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    MF 40 Throttle Linkage Adjustment

    A combination of throttle linkage lubrication, minor linkage adjustment, and lowering the idle rpm have all helped to smooth out the jerky operation of the transmission. Thank you for your assistance.
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    Bending Hard Hydraulic Lines for MF230

    Steel tubing is too rigid to bend with your handsin even the small sizes unless its a really wide radius gentle bend. Try to make a sharp bend and steel line will just kink..
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    Massey Ferguson 40 Industrial Engine Oil Leak From Rear

    Some of you probably know this already but if this saves someone from splitting their tractor thinking they have a bad rear crankshaft seal then it probably bears repeating here. My MF 40 with a Perkins AG3 152 engine has leaked engine oil out of the weep hole in the bottom of the...
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    Bending Hard Hydraulic Lines for MF230

    Tubing benders are fairly inexpensive and available at auto parts stores. Sometimes the challenge is finding enough room to use the bender without removing the old line from the tractor. Even with a bender and the old line removed, it has been my experience that it can be almost impossible to...
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    MF 40 Throttle Linkage Adjustment

    My MF 40 has the hydraulic shuttle shift transmission. It engages with a jerk when I press the forward petal and the manual says it should engage smoothly. When listing the causes for this, the trouble shooting manual says the throttle linkage needs to be adjusted properly doesn't explains the...
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    6 volt starter with a 12 volt battery.

    I had the same issue with the 6 volt Delco starter on my 12 volt-converted IH350. An shop confirmed that this was hard on the starter mechnical parts and advised replacing the 6 volt field windings with 12 volt windings. The cost to replace them wasn't that much.
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    Generator versus alternator

    I would stick with the stock charging system if you felt maintaining originally was important. It is hard to beat an alternator though for simplicity, ease of installation and maintenance. An alternator with an internal regulator simplifies the tractor wiring and are generally pretty trouble...
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    MF40 Oil Leak - Rear Engine Seal?

    I have had this MF40 gas industrial with torque converter quick reverse transmission about 2 years now and have been checking out all the systems. One issue this tractor has is a moderate to severe oil leak from the bell housing that I see only while it is running. I see no change in...
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