MF industrial 50ex

[AndrewG]

Recently purchased a very original 50ex, seems a good going wee machine but has been laid up for the last 3 weeks waiting on hydraulic filters, apparently having to come from Terex in Belgium! Any other owners out there found this problem?

 

[Exfarmer]

Very unusual for any manufacturer to make their own so I would be shocked if there are no alternatives. Possibly the filter is a rather unusual one but normally there are plenty of pattern ones to fit.

 

[Henarar]

a 50EX wasn't a Terex machine, unless perhaps a very late one
have you any pics of it ?
use to get filters for my 50E no problem most are the same as a tractor and the rest I got from Kellands at Bridgwater

 

[jf850]

I have an old MF 50 , and use Fleetguard filters. Between 1/3 and 1/2 the price of a genuine hyd filter, and I would imagine of at least similar quality.

 

[Mursal]

Would this be the one, click

 

[AndrewG]

Here she is blocking up the workshop. It's a 1992 year. The eBay filter does look like one them.

 

[Dave6170]

We used to have 1 of them. Was a hardy brute of a thing. Was on the silage pit back in the day!

 

[Henarar]

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Here she is blocking up the workshop. It's a 1992 year. The eBay filter does look like one them.

That is nothing to do with terex

 

[Henarar]

I have an old MF 50 , and use Fleetguard filters. Between 1/3 and 1/2 the price of a genuine hyd filter, and I would imagine of at least similar quality.

Yep I Have used fleetguard for the hyd filter
Not sure they do the trans filters though

 

[AndrewG]

Yes I thought it was the mf60 that was a terex machine, but my parts man is leading me to believe terex are the only place he can get the filters and they can be difficult to get the right ones??! Think I'll try pv Dobsons they look like they will of dealt with a few in the past

 

[Kevtherev]

Kellands are the people to speak to

 

[Exfarmer]

Hope you have the safety latch down on the ram! My father was half an inch from death working on a MF digger one day, when someone pulled the wrong lever.

 

[AndrewG]

Oh yes it's resting on the safety! Need to be or it'd be on the floor be now I think

 

[Mursal]

View attachment 603020
Here she is blocking up the workshop. It's a 1992 year. The eBay filter does look like one them.

Shes a pet ..............

 

[NasherXL]

Very jealous-was after one for ages but there was nothing turning up central Scotland. Ended up with a 50e 2 wheel drive as a winter project which will do fine once its fettled.
Do you mean the hydraulic suction filter in the big canister attached to the left of the loader frame? I have never had a problem getting that filter from the local massey dealer apparantly it was a common filter used on combines back in the day as well as the industrial stuff. Had one recently think it was about £25. I could ask for the part number if it helps?

 

[Henarar]

Very jealous-was after one for ages but there was nothing turning up central Scotland. Ended up with a 50e 2 wheel drive as a winter project which will do fine once its fettled.
Do you mean the hydraulic suction filter in the big canister attached to the left of the loader frame? I have never had a problem getting that filter from the local massey dealer apparantly it was a common filter used on combines back in the day as well as the industrial stuff. Had one recently think it was about £25. I could ask for the part number if it helps?

I had a 50H 2wd loading shovel which is a digger with a weight on the back instead of a back actor, very good old machine it was, very fast cycle times and more nippy than a 4wd

 

[powerfarmer]

Vapormatic list filters for the MF industrial stuff in their catalogue, might be worth a try if there's an agent near you.
Their Massey Ferguson specific parts catalogue is handy to have if your running MF kit, shows any parts changes by serial number and indicates what else the same part is fitted to.

 

[AndrewG]

Currently waiting on the hydraulic filter on the pump behind the front grill and one beside the starter motor.

Original part numbers would be handy, some of the fleetguard filters look similar but I can't measure mine as they are away at the dealers

 

[AJR75]

Lovely machine and that's coming from a dyed in the wool JD man! Spent hundreds of hours on one of these machines and they are bombproof, nippy about the yard and very quick cycle times.. Seem to remember there was a mod involving a new radiator as the original factory fitted item didn't keep the engine cool enough when working hard? Also the farm that it was on was forever losing the little brackets that hold the front implement in place. Filters were always supplied by the local Massey dealer... is there something along the lines of what John Deere do where all the parts and part numbers are listed, then you would have the option of cross referencing the filter number against other makes perhaps?

 

[fredf]

As you said earlier PV Dobson will have one in stock or will soon get one for you .

Tom