Massey Ferguson 1260 micro tractor - Swaping engines ?

[Macrossvfx]

Hello,
I need to repair a friend's Massey 1260. I think it is a copy of an Iseki compact tractor but don't know which model.
I am tearing the engine open cause my friend bought it non working but with no pr馗ise clue from the former owner about the disorder : "the engine has a problem and should not be started without repair".
I looked at the tractor and its engine, nothing wrong from outside but there was coolant in the oil sump. I dismounted the crankshaft and nothing wrong > relieved on that matter.
I will dismount the cylinder head this afternoon.
For fear the head may be the problem, I come here to ask if someone would sell a working one.
Another question : the current engine is an Iseki Ea3d1 1.498 with turbo. Someone I know sells an Inseki E3cd engine with turbo too. Could their cylinder heads be swapped ? Or the whole engine with no change elsewhere in the tractor, please ?
I know nothing ar almost about these little tractors that are pretty uncommon in my aerea.
Thanks a lot to anyone reading and evenmore to anyone answering.
Have a good day.

 

[Spanner]

Bonjour et bienvenue.

According to Tractordata your MF is based on the Iseki TK538.

TractorData.com Massey Ferguson 126 tractor information

If you can't find an obvious leak across the head-gasket you will need to have the cylinder head crack-tested and maybe the engine block as well.

I can't help you with possible cylinder head swap options. Work with what you have at present.

 

[Macrossvfx]

Hello, thank you very much.
I will use a product to fill up possible craks in the block, then if no good result, I will dismount the top of the engine and check head gasket and cylinder head.

 

[Spanner]

Bien. Write back to us with your news.

 

[Macrossvfx]

Hello,
I haven't done what I said yet because of no time for this but I tried to gather some intelligence regarding these Iseki engines and I was told several times by different persons that the cylinder heads of the ea3d1, the ea3f1, the ea3d1 are very likely if not exactly the same and are swappable for that reason. Do you confirm that on this other side of the Atlantic where these engines and tractors seem more common, please ?

 

[Spanner]

Bonjour. I am south of the equator. (au Nouvelle Zealande, prez de l'Australia). Someone in USA may know?
Pardonez mon Francaise.

 

[Macrossvfx]

Hello, thank you for your answer and your French is very nice to read.
Anyway, it is way better than my geographical knowledege that is so deficient it made me forget the Pacific aerea where these Japanese tractors and engines are even more common probably.
Sorry, I will try to think "global" starting from now

 

[Spanner]

C'est bien.
They may be common but I have little/no need to be involved with them. My experience with Iseki was when I was temporarily in UK (for 21 years).
Bon chance. :horseshoe: