Replacing the Head Gasket on a Massey Ferguson 35 Diesel

My suspicions were confirmed and the oil leak was indeed a failed head gasket. Watch along as we go through the process of replacing the head gasket on this Perkins A3.152 diesel engine.
#masseyferguson35 #tractorrepair #perkinsdiesel #vintagetractors

[@user-tm8kt8ws3v]

Beautiful wee tractor. Good practical engineering skills and well presented

[@thedelcodave]

Thanks. This tractor has taught me many new skills. Looking forward for spring so I can take it out and play with it some more.

[@b7100ripper]

Great video , tractors looking spot on !

[@thedelcodave]

Thanks for checking it out

[@kerrysupporter]

That’s a nice clean 35x

[@billcash2083]

I wish I could do stuff like that. Nice Job!

[@thedelcodave]

If you can read a manual you can fix anything. A wise friend told me many years ago.

[@billcash2083]

@@thedelcodave LMAO

[@seahorseist]

We have a kubota b7100 and the gasket went when we fired it up after fitting the new gasket we had some leaks in desperation we bought some steel seal liquid that you add to the coolant it cured the problem and after several years of running it has not lost any coolant so we are were very pleased that we did not have to strip it all down again

[@thedelcodave]

Yes that fix in the bottle actually does work sometimes. My other tractor had a slight crack in the cylinder wall down low and I used K-Seal and that has been sealed up for 6 years now. The leak on the massy was different it was leaking oil externally. The coolant and oil remained separate.

[@seahorseist]

@@thedelcodave thanks for your reply on those copper gaskets do you fit them dry I have seen some videos when they use gasket cement as well

[@thedelcodave]

@@seahorseist I used copper gasket spray

[@conradbegin9505]

Nice job on tractor

[@thedelcodave]

Thankyou!

[@AdiAdi-gw3zb]

Brawo 👍👍👍

[@iwovanwijk5277]

Is the fuel tank painted grey or red if it's in factory condition? I have a (full) license built one which has a red one. And what tires are on the rear?

[@thedelcodave]

I painted the tank grey at the same time the rest of the engine was painted. The tank should be red but when the hood is on you cant see it anyway. I have 2 videos on painting the tractor check them out. The rear tires are BKT TR-135.

[@iwovanwijk5277]

@@thedelcodave any chance you know it's dimensions? Where i live the 35 (IMT 533 and 539) are the most common tractors, but unlike in the us nobody seems to swap the rear tires for wider ones. Your 35 looks great BTW

[@thedelcodave]

@@iwovanwijk5277 13.6x28

[@davidrussell4902]

would you not need to set the pistons to the Top

[@user-di2os1nu8s]

Hello brother you told me the name or code of the paint you applied to the engine block you did a really good job

[@thedelcodave]

The grey is called Nason ful-cryl acrylic enamel paint clad ds100

[@jamesmarshall7101]

Do you have a link to the service manual?

[@thedelcodave]

www.manualslib.com/manual/1101878/Perkins-3-152.html?page=41#manual

[@johanhjalmarsson7671]

What kind of paint have you used?

[@thedelcodave]

The Grey paint is an automotive single stage paint with hardener. The red is automotive base coat clear coat. Nasons brand paint. There are paint videos in the playlist if you are interested.

[@billcash2083]

nice tractor did you buy it like that?

[@thedelcodave]

They guy selling it probably knew the head gasket was bad.

[@Lairdofsaltire]

You have a beautiful tractor. What the main reason you have it?

[@thedelcodave]

Thankyou. I bought it as a personal challenge to try my hand at tractor repair and restoration. One day I hope to have land of my own to use the tractor for small farming chores.

[@pettermakkonen2831]

torc the headbolts after heating up , let cool before torc

[@thedelcodave]

Yes that is the proper procedure

[@andrewmayes9941]

Is that your massey ferguson 35 is a uk made tractor

[@thedelcodave]

Yes from what I can tell uk made machine

[@aaronymousunlimited2661]

Now you can park it and not have a pan under it.

[@thedelcodave]

haha yes environmental disaster avoided