MF65 Live PTO Difficult to engage

[Northerner]

I am considering buying a 1964 Massey Ferguson 65: The PTO does not always engage when the engine is running. This is a "live" PTO with the dual clutch. Adjusting the clutch pedal linkage did not seem to help. When I tried it yesterday it did engage with a little bit of grinding.

Is this likely to be difficult or expensive to fix? At this time my only need for the PTO is to drive a 3ph snow blower, would it be a problem to just engage the PTO before starting when blowing snow? (it gets very cold here, I imagine the procedure would be to warm up the engine, then shut it down to engage the PTO&blower).

 

[banjodunn]

G'day it sounds to me like you need to adjust the pto side of the clutch have to get in through inspection plate and adjust fingers. If it is disengageing when you have the machine operating it may be just a bit sticky and give it a bit of work it may come good when you ve the machine hooked up throw the clutch a few times and give the pressure plate a bit of a shine up . Good luck with it