Yellow Massey Ferguson?

[Baker9]

At £1500 it is worth buying unless it is a complete basket case, try not to repaint it as it is original only once.

 

[essexpete]

What is a 3305?
I remember a neighbor had a 3165, basically a 165 with the loader and back actor

Used a 165 skid and 03 manual /05 torque con.

 

[Andyt880]

I have a 50 here. Had a back actor at a time (before I had it) but it has been replaced by a home made weight block. It has a 165 engine and manual gear box. No pto or hydraulics. Pump on the front of the engine. It’s a quick and strong pump on them. Good strong loader, just a bit light at the back end without the digger on. I paid £2000 for that a year ago with a hydraulic head stock, a good bucket and a rough old shear grab

 

[Andyt880]

Spotted this wee MF 40 on my travels for work a while back. The brambles were growing up through the floor. Pitty to see them rotting away. Am I right in saying it was based on a 135?

 

[multi power]

View attachment 801260 Spotted this wee MF 40 on my travels for work a while back. The brambles were growing up through the floor. Pitty to see them rotting away. Am I right in saying it was based on a 135?

If it's a 3 cylinder then 135 based

 

[essexpete]

If it's a 3 cylinder then 135 based

Is someone lifting our legs?
3cyl engine with backend based on the larger tractor, probably 165, with reduction and inboard discs brakes. Often, or poss always for some markets, fitted with additional drum brakes on the outer hubs. Most I have seen also had tractor hydraulics and PTO like the earlier 203/5 and 2303/5.

 

[Paul Ancill]

do you know where I can get the front hydraulic pump on a 203 reconditioned mine will not pull the skin off a rice pudding!

 

[Exfarmer]

You used to be able to buy kits to do this, but I would urge caution, when there is wear in the casing, you may repair thrm but it will do nothing to the performance. I would buy a new pump and also check the drive shaft. If you fit a new pump to a worn shaft it will wreck both.
you should be able to get a pump from other sources than an MF dealer.

 

[multi power]

do you know where I can get the front hydraulic pump on a 203 reconditioned mine will not pull the skin off a rice pudding!

New pump is the answer, and they are not that expensive

 

[Andyt880]

do you know where I can get the front hydraulic pump on a 203 reconditioned mine will not pull the skin off a rice pudding!

Are you sure the pump is bad? Filters changed? Enough oil in system?

 

[Exfarmer]

Are you sure the pump is bad? Filters changed? Enough oil in system?

If it is the original pump, it will be a miracle anything is being moved, they never had a long life

 

[Andyt880]

If it is the original pump, it will be a miracle anything is being moved, they never had a long life

Fair enough. My old 50 got slow and wouldn’t lift the loader in the end. The filter was bunged up. Changed it and it lifts as good as new now. It has maybe had a pump change in a former life

 

[Exfarmer]

Fair enough. My old 50 got slow and wouldn’t lift the loader in the end. The filter was bunged up. Changed it and it lifts as good as new now. It has maybe had a pump change in a former life

Another point worth checking actually is that it has the right oil in it, should be hydraulic, have known people use anything but particularly Universal.

 

[essexpete]

I would definitely check the oil and filter first. Our old 203 became really slow years ago. Discovered the oil was heavily moisture damaged and the filter completely bunged up. Amazing changed everything and it worked well after that. Unless completely u/s that type of pump will tolerate more abuse than a modern piston pump.

 

[Slug Herder]

Is it still possible to get ram seals through MF
For 3303?

 

[Exfarmer]

Is it still possible to get ram seals through MF
For 3303?

Should not be difficult, most can be made if not off the shelf

 

[essexpete]

Either take the ram to a hudraulic shop or dismantle at home and take the seals to a hydraulic shop.

 

[manfromhill]

Anybody still got a mf 50 was trying to fine the tipping height for one

 

[Andyt880]

I have a 50. I’ll check for you later. They do lift a fair height for what they are

 

[essexpete]

Google 50b spec and you will find someone has got a manual. I could not make the link work and could not put pdf on here.