A new water pump for the Massey Ferguson 698

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[@johnlydon533]

Great video Dan. Enjoyed watching 👍🏼

[@crimsonsunshine264]

Looks like a TB Turbo kit that’s been fitted to your tractor, made in Lancaster Lancashire with most parts including castings made by them in house apart from the turbocharger itself which will more than likely be a Holset made in Huddersfield Yorkshire. One of the other options was an Opico as mentioned by someone, they used an American made Roosamaster turbocharger.

[@leeforeman3656]

Good evening Dan. Nice dependable tractor, and easy to maintain.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Good video Dan 👍 have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the years I drove a 698 with Opico turbo it powered a Claas Jaguar 62 precision chop forager and did all the ploughing with Dowdeswell DP8 four furrow reversible as the DP8 was a hydraulic reset it was putting the lift capacity to its limits🙄💪💪👍

[@yant8777]

Great video Dan, showing everything.Thanks for taking the time to record it.

[@graemebowyer4901]

You made what looked like a fiddly job look very straightforward, well done.

[@pauljones2633]

Great video Dan. Nice to see a bit of preventative maintenance

[@calumanderson5617]

Thank you for the video Dan, I rather replace a water pump on a tractor than fixing a space heater or as I call it a bomb, I think Wile Coyote was the last owner. 🤔👍

[@tristangibbs2351]

We had a 698 and bought a 699 later dad always recons the 698 without a turbo went as well as the 699 without a turbo. But the original 698 does have a 5.2 litre 4 cylinder engine so pretty big by 4 cylinder standards!

[@kjhusson]

Great video our first brand new tractor on the farm years ago i think it was 85 or 86 was a Massey 698T loved that tractor =)

[@davidcollingwood1262]

Great video Dan. I replaced a pump on a 390T some years ago and that took a while too 🚜🚜

[@johncook3817]

I had a 698t. They are a really good powerful tractor for its size . My big complaint is the body work as most 600 owners will tell you they are made of Swiss cheese 😅😊😂.

[@hubertrobinson8825]

I've heard of the ghosts that haunts the 318 Perkins but I operated a 1080 in the early 80s had no problems only thing I didn't like was the multi power transmissions and after that I had a 298 who's hydraulics were a nightmare then several 285s those I loved I'm still hoping to get a 285 or maybe a 699 if whichever comes first at a reasonable price

[@dougpeterson5257]

Thanks for the video. Merry Christmas and happy new year

[@bilko5109]

Well done Dan great video. Merry xmas

[@hedydd2]

Perkins A4 318. I’m amazed that it has lasted this long. It is probably the worse engine ever made by Perkins, even in its later, modified form which the 698 should have. Best thing MF ever did was to dump that engine and use the 236T engine instead.

[@malcolm8938]

Not sure if it's luck or treatment or combination of but some people talk of having had 1080, 595, 298, 698 for years with no trouble and some wouldn't touch them with a barge pole. A chap we knew had one with opico turbo on for years and the engine was never any bother and he wasn't even mechanically inclined.

[@rescuecow90]

Had one here and it was a cracking engine,pulled well and started a dream,shame the cab just melted away before our eyes.

[@hedydd2]

@@rescuecow90 The engine was great, when it worked. It had an exceptionally high head gasket failure rate and many early ones had poorly calibrated and timed injector pumps. What came over MF and Perkins ever to actually officially offer the Opico Turbo kit for the 595 and A4 318 engine we shall never know.

[@casto-]

Your 698 looks miles better than ours😆🤦‍♂. Didn’t even realise there was a bonnet catch, I have to take ours off! Nice little job done though 👍 she even sounds different with an exhaust on 😆

[@Gearoid35]

Hi Dan i recently did the water pump in a 390 i took off the Radiator made job a lot easier

[@farmer7229]

check those old fans blades for cracks new ones are pennys

[@PolskiNiedzwiadek]

Jaka prędkość maksymalną osiąga ten model w rzeczywistości ? Nie miałeś problemu z uszczelka pod głowicą ?

[@stuartsmith4014]

Good video you could do with a bench to work on.

[@nickhill3362]

Maybe retire the 698 in the future and as her to the collection.👍to vid Dan

[@paulthompson8467]

Good video Dan im not as brave as you when the water pump failed on our mf 165 i took the bonnet and radiator off first as i was afraid of damaging the radiator

[@CowfarmerDan]

There's a bit more room on this one than a 165

[@abbiejones1843]

When is the massey arriving to replace that kobota . ?

[@CowfarmerDan]

It's not

[@jamestucker2088]

alwas too hhappen during winter,just did my 390s water pump yesterday

[@faFsman]

Hi Dan, have you sent your serial number of the 1200 to Massey Dave for his survey? So the Perkins 318, was it in the 595’s and 1080’s also?

[@CowfarmerDan]

The 318 was in the 1080 and 595, they improved it and renamed it the 318.4 and that went into the 298 and 698.

[@patrickaherne3598]

How many hours does she have on the clock?

[@CowfarmerDan]

Somewhere around 8000

[@minkavleren]

what is the exact difference between the 698 with a turbo and then the 698T? I've heard this argument before but forgot to ask then, because I've heard it a lot as well when people talk about the 699 and 690 as well, but there seems to be differing opinions on it.

[@benjaminnewton7862]

698 has the Perkins 4.318 (318 is the cubic inch capacity) and non turbo from standard had a bit of a reputation for poor reliability. 698T had the Perkins 4.236T much newer engine design (would have been brand when in the 698t) and built from factory with a turbo, very well regarded for reliability.

[@minkavleren]

@@benjaminnewton7862 thanks for clearing that up once and for all, that helped a lot 👍🏻 i did try to look up the differences, but all it gave me on that site was the different engine numbers, but not really explaining the "why" of it.

[@enginefool692]

Loving the Massy video's! I can't massage you because i drove over my phone doing a super 90 video tuther day.😅😂

[@crimsonsunshine264]

The later 698T also differs from the original 698 by being short wheelbase making it more like the later 690. You can tell by the lower bonnet panels being longer on the lwb version

[@minkavleren]

@@crimsonsunshine264 thanks mate, this is really really helpful information 👍🏻 i have been offered to buy a '84, 698 with a turbo that has to been restored but the guy claims its a 698T which then cannot be the case, and the another guy wants sell his '86, 698T which then would make it a T from what you say but not restored or anything, so i think i might jump on that one instead, but in any case this was really useful and helpful information, thanks again 👍🏻

[@greggroome2791]

👍👍🙏🙏🇮🇪🇮🇪👋👋

[@chrisegan327]

Hope santa brings you a set of rachet spanners😅😂 make your life so much easier

[@CowfarmerDan]

We have metric ratchet spanners but not imperial.