Massey Ferguson 203 Industrial Grill Dimensions

[mllud]

I have a 203 that I recently bought. The grill was with it until recently when it disappeared at a friend's sons house when it was removed to replace the front pump. Thieves are low moral dirt bags that need to be eliminated.

Anyway I don't think 203 grills are available new and finding a good used one hasn't turned up anything. I can get the outside dimension by measurements.
The two measurements I need is the hole diameter and the thickness of the plate.

There are 280 holes in those grills and the holes appear to be about 3/4 diameter. From memory I think the grill is about 1/8" to 3/16" thick. I would make one out of expanded steel but I want my 203 to look like it should and the original grill had good protection for the radiator.
My guess is that nobody reproduces this grill because of the labor involved in making them.
I'm considering buying a 4x8 sheet of plate and cutting out as many as I can fit and stacking all the blanks and drilling them all at once.
I have a radial drill to drill all the holes. Band Saw for corners. It will still be a lot of work. Ill then try to sell the extra's online. I may end up with grills without a home. I would have to figure a price after figuring the labor and materials involved. Drilling them all at once will save time.
I would think there are a few 203's without grills.

So I need hole diameter.:thumbsup:

How thick 1/8- 3/16-1/4:thumbsup:

I could use length top to bottom at the center of the grill.:thumbsup:
Also could use the width of grill at the top row of holes and the width at the bottom row of holes.:thumbsup: That's because it tapers top to bottom.
I have my tractor to get width and height but I'm sure they had a clearance margin built in. Actual measurements of a grill would be better.





I think there two different versions of this grill but this is the one I plan to make.
Thanks
Mike

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[mllud]

I made a pattern out of plywood so I no longer need top to bottom or side to side measurements.

I still need the hole size and thickness of the grill. I may be able to get the hole size using a scale drawing and the photo. I don't know of any 203's in my area to get measurements from.
Why would someone steal a grill. I guess only the thief knows. Blood sucking Leaches
Thanks Mike

 

[DARTMAN003]

I have a 204 I can measure for you , looks the same to me but not positive.

 

[mllud]

I have a 204 I can measure for you , looks the same to me but not positive.

DARTMAN003 Thanks
They do look the same
Whatever your 204 measurements are is what I will go with. I can do the layout from the photo.
I just need the hole size and the thickness of the grill. It looks like 1/8 or 3/16 thick. Its a pretty heavy grill.
Thanks Mike

 

[mllud]

After going back out and looking at my 203 when I made the template the other day this is actually the grill and headlight style I have. The hole pattern is a little different but hole size looks the same. DARTMANS003'S measurements are what I will use.
Thanks

 

[DARTMAN003]

Just measured mine, .219 thick, hole ID .731.

 

[mllud]

Just measured mine, .219 thick, hole ID .731.

Well that's about 1/5 of an inch thick and midway between 3/16 and 1/4. It must be metric.
I think Ill go with 3/16 and 3/4 for the holes. Unless others see a need to go with 1/4 thick plate.

DARTMAM003
Thanks for your time and trouble. Its appreciated.

I was talking to the P.O. and told him someone took it to make a barbeque grill.:licking: With the paint burned off it would grill a nice steak. I would worry about the lead in the paint getting into the metal. If so maybe the thief will get sick

There aren't to many 203's around for someone to need one. But its gone.
With the radial drill I thought that if I'm drilling all those holes in one I may as make and drill through 10 at once. If I can't sell them ill make a welding table out of them.
The grill is 18"x23"

 

[Smokepole62]

Just measured mine, .219 thick, hole ID .731.

That works out to be 4 gauge sheet and holes are close to 23/32 inch which is .7187.

 

[mllud]

That works out to be 4 gauge sheet and holes are close to 23/32 inch which is .7187.

Smokepole62
If they have the 4 gauge when I buy the sheet ill get that. The local supplier may not carry 4 gauge. Small stock in a rural area. Its not too important at about 1/32 difference. If not I may go with 1/4 inch instead if 3/16. I was thinking that was a metric gauge. I thought that below 10 gauge went to fractional. Thanks for the information.
I went out and looked at my morse taper bits and do have a 23/32. That is more important to look like oem.
Thanks for refining the dimensions.

 

[Smokepole62]

I"m a machinist by trade so naturally inclined to look up specs for such projects. I admire your endeavor to reproduce the grill.