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    Shuttle type trans question

    Hello Guys (after a long hiatus, sorry about popping back up with a question without contributing anything). I'm a fulltime fencer these days, and about to push the button on a new post driver, and wouldn't you know it, my faithful old Massey 165 won't cut it with a modern hydraulic driver...
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    135/165 Vapourmatic Bankable Valves

    Things are pretty good, spring is here and the first lambs are dropping (into a wicked cold wet Sou-Easter but thats life) Thanks for that David, I have that part of it sussed now I think. Where on the transmission is it best to put the return (on a 165 ??) I thought the filler cap could...
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    135/165 Vapourmatic Bankable Valves

    Hello Guys I'm installing the Vapoumatic Massey selector valve that has the bankable spool vales that bank directly onto the selector - 4511 series. Its going onto a 165, I had a pile of parts from two different systems and I am picking out the "best bits" The end (or last) plate for the...
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    Fuel tap Seal

    Thanks Bob - I knew there'd be just the right stuff but unless you know the right "words" (i.e. "hard set" in this case) you're just as likely to get a blank look from the store clerk that sorta makes you think you're questioning his parentage !!
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    Fuel tap Seal

    Hello Guys Is there any secret goop or method for sealing taps into fuel tanks ?? My MF 165 tap leaks, and I have a new one to hand. However it needs to "register" or tighten in the right spot so the fuel line will connect. Cheers - Foster
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    Replacement Chainsaw

    Hello Guys My Echo CS4500 saw is currently in surgery for the first time in the 18 years I've owned it (and I got it used, abeit only a small amount I think) - really its the first time I have had to have it in for service. Obviously I look after it but nothing special apart from a few plugs...
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    100 series Front weights

    Hello David and MFPoor Well I do like the look of Kentucky to be honest and would just love to visit on folk over there one day. Cripes David, how do you get away with planting your tractor right in front of the house on the "lawn" - here I'd be dead in seconds - unless "she indoors"...
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    100 series Front weights

    Hello David & Co Thanks for the thoughts - some days I wish i was anywhere but here (down at the Southern end of New Zealands South Island) but this morning, with spring in the air, grass practically singing as it starts to grow, then theres nowhere else I'd rather be, especially Kentucky...
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    100 series Front weights

    Hello Guys I need to add some front weights to my MF 165, it has the frame, but I can't get any genuine MF weights. Tried (allegedly) Fiat ones but they won't do. Does anyone know what other manufacturers weights will fit ?? Cheers - Foster
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    Hauling a D2 with MF 165

    I didn't ask if it was a good idea or not, cripes reading the board I wonder if anything ever gets done in the places you guys come from - is the spirit of "git er done" completely dead in the US ??. I simply want some ideas on trailers. Thurlow - how about telling me more about the...
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    Hauling a D2 with MF 165

    Hello Guys (from down in NZ) I want to haul my D2 around the district (I do a bit of casual moleplowing for neighbours). Short of hiring a transporter everytime I'm sorta thinking that I could use my MF 165 to haul it. We're talking distances of up to 15 miles (up to 30 miles is legal...
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    PTO Shafts - how much HP

    Hello Guys Following on from the triangular PTO shaft thread, does anyone know of a table showing how much HP triangular shafting will take in various sizes. I have a flail mower ( 1.75m/5'9" cut - hammer type knives) with such a shaft and it seems light for the power it will take - all...
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    Vapormatic Bankable Valves – 100 series remotes

    Hello Guys I’ve just scored an used set of Vapormatic remotes for a MF 100 series. It comprises an adapter that goes on the standpipe on the lift cover, and this includes the diverter valve. It has one valve attached to it that we think is for a single acting cylinder (but it’s a little...
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    Oil Spray ??

    Hmmm - I can see engine oils and the like just collecting dust and crap and making a big mess. I hardly ever clean my car let alone wax a tractor, and anyhow I was thinking as much as anything about the internal corners and condensation traps, thats where the rust starts, and getting wax into...
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    Oil Spray ??

    Hello Guys I have a 70's Massey 165 and a 1951 Cat D2. On both machines the panels are sound, and nicely faded, just how I like them !! I don't want to repaint these tractors, but we live close to the sea, and rust never sleeps here. Recently I read somewhere that some folk spray an oil...
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    Troubleshooting 165 Fuel System

    All go now, diesel to the injectors in about 5 seconds of cranking, closed the pipes and another 5 seconds of cranking I had enough cylinders going to let the starter stop. By 10 seconds everything was away. Now all I have to do is a few jobs like checking the thermostat while the panel-work...
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    Troubleshooting 165 Fuel System

    Further Update - refurbished pump back and fitted last night (my work area is in a shed with no light, so I've had to rig a couple of lamps to work under, saying its not a well lit is a considerable understatement). Doing the bleed at the injector pump I noticed diesel dripping off the block...
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    Troubleshooting 165 Fuel System

    Update . . . . Took the filter screen out (and half the guts of the inlet metering, moral - don't use a screwdriver with a magnetic tip for this) an while it did have some fine crud, it was not blocked. Discussed "issues" with a injector pump engineer and decided that it was probably a...
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    Troubleshooting 165 Fuel System

    Hello Guys - thanks for the input Andy I can't wait to get home to try your idea re the return inlet banjo on the secondary filter. It has been very difficult to get a "clean bleed" on the inlet to the pump (stage 3 of the bleed acording to the manual). Often it seems like air was getting...
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    Troubleshooting 165 Fuel System

    Thanks David, I'm to the point where a little encouragement is very welcome. Have now cleaned everything and replaced the lift pump. had a diesel mechanic friend over tonight but still no go (pity the modern guys, if it won't go all they can do really is think of replacing "modules"). We...
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