Will it Run !!??!! 1960 mf35 diesel tractor

[@Bushguyrocks]

I grew up on a farm. We had one of those tractors. I was so young when I started driving it, I had to pull up on the steering wheel to depress the clutch because I didn't have enough body weight! Our tractor would have been about 1960 also. Edited to add: I was born in 1960. The family added a 135 around 1970? sometime? All summer long those two tractors ran 24 hours a day. Mowing, spraying, putting out empty bins, loading full bins of fruit onto the trailers.

[@oldironfinder]

Aint nothing like these old tractors and pieces of equipment. I absolutely love them

[@Grimace_Integ420]

we just picked up a one owner mf35 right down the street where we live, og owner said she and her husband used it back in the 60's all the way into the 90's until it was parked. started up on the first go after sitting for around 25 - 30 years it is a 1961 mf35 with external hydraulics hookup

[@oldironfinder]

@@Grimace_Integ420 gotta love those old tractors. Especially the diesels. They just keep on running.

[@toddfryman6178]

Looks like the TO35 I had great tractor loved it

[@oldironfinder]

Yes. This is gonna make someone a great little tractor. Probably gonna make a package deal with a bush hog and a small hake rake once I get it all finished

[@oldironfinder]

My apologies yall, its actually a mf35. Not sure why I put mf30...haha

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

I don't believe I would have aired those rear tires quite so much being so expensive. I was waiting for the left one to pop but those tires appear good. Shoot ya'll could travel to a few auctions and buy either an old square baler or even a big chain baler to sell as a unit. Just would need a bale spear for the rear 3 point. Shoot the baler would look newer than all the rest unless ya'll could find a brown baler too.

[@oldironfinder]

@@PaulHigginbothamSr well that just adds to the excitement when one pops. Haha. No, it is a bad idea. You're right. But things happen. If I put even used tires on these things, I can barely make any money. And since sometimes this is my only income, I gotta leave that up to the buyer.

[@fredhoman6101]

Nice old MF 35,runs good

[@oldironfinder]

Thanks. Yes. She sounds and feels good and tight. Should last a long long time

[@porkyshane5255]

Seeking help. 1958 Ferguson TO35 diesel Ballast resistor… can you run the tractor without one and if you do will it cause damage?

[@oldironfinder]

It will burn up the points.

[@oldironfinder]

So it might run, but not for long.

[@Fahri1945]

I spend a lot time on these MF35 farming on southern Turkey, 35 hp 3 cylinders Perkins diesel engine..

[@oldironfinder]

I've always loved the perkins diesels. This one sounds great. Gonna try to get radiator out and repaired and then change out front tires and starter solenoid and it'll be ready for a new owner

[@lucgagnon5241]

Isn't the sound of that AD3-152 Perkins engine a beauty ? I can tell you right now that no 2023 tractors will be running in 60 years like old tractors do today. The 35, 35X and 135 were built to last decades ! I own a David Brown Selectamatic 880 year 1967. Restoration is way too expensive at the end but I would do it again no hesitations.

[@oldironfinder]

Thats no joke right there. I would use the old stuff anyway before new ones. You let anything built after 2000 sit for a few years and you might as well haul it off for scrap. I ain't saying you can't get one running, but it'll take more to do it than a 40 or 50 year old machine

[@oldironfinder]

Perkins is one of my favorite diesels. Ever

[@neilkratzer3182]

My dad had one of those rakes when i grew up and it worked really well.

[@oldironfinder]

I'm gonna go through this one and make sure it works well and it will probably go with the tractor as a package deal

[@abooodeehasson9304]

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[@alexwalls1695]

At least it runs and drives that's all it matters

[@oldironfinder]

Yup. What little it needs is minor stuff and relatively easy to fix for cheap

[@MOHANGOWDA-ve7oz]

Same fergusen it will running good in india till now

[@oldironfinder]

They last forever!

[@jotttn]

You must live in a very dry climate as it’s in very good condition.

[@oldironfinder]

It is. And usually we are pretty dry. Hard to tell now though with the pretty much non stop rain for a month

[@jotttn]

@@oldironfinder I’ve just inherited a MF 35 but the tinware is a bit worse for ware. Mind you, I live on the SW coast of Ireland where it never stops raining haha

[@oldironfinder]

Yea, yall do get lots of rain. Of course, we have here lately too. I'm in north tx. And we've been getting hammered with rain, high winds, flooding, and tornadoes. But it's about to stop and then we will be begging for rain. So howdy from Texas and have a good one brother!

[@Larachbeg]

Great to see the MF35 back online again. Dont know what microphone you used, but the audio was awful ☹️

[@oldironfinder]

Just the mic on the go pro. I'm trying to get a Bluetooth mic to connect to it. Not sure if its possible. I've got a go pro 5. Haha. I've bought a second hand laptop and go pro on the marketplace to get this channel going. Hoping to get monetized soon so it can help me get some better equipment. Baby steps. Ill get there

[@johnmccrank7170]

Not a UK model 35 bonnet totally different.

[@oldironfinder]

No, built here in the u.s.

[@R.M.S_Canopic]

That’s a feriaon

[@oldironfinder]

It's a WHAT??

[@R.M.S_Canopic]

@@oldironfinder A ferirson tractor I have one

[@oldironfinder]

You mean ferguson?

[@R.M.S_Canopic]

Yes

[@R.M.S_Canopic]

@@oldironfinder it’s the same modle