restoration photos

[REStracTORATION]

I'd much rather that mat than some poor quality

Nobody seems to do new 550 mats lucky he had a old one to fix I have a 550 and it came with no mat and I had a other I restored and just had to make a mat with rubber I got off eBay it didn't look too bad but nothing like the real thing

A very tidy example though making a Matt your self is great if it fits well and not butchered
Any more pics

 

[Rs chunk]

A very tidy example though making a Matt your self is great if it fits well and not butchered
Any more pics

Just some of the tractor. Some finish you got on your paint work mine wasn't quite as flat I used enamel paint out of the mf dealer

 

[REStracTORATION]

Just some of the tractor. Some finish you got on your paint work mine wasn't quite as flat I used enamel paint out of the mf dealer

That looks a mighty fine example is it mp

 

[msheep66]

Just some of the tractor. Some finish you got on your paint work mine wasn't quite as flat I used enamel paint out of the mf dealer

That looks very smart.

 

[multi power]

It is indeed very good

 

[ap7610]

You will always find the ones that pull your tractor to piece's know everything, and theirs is the best.



So! You waddle off and have a look at their tractor
And snigger at the sight of brush bristles standing proud in their yard brush effect finish.

I remember refurbishing a ford 4610, had the monkey puzzle gearbox which to be fair I found ok to use except 2-3 or 3rd gear to 2nd, took a bit of pre planning! But I was selling it, clearly advertised as colum change yet still 2 out of 3 phone calls was" is it floor change or colum change"! This one man came to view, well I have never been on the verge to be taken up for gbh as that day, should be 13.6x36 rears on that not 16.9x34s, that's 2 pack paint, shouldn't be, there's not supposed to be a triple bank control valve on that, that grill gaurd isn't original,there should only be a mw/lw radio in that tractor, it's colum change, I'm really after a floor change!, that was only some of what I had to listen too until I told him in my most polite and respectful voice to fudge off back to where he came from and never.... Well you get the idea!






Oh and don't get me started on the walking stick pointers

 

[Philip Watkins]

Just some of the tractor. Some finish you got on your paint work mine wasn't quite as flat I used enamel paint out of the mf dealer

Wants some fatter tyres on the front

 

[multi power]

Wants some fatter tyres on the front

They are the correct size

 

[Philip Watkins]

They are the correct size

I thought they probably are, was just thinking with the loader on fatter ones would help.

 

[multi power]

I thought they probably are, was just thinking with the loader on fatter ones would help.

They are not the correct rims I don't think, but all that's available

 

[SMID]

That seems to the problem, nobody makes the original style 600 x 19 everything but them.

 

[phillipe]

No I'm not,
We get them all here, people love to knock ya hard work.

Simples tell em to feck off

 

[multi power]

That seems to the problem, nobody makes the original style 600 x 19 everything but them.

I'm tempted to cut the centres out of te20 rims and weld them into the new 19 inch rims

 

[SMID]

I'm tempted to cut the centres out of te20 rims and weld them into the new 19 inch rims

See the minute you do that somebody will say oh i,v a pair you could have . sods law .

 

[Rs chunk]

That looks a mighty fine example is it mp

They are not the correct rims I don't think, but all that's available

Yip she was multi power yes those rims were after market they were on it when I bought it and don't have a clue were they came from as your never see them for sale. That one had the 32" rims on the rear too. I sold it a few months it's up in Orkney now. I have another I use it's in its working clothes it's 8 speed 28" rear and 16" front sits a bit lower better on the bigger wheels

 

[multi power]

Yip she was multi power yes those rims were after market they were on it when I bought it and don't have a clue were they came from as your never see them for sale. That one had the 32" rims on the rear too. I sold it a few months it's up in Orkney now. I have another I use it's in its working clothes it's 8 speed 28" rear and 16" front sits a bit lower better on the bigger wheels

I have the same/similar wheels on my 65, definitely a good job on the bigger wheels

 

[two-cylinder]

Our 8sp 550 was on 11-32/6.00-19's useful extra clearance under hitch.
Also slightly raises gearing which is handy on 8 speed examples.

But most 8 speed ones were sold on 11-28/6.00-16.

 

[msheep66]

We put 16" on the front of our MF 250 looks a lot better match with the 32" rears.

 

[multi power]

We put 16" on the front of our MF 250 looks a lot better match with the 32" rears.

Do you mean 19 inch ? Or 750x16?

 

[msheep66]

Do you mean 19 inch ? Or 750x16?

7.50 x 16" fronts.