Recent content by scottyboy

Nice mfers!

configuration and hose connections

I had been moving some gravel with the loader and was losing responsiveness and most control of the front end and stopped the tractor. There is a single steering cylinder mounted centrally on the front axle. The four screws holding cylinder to the axle had come loose (but did not lose...

I posted awhile back that the hydraulics on our MF 240 ('95 model) had been 'fixed'. At the time the FEL nor the 3pt were working very well when we took ownership. We gave it to a mechanic and he simply told us all he did was replace the oil and clean the fine mesh hydraulic oil filter screen...

James - no I have not yet got the necessary tool that will turn my toplink under tension. It is a Massey Cat II OEM toplink. I will check the Agco parts book to see if they have anything that will torque it. Anyway here is a picture (you'll have to zoom in a bit to see a close up).

Hey everyone, I bought a top link for my MF 240 from AgriSupply (online) and with it came two of these things (pictured). My top link does not have a hole in the centre of the tube for jamming a lever in rather it has a square peg with about 1/2" sticking out of each side of the top link tube...

Hey Ford experts! I purchased an old rear adjustable blade recently (Ford Series 710, model 19-205) and I cannot turn the blade to angle it. It's frozen in place. The indexing pin is not rusted and sticking the head. The rotation is fine on the other plane (top frame). I cannot figure out how...

So I looked at the manual and it definitely has the hydraulic oil filter mentioned on the underside of housing. I guess that the mechanic who serviced it just couldn't find it in the Op manual. Here is a picture of it.

Hi everyone, New to the site (as a poster). I have been lurking for many months educating myself a bit about tractors. To be sure though I am definitely a newbie with this stuff. Anyway I finally bought a 20 year old MF 240 from a used tractor dealer in Florida - sight unseen other than...