactly what all we bought, from where, part number, and how much we spent. But for now, hopefully these rough numbers give you a good enough idea of what it costed us. Pretty much everything else was just time and elbow grease! Haha
I've always been confused by this era/serial range. How can you tell? I believe it would've been a "green belly" with Ferguson badging. I'm pretty sure the Fergs were "TO-35"s and the later MF tractors were red and called "MF-35". However, the serial plate and casting marks on my '51 and my '55 both say MHF (or Massey Harris Ferguson) Had he not moved production to the States by then? I've just never really understood this part of the story haha
Here is a link to a promotional film about your Ferguson 35 tractor ruclips.net/video/uLUry11WOy8/видео.html
That's awesome, thanks for the link!
Edit: I just watched the linked video and it was awesome! I fear I was born in the wrong generation because that looks like the America that I wish we still were. Thanks for linking the video. It was awesome to see and I learned a lot about the tractor!!
By my obligation, your Tractor has had quite alot of use. So your intent of replacing parts for new ones is correct. My thoughtful best to you and to your Wife
Nice looking Field Mouse! Normally, it’s like a graveyard as the mice don’t like tractors which function😁. My best to you, your Wife and to your Tractor.i
Certainly no shortage of em out in our neck of the woods lol
Thank for you for the kind words! Our best to you as well 😀
U nail it Dude...
Not sure if you're being genuine, or teasing ... but thanks for the comment regardless haha!
I've got TO35. No restoration project but a great little machine. Have done clutch,ring and pinion, carb,brakes,12v conversion, several oil changes and a couple of tune ups. Used for Bush hogging,discing,roto-tilling and finish mowing. Semper Fi. Probably keep her until I'm gone. Have another for parts from bellhousing back. Keep it up she's a good little tractor
Very nice transformation. I love seeing cool stuff preserved. Great work!
Thank you! I find it really gratifying to keep old iron working haha
Thank you so much for this video. We recently acquired a MF TO35 with the exact same problem. We have it split now waiting for the clutch to arrive. These type of clutches are pretty rare and you pay a premium price for a replacement.
Thanks for the comment! It's awesome to hear that you're keeping another piece of history alive. Gotta love that old iron!
Good luck with your project and be sure to check out the other videos on this tractor. I think there are 3 in this playlist??
Also, don't hesitate to reach out if you think I can be of any assistnace. I dont know much, but I can at least try to answer any questions based on what we did to ours!
Not sure how long that weld will hold, mig uses a steel wire where as that flange is cast iron hence the brazing.
The two smaller bolt that are facing from the pan out are installed that way as the rear main cap is sealed or corked with a cotton rope. The bolts from inside out are to remind you theat the cordage needed to be replaced.
@christophermitchell8986 thanks for the comment!
It's been about 2 yrs and the starter hasn't fallen off yet (knock on wood) haha. I have some high Ni MIG wire for welding cast iron, but it's expensive and I didn't think this old tractor warranted the fancy pants wire lol
I'm familiar with the rope seals, but as you saw in the video, this tractor didn't have one. It just had a typical lip seal that we replaced
Regardless, that seems like a terrible design to me. I can't see a reason to face those bolts the wrong direction. If it really was to "remind us" of something as you suggested, just make a dang casting mark and face the bolts the proper direction! 😆
Love the transformation you gave that ol Ford TO35 lol personally I like the mechanical side and you talking about how you tackled the lashing was pretty neat. If anything I would make it more of a series (a lot of people like those) and make them more 30 minute videos that go more in to detail. A lot of respect for what your doing man and makes me want to start up my own youtube channel. Thanks for posting this video!
Thank you very much for the feedback! This was a 3 part "series", but perhaps it should've been more, shorter videos as you've suggested.
Regardless, thank you for the comment and I hope you'll check out some of the other content on the channel. We will soon be releasing an 8 part series documenting the transformation of our workshop that these videos were filmed in! So I hope you'll stay tuned for that haha!
And you should absolutely start a channel! It's so much fun to engage with people in the comments. It still blows my mind that anyone (albeit not very many) people watch our videos - very fun!
@@StaySlyh Well for me I think you guys made some great content and I plan to check out your Nopar series here soon. Can't wait to see your shop transformation and good luck dude!
@@ryanroberts3742 Awesome, glad to hear it! Can't thank you enough for the interaction, and I look forward to seeing you in the comments of some other videos 😀
Loctite is an anaerobic gasket similar to rtv but for machined to fit metal to metal sealing. Jet ski engines from the 90’s use it as a head gasket for aluminum to aluminum sealing. It’ll stay wet until oxygen is removed so either it keeps your main seal from rusting to the housing or it gets drained next oil change, no harm no foul but personally I use a thin smear of grease in hopes that it’s easier for the next guy trying to remove the seal, especially if I’m that guy, or my next generation.
Great info, thanks for the comment!
I loved my 55 T035. It had a Wagner loader on it and did a lot of muscle work
They're awesome old machines!
Thank you for your video. Your efforts were very helpful. As I'll be restoring an old MF 35 soon.
Thank you, glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment, and good luck on your restoration!
Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Not to say that I'll have good answers, but I'm always happy to share any info/experience that I might have 😀
Don’t forget about dad, with the challenger, looks like he’s getting older, and I’m sure he would love to drive that ol gurl. While he’s still able.!
Great page by the way, I binged watch a lot of your videos today. Kinda cool how time flys, and you guys growing up. Great sh*t.! My friend… keep the vids coming!!!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words, James!
Trust me, the Challenger has not been forgotten haha. As a matter of fact, dad's been pecking away at it and we're currently trying to plan a weekend to go spray the rest of that beautiful Plum Crazy Purple! :)
Thanks again for watching and I hope to hear from you on some other videos!
Nice video and now i know more about my to 35
Thanks! They are pretty awesome old machines, in my opinion haha
They sure are
Btw big screen watching and phone commenting lol nice mopar, if you like Mopar,
F250 7.3's and old mid 60's chevy nova cars and el Camino 68 to 72 Chevy trucks.
Never got into mopar except early cudas, and early sport furys with little hemis in them.
Guess I'll have to watch the mopar build see how good you really are, maybe some time I give you a peek at something I tried my hand at when I got tired of beating sheet metal together gor hi rises and hospitals after 40 plus years
Y'all have a Great Day and a better tomorrow
The Challeneger is dad's nightmare, I just got swindled into helping (kidding haha)
You're speaking my language. I'm a bow-tie believer, old (mostly small block) Chevy cars and square body trucks are more my speed. When it comes to bigger trucks that I'm actually trying to do work with, then Superduty all the way haha
Brother had a 7.3 powerstroke, we have a 6.7 powerstroke. We love our 6.7, it's an awesome truck. BUT, I kinda hate all these new fangled diesels and emissions stuff.
In the future, I plan to build an old tow pig. Maybe OBS Ford body and a DT466 out of a school bus or something? Idk, add it to the endless list of projects on my mind lol
I appreciate the conversation and look forward to hearing from you on some of the other videos haha. Have a great day!
@@StaySlyh new diesels are boring, they have no soul, because you can't hear them.
I'm big fanatic on the little mouse motors, had one in my 70 C10 from mid 60's vett, with camel 🐫 hump heads massaged with 202 valves.
Nice mud range crane cam beehive double valve springs 030 so was little bigger than factory Mallory dual point distributor 750 dbl holley..
With Hayes super clutch muncie 4 speed m21 from 69 Z28 long wheel base, only it was no ps, pb, ac, just alternator and water pump.
Painted fomoco blue, same as your tractor, and people use to trip out on me when I spit them out the headers.
They be like what you have under the hood, and I would raise it up.
They be like wt!%$÷!, because sitting in the huge engine compartment was this tiny little Ford blue motor just idling with a little lope to it, quietly through 3" exhaust and turbo mufflers.
Never advertise to the local poopoo, that you're exceeding the posted numbers, because they can follow the noise you make.
Yeah old truck was my baby for many years, and when you're young things like ac pb ps, electric windows none of it mattered back then, as long as you had decent stereo good speakers, and pretty much the ability to keep up with the high dollar builds, and smoke 9 outta the 10 on the road.
But things aren't like they were in the 70's early 80's, because nowadays everyone has big money in the rides, turbos, nos, blowers.
Running all motor tells what your capable of building H pattern tells that you are capable of making a 4 speed sound like an automatic, and that you have to have skills to leave the line without smoking the tires through the 2nd gear.
Kinda like new diesels have no soul, nowadays most cars are trucks capable of going fast have no heart and soul to them
Sure they're fast as they are, but it's like pro stock
against hot rod street car, and whoever had it built doesn't have any of themselves in it, or even if they built it.
Who has $10,000.00 dollars are more to put into a legitimate street car/truck, are even more for those buying factory built cars with 5, 6, 7 , 800 horsepower for $60,000. to hundred grand.
Then they spend who knows how much money on bolt on are someone tuning it past maximum survivability, and they eat motors like some people do French fries you know.
That's not the spirit of what it was all about, it was what you could piece together from here n there, and you and a buddy wife girlfriend busted your asses putting it all together over a weekend once you have all the pieces.
Then when no one was around you laid into it with most all of what it had, because you didn't want to be embarrassed, kill yourself, or someone else when it got stupid going all over the road sideways.
That's what it was all about when it came into the minds of those guys after the war, and they didn't have much money, but they knew stock was boring.
Same way it was in the 60's when my neighbor let little kid nextdoor drive his 65 El Camino behind his 69 El Camino flat pulling it all over Dallas, Ft Worth, and anywhere there was someone lining up at red lights, flashlight starts for money.
Then in the 70's I built mine, and my buddy built his 69 camaro another had 69 swb gmc with 396, cousin had 72 Cheyenne 402, another 67 Fairlane 390, and we'd go looking for races.
Look up Forest Lane in N Dallas back in the 60's and 70's, that was some serious street hot rods all motor all good times back then.
I think I was making $1.68 an hour, and I had apartment with two roommates drove hot rod pickup and we raced on the tires we drove on every day bias ply tires, L70 on the front 10" wheels, and N50 on the back 12" wheels on the back, and made by Dayton.
No traction in the rain or on asphalt, concrete if you dropped the air down to 20 lbs, and we use to put concrete parking lot bumpers on the axle in the bed of our trucks to get traction, so even though we weighed more than most cars, we added couple hundred pounds to them to make them hookup.
Carry the left front tires through first gear on motor small blocks big block it doesn't matter.
327 will walk away from big block because they rev so much faster and you get through the gears faster, they almost catch you at the line if you keep it up around your red line.
Sorry I get carried away caught up in memories these days, and I've always had a problem with talking way too much about things that don't matter to anyone including myself I've been told.
Your dad has a very nice ride, as do yourself from what I seen..
Have a Great Day and may Tomorrow be even Better for y'all
@@timothymilam732 hell yeah brother. I couldnt agree more, and I pray the true hot rod spirit will live on
Thanks for sharing some of your stories, I'm sure there are many more where that came from! Haha
The original color of that tractor in 1955 was light grey hood, fenders & wheels with dark metallic green on engine & drive train.
Right you are! A "green belly" I believe it was called haha. Thanks for the comment!
Looks good and glad you got it back running again. Make sure you replace the shifter boots and top 3pt link draft boot or you'll end up with water in the transmission and often locked shifter pins. I currently have two 1955 TO35s and a 1958 MF35. Since you have the 55 ... they made a gear set change 2/3rds through the 1955 model year, so if you are in working on a trans rebuild check and you might just upgrade those while you're in there.
Great info, thanks!
Sounds like you have an awesome fleet of old tractors - I love to hear/see old pieces of iron still working!
Took your advice antiseized mine when I had to remove the front bolster. Now Im droppin the oil pan so they will be easy to remove.
Awesome! I hope your project goes smoothly
Got a '56 TO35 I am gonna split. Similar problem . thx for the insight before I start.
Good luck! I'm no expert, but feel free to reach out if you think I might be able to help. At the very least, I can try to answer questions! Haha
Hopefully I picked up on the Marine mention! Semper Fi!
I'm not in the military myself, but I can't thank you enough for your service!
That sludge in the valvetrain is just what crude oil based motor oils did back in the day. Modern oils(mostly natural gas derived, with more effective detergent packages is why we can go much further on oil changes now with much better lubrication performance.
Great info!
Sometimes when I can't determine what fluids should be in what equipment, I just tell myself that anything I put in has to be light-years better than whatever it called for 60+ years ago haha
One of these days maybe I'll have some newer toys and will need to pay more attention lol.
Thanks for the comment!
@@StaySlyh My wife's Honda Accord(0W-20) uses what would have been considered PS fluid in the 90s! Zinc is important, but in a motor turning this slow?
@@dwitcraft hahaha look how far we've come lol.
It is amazing how much thought/technology is in everything we use these days. My caveman brain just thinks "oil = slippery = good 👍". I'm now beginning to understand how much thought really goes into it with all the additives, detergents, etc. like you mentioned.
Again, for the old machines I own, "oil = slippery = good 👍" might be good enough lol!
great job on the video-it had to be that long to capture everything👍. the only thing i would have done different is replace the thrust bearing that pushes the 3 clutch arms in when you had it that far down. also having both ends supported when removing the bell housing bolts. possibly why the starter bracket broke when the first guy was in there. anyway happy to see industrious young folks doing something other than staring at a phone, warms my old heart, you did good!!!
Thanks for the feedback! Great tips, I'll definitely keep that in mind if I ever find myself doing another one!! Cheers 🍻
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I just started watching this video, but I hope you went to the trouble of resetting the valve lifters by regapping them, because after all these years the springs have got little softer, little wear n tare, and it helps with cam timing overall quality of how well it runs under load.
As far as the paint, it's y'all's if your little wife wants it pimk and purple with lavender wheels.
It doesn't matter what anyone thinks about it, because it's not their's to say.
All mine whether old fergusons, or the newer massey ferguson they are equipment gray, aka battle ship gray on engines and transmissions differentials axles, but all the metal panels and insides of wheels are massey ferguson red, with black and gray grilles.
So it only matters what others think if you let it bother you, otherwise to each their own.
If I'm understanding correctly; yes, we did set the valve lash ... and tried to clean out as much sludge as possible from the top end haha
Couldn't agree more about other people's opinions. However, I still always feel obligated to explain myself ... not sure why. Regardless, luckily the wife was happy with Ford blue (Mustang girl at heart lol) and not pink/purple haha. Not sure I'd be able to find pink/purple down at Rural King? Lol
@@StaySlyhPS if you want to greatly improve the way these intake and exhaust manifolds work by reducing the heat soaked intake manifold.
Build yourself a set of headres for exhaust and heat wrap the pipes, and then build a intake manifold that is separate from exhaust also wrapped with heat wrap.
On the exhaust take it down and under footboard as it is.
On the intake make individual runners like you did exhaust only take the individual pipes out from under the hood, and tie into a flange built to accept standard one barrel carburetor of your choice from the old straight 6's, and go with down flow setup, and do away with updraft BS.
You lower the intake air temperature and you increase airflow you get free power that these engines have always had but couldn't supply it with what they were given to work with.
You follow me, even if it's sticking above the hood on one side and looks funny to everyone else, they'll mess their diaper when you pull circles around them.
Old skool tractor pulling trick from long ago, always meant to build me setup like it but never got around to it.
But no different than improving the factory air cleaner set up and better exhaust, because combustion engine ain't nuthin but air pump air in should equal same air out and cold air is horsepower
Atf in crank case, are sea foam little at a time will clean sludge..but you don't want to hit it too hard, because it will block strainer on oil pump and your screwed then because it will do it slowly at first then a chunk will hit it and oil pressure will drop to nuthin before you get it shut down
@@timothymilam732 awesome tips, always nice to learn from the guys who have been tinkering longer than I've been alive! Haha
Big valvelash, sign of valves working their way into the head cause seats not hardened.
You may be right about that, I'm not sure.
However, for as few hours as I put on this machine, I'm hopeful she'll keep purring like a kitten for many more years with just the lash adjustment I gave her - fingers crossed haha
Few hours/ light work no reason to do anything about it, think it s bundy bears shed that made a video on the subject, good luck.
Beechys,they redone that radiator. Winesburg,is 20 mins from Millersburg.
Awesome info, thank you!
Is there any chance you still have and want to sell the old clutch? I need some replacement parts for the TO35 I’m working on.
@@michaelextance1953 I'm fairly certain I still have it. Keep in mind that a bolt on one of the fingers in the pressure plate is broken
Where are you located?
It is a Ferguson, not a Massey Ferguson. Built before they merged.
Are you determining this based off of the serial number? This has always been confusing to me ... I've never quite understood that time frame of his history. Especially since there are Massey, Harris, and Ferguson casting marks on the tractor lol
Regardless, I appreciate the info!
Burg Tractor Parts in Zelianople, Pennsylvania
Salvage yard for MANY old ferguson parts
Thank you, great info! I'll definitely be checking them out!!
Did you have a noticeable change in engine noise after you set the lash, and cleaned up the top end? I can imagine it ran quieter and smoother
Yes ... I think. I want to say that there was less of a "ticking" sound after adjusting the lash. However, it was apart for so long (and has a fairly substantial exhaust leak lol) that it's difficult to say definitively one way or the other hahaha
Liked and subcribed... now You have 1 more subcriber .. MICHELL .NORWAY 😊👍🏻
That's great, thanks! Welcome to the channel 😀
Thanks so much ... 😊🚜
@@Masseyferguson65 happy tractoring! 😄 haha
did you rebuild the old style clutch, or replace with a new style?
I ended up having my old style clutch refurbished. From the reading I did online, I believe that the new style clutch uses a different flywheel
Good job guys. Really enjoyed the series. When you doing the next tractor? :)
No current plans to "restore" any of the others .... but we have accumulated quite a few at this point lol. I'm sure there will be other tractors and equipment in future videos haha
good videos , my only issue is you put Ford blue paint on a Ferguson tractor, but I'm a Ferguson guy and hate that they painted the old TO 35 tins red after they became MF .
Thanks for the feedback! Yeah, we knew that would probably rub some people the wrong way haha. But, we couldn't find the correct green paint. We figured it'd be better to paint it something that was obviously the wrong color rather than paint it the wrong shade of green. Plus, the only green we could find was JD green ... no thanks!! Hahaha
@@StaySlyh I had to have the green made and the Ferguson gray came from Amazon, the internet makes keeping these old tractors running a lot easier. Looking forward to more of your videos.
@@donpegar2645 I agree. So many amazing resources (like Yesterday's Tractors) full of amazing and incredibly knowledgeable people. Although the internet has caused a lot of damage (in my opinion), it certainly has also created a lot of good. I dont know how else I'd ever find info/parts/etc. on these old hunks of iron haha. Thanks again for the comments, I love getting the chance to interact and receive feedback. Hope to see you on the next videos!!
Sly, thank you for liking my comment nice one.. but why blue???
Hey Ken, we painted it blue because I couldn't find the correct green paint (I believe this would've been a "green belly" tractor).
The only green we could find was either Oliver or that other green/yellow tractor company (boo!) lol
We figured that painting it something that's obviously the wrong color would be better than making it look like we botched a resto with the wrong shade of green. Plus, blue is my favorite color, so that helps haha
Thanks for the comments, I hope this answers your question! :)
Fire at the same time?, strange distributor in that case.
Perhaps I misspoke. I think the idea is just that they would be at tdc at the same time. Presumably one on compression, and one on exhaust.
BUT, idk ... I dont really know anything (as I'm sure you can tell by the videos on this channel lol)
What’s the cost to do one like this?
The remanufactured clutch assembly ended up being approximately $300. The wiring was all from a Harbor Freight kit for approximately $30. Battery cables were just AutoZone cheap stuff for maybe $15. The battery cutoff switch was off of Amazon for about $20. The paint was from Tractor Supply for $45/gal (we bought 2 gallons).
We track almost every dollar spent on every project that we own. So if there is enough interest, we could make a video showing exactly what all we bought, from where, part number, and how much we spent. But for now, hopefully these rough numbers give you a good enough idea of what it costed us.
Pretty much everything else was just time and elbow grease! Haha
Just Ferguson 35 its not a massey ferguson.
I've always been confused by this era/serial range. How can you tell?
I believe it would've been a "green belly" with Ferguson badging. I'm pretty sure the Fergs were "TO-35"s and the later MF tractors were red and called "MF-35".
However, the serial plate and casting marks on my '51 and my '55 both say MHF (or Massey Harris Ferguson)
Had he not moved production to the States by then? I've just never really understood this part of the story haha