Perkings 510/540

[Bill from Scotland]

Can a Perkings 540 be used to easily replace a 510 in a MF 1150 or is there lots of additional conversion work to be done?

 

[Danperkins]

Bill, do a search for past posts and you will find a lot of info. I did this conversion on my 1150 a few years ago. You have to use the 510 clutch, flywheel, bellhousing, starter, pan and oil filter/cooler system. And you need to do some machining on the 540 crankshaft flywheel flange. The machine shop that I used also made sure everything was in balance, they said the factory flywheel and crankshaft assembly, which is very big and heavy, was balanced to better than .5 oz! I'm very glad I did it, its a great tractor!

 

[WorldWideTractorParts]

I have sold two 540 engines to go into MF 1150's and never had to do anything with the flywheel that I know of.