massey ferguson 35 steering box adjustment

Massey Ferguson 35 Steering Box Adjustment Serial Numbers And Year

Your information will never be shared or sold to a 3rd party.

These tractor were certainly the most successful tractor range ever built and revolutionised farming in the post war years.

In fact the TE20 was the first tractor to be used on many farms, which until that point had relied on heavy horses to do the work.

Here we will look at the English built tractors, but just to note that production first started in America of the TO35 in 1954.

Massey Ferguson 35 Steering Box Adjustment Serial Numbers And Year

Take a look at the serial numbers and year of production of the FE35.

Power was provided from either the Standard Motor Company petrol, VO or 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine.

The company name was changed to Massey-Ferguson (note the hyphen) following an announcement on 19th November 1957, but then the hyphen was dropped early in 1958.

The best information we have is that the first red and grey tractor was prodcued on the 5th December 1957, but if you know of any different information please let us know.

However, the serial number plates (on the dashboard) continued to have the tractor model number stamped as FE35 and this model denotion continued right the way through the manufacture of all the Massey Ferguson 35s.

The photo above is from a promotional brochure of the tractor from 1957, and below a close up of those badges.

It therefore follows that although by this time the Massey-Ferguson company was founded and the colour of the tractor change to red and grey, the tractor was still branded as a Ferguson.

However, there are other tractor documented such as Davids red and grey 35 ( August 1958 SDM112958) and Pers FE35 ( 1959 SDM161488 ) both with Ferguson badges on the front of the bonnet.

Davids tractor is in Australia and Pers in Canada and it is possible that these tractors were assembled after shipping using component parts in their respective countries, so there could be some differences here in comparrison to the English built tractors for the home market.

The six stud half shaft housing that was used on the grey gold tractors continued to be used for the production of the first 2972 red and grey machines before been replaced with the 12 stud version.

The first of the Perkins engine tractors retained the old-style air inlet under the bonnet, but this changed to the raised air cleaner intake that went through the bonnet and must be removed before the bonnet can be lifted.

PAVT (power assisted variable track) wheels to speed up alteration of the rear wheel track and the advent of the swinging drawbar.

This engine gave 37 horsepower (3 more than the 23C) and was well liked by farmers.

The 23C engine was renowned for poor starting performance and the Perkins engine brought new life into the 35.

If you are rebuilding one of these engines we have uploaded data specifications and torques for the Perkins and the Standard engine.

This doubled up the available gears and also gave the advantage of change on the move gear shift.

The differential lock became available in 1962 on the 35 and was also an option on the 35X (most of the 35Xs were fitted with the diff lock).

If you have any information about these tractors that you feel is worth adding to this page or if you have information which differs from that above then please let us know in the comments section below.

Get the best tutorials, tips and news, designed to enhance your skills.