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[jakethesnake]

 

[JIMG]

Shed building season approaches...Starting the hemlock pile for the mill with the NH 2120. Bonus walnut crotch shot.

 

[Wilhelm]

Still winter mothballed, only got started a couple times and ran on mildly increased idle to move internals and charge the battery.
We are the first and only owners.
It is a license built Massey Ferguson clone/copy.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Is that a Tafe? Those were sold over here for awhile and were an MF licensee.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Ok folks, wish me luck. Gonna reseal this thing.

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

Ok folks, wish me luck. Gonna reseal this thing.

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Luck, luck.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks, I'm only resealing the top cover and shafts that go through it. That's the only things on the pump that are leaking.

 

[FergusonTO35]

Ugh, get it back together and the damn top cover gasket is seeping fuel. I figured I would have to do this job about 5 times to get it right. I coated the gasket with Permatex High Tack as I've been doing to paper gaskets for decades. Does this stuff not get along with diesel?

 

[Powerstroke Cowboy]

The super high tack is diesel resistant. I don't believe the high tack is. Based off what they say on the package.

 

[Lnk]

Ugh, get it back together and the damn top cover gasket is seeping fuel. I figured I would have to do this job about 5 times to get it right. I coated the gasket with Permatex High Tack as I've been doing to paper gaskets for decades. Does this stuff not get along with diesel?

Not sure anything gets along with diesel. Do they make a rubber gasket for that?

 

[FergusonTO35]

Thanks. Don't know of any rubber gaskets available, but I'll ask Napa the next time I'm in there. Guess I'm up for R&R number 3! :-(

 

[Partner]

I did without a sealant / I had a cork gasket

 

[FergusonTO35]

Every gasket I've seen is paper, wonder if anybody makes a cork gasket for it?

 

[Partner]

In the tractor of our production

 

[Steve]

Every gasket I've seen is paper, wonder if anybody makes a cork gasket for it?

I wouldn't use cork on the pump. Cork falls apart and then you have debris floating around in the pump. Make sure your cover is flat. Bet it's got a little bow in it. Lightly pull a flat file across it and I bet the file will only touch around the bolt holes. Get a scrap of polished granite and some 400 wet/dry sand paper. Put the paper on the granite, wet it, and non direction sand the sealing surface till it's shiny all across. New gasket put on dry. Don't over torque it.

Make sure the pump housing surface is also completely clean dry and flat.

 

[Partner]

This pump gasket hasn't broken in 50 years, do you think it will break it after the next 50 years ?

 

[FergusonTO35]

Permatex got back to me, they confirmed that High Tack will work for this application. I did file down a rough spot on the cover before I reassembled it, will recheck with a straight edge. What sort of torque should I use on the two 1/4" bolts that hold the cover on? MF has no service info on the pump whatsoever.

 

[FergusonTO35]

In the tractor of our production

Most of the MF 231's sold here were made in Poland, good tractors!

 

[Steve]

Permatex got back to me, they confirmed that High Tack will work for this application. I did file down a rough spot on the cover before I reassembled it, will recheck with a straight edge. What sort of torque should I use on the two 1/4" bolts that hold the cover on? MF has no service info on the pump whatsoever.

You probably won't find that information in the Massey service manual. Is that a roosa master pump?

 

[FergusonTO35]

Nope, Lucas CAV. Pretty standard on a Perkins.