Hey bruce, I started working at north pine motors back in 91 was a massey furguson workshop and dealer but I went to the Holden/Nissan side wish I hadn’t now plus worked there for 24 years. Wish I went to the tractor side but to late now. I’m a toyota person now should have never gotten rid of my HJ45 but I have a 1hdt 80 series now 385000 on it and doesn’t use a drop of oil but I did the big ends with I bought it, will go forever with correct maintenance like anything. Love your work and never stop, bloody amazing you are!!!
Bruce , you are something else buddy . After seeing you traveling down that field road and back and that obvious smile on your face , all the kid just came right out of you my friend 👍 . I sat here smiling along with you , cause I saw the memories with you . I'm almost 70 myself and your expression was perfect ! 😂 The sound of tractors are one of a kind and to hear this Massey-Ferguson run is a sweet music Bruce . Thank you for your channel and live for these older model machines.
When we visited relations in Western Australia (from the UK) one of them had an old Massy Ferguson on his farm with a bra draped over the two headlights. This reminded me of driving one on a UK farm during school holidays in the 50's to earn some extra pocket money. It was much smaller (and they were always painted grey), but it also had a rear scoop.
…wonderful to hear the old Girl doing her thing after só long Extremely reliable Engine sounding very good still Bringing back great childhood memories Most satisfying Thank you kindly 👊🔥‼️ 🪖
You know Bruce it is a testament to the manufacturers of these older machines that they are still around today and can be so easily got running again. These modern tractors of the same size cannot hold a candle to that old stuff. They made them to last and be as reliable as can be. That is not the philosophy used by manufacturers today. Bring back the old technology I say. That old stuff was value for money. Just like us old blokes mate, what do you say???. My brother became the local Dairy Tech and he was telling me a story about a local Tractor dealer who had been pestering a local dairy farmer to buy a new tractor. The farmer said "Nah, the old unit is still doing a good job mate, no need to upgrade her yet". But the dealer kept the pressure on and one day suggested that they bring down a new tractor for a trial 2 week no obligation test run on his place. The farmer thought "No harm in that as there is no obligation". So they dropped off the new tractor and cunningly took his old one away. Within a few days the farmer was on the blower to the dealer demanding his old tractor back "And you can take this piece of crap back with you". The farmer was telling my brother that it lacked the power the old unit had and was prone to overheating. The farmer said that it was nothing but a piece of crap compared to the older unit he had. Cheers.
That took me back to when I was a kid. From age 10 to 14, I drove that 65 around our farm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Sounds exactly the same.too... Nice that it started so quickly as well.
Super jealous of you Bruce. Massey Ferg are my all time favorite trackers. Te20 is my dream Massey to own. One day, maybe one day. That sound is amazing, Music to my ears.
As a young boy an uncle had a dairy farm and he had a Massy and a ford .I spent many a summer on his farm .helping with all the things that need doing of course driving the tractors was my favorite thing to do .I never thought of it as work going on hay rides or mowing the hay fields .it was all great fun to me .the only thing i didn't like was loading the bails from the field to the truck to take to the barn Thanks for the memories .
So true Christina, goes to show by how easy this one fired straight up and it would have been fairly well maintained before it retired. Thanks for watching, Bruce
I was also a bit supervised Adam, these Perkins powered Massey Fergusons are known for their reliability and there are still plenty of people on little hobby type farms in my area using them on a week to week basis. This one was effectively retired about 30 years ago. Bruce
Be interesting to see if the current model Deere John would start and run that easy when its this Fergies age. The Polly Perkins motors were unkillable. First thing on wheels I ever drove was a petrol Fergy about 70 years ago on mates farm, seems like yesterday!
That's a restorers dream, the tin work looks in good shape, all it would need is a sand blast, Lance from 'Bundy Bears Shed' on CZcams is currently restoring one of these Massey Ferguson 65s you should check out his channel, he fully restored the engine and gearbox and will paint it too.
Thank you, yes I agree this one is pretty straight and everything else was also quite good, engine, gears, clutch and even the brakes still worked. Yes lance is not far away from us and does really good work! Bruce
That's amazing that it went just like that, brings back memories of when we were kids and you would get the old tractors going and give them a spin around the paddock. c Cheers Bruce
That tractors has a pretty good life ,the older tractors usually have the front grills all bashed in ,due to going through scrub and hard work.Its general body work is in good nick.
Gday Jack, yes that’s right I agree, it’s pretty straight. You’ll also be pleased to know that I have got my hands on some clutch parts for the acco 6x6 and working towards taking it across the paddock in the near future. Best wishes, Bruce
They should give you the tractor now that you got it going. What I am sure of is with a set of forks replacing that bin you could certainly use a fork truck at your paddock. This would do just fine.
Thanks Dave, I would hate to think something this good would be destined for the scrapyard but it always surprises me what people discard in our throw away society. Thanks for watching! Bruce
That's a good straight 65 mk2 . I had a mk1 and mk2 . The latter being the best. Easy start more powerful and more reliable. Wish I still had it. Good video
Thanks very much Niall, I thought this was a mk1 because of no power steering but I’m not an expert and happy to be corrected! Thanks very much for watching, Bruce
Well Bruce the best way to tell the difference mk1 and mk2 is the sump of the mk1 has a v wedge and is a 198 cubic inch the mk2 has a 203 Ci has 58 hp as opposed to 50 hp of the 198ci some mk2 came with multiplier which doubles the gears to 12
Me mate was looking for a first tractor n 1 of these came up...couldn't get his wallet out fast enough.. loyal tractor. Shout out to Steve's Place Down Under!
Thanks for sharing, they are good. Steve has a great CZcams channel with Good Australian content, I would highly recommend everyone checking him out if you haven’t already done so, Bruce.
My friend had a 50 Massey Ferguson. The tractor looked very similar to yours but it was gasoline. I fixed it up and got it running for him and it seemed to want to run on forever. My friend just used the bushhog on his 50.
Massey 65 Dave? Sorry, I did not hear your description of the tractor but yes they were mighty tractors. Actually the whole range of Massy Fergusans where unbreakable. I have driven many of the makes from Torque converter(?)models and you could hear the grunt coming out of the drive train when the torque switch was engaged. Grandfather had one and also drove one that had a blade-mounted front end and pushed scrub up for clearing. I have also driven a 35 petrol engine and they went well also. I think there were two types of diesel 35s as well, early model had the 3-cylinder and then a 4-cylinder came along? Not sure maybe the other way around. Then after a while the 100 series come along from 135 to 175 Masseys and I think bigger as well. I drove a few but most of them when I was around were not that profolic. I think they were a better Fergy though. The Fergy Grey ( the first of the Fergy tractors) I drove also used to have a carry-all on the a-end and I could stand on the hay on the carry-all and distribute the hay to the cows at low speeds and you know that was how it was in those days. My father dug up an old broken down Massey Harris Petrol, rebuilt that, and used it on our farm. It was lacking but it did the job. I remember he was ripping the soil as to stop binding and it would just manage to pull enough of the ripper without grunting to a stall. The old man was a hard nut and used to swing off the handles of this ripper to keep going down deep. I think at the time he was not heavy, about the weight of a wet sugar bag. LOL, however, he never held back to give it to me if I stalled the Old Harris.
I agree, especially these pre electronic Perkins models. My favourite tractor of all time we had over the years was the Massey Ferguson 35x with the 3 cylinder Perkins diesel!
The MF 65 also were the first tractor to be fitted with MF multi power Bruce and was in competition with the Ford 5000 and David Brown 990, Great show as usual 🇮🇪
My brother and I bought one of these years ago to turn a bit of cash for our holidays. It needed a new stub axle and bonnet but, other than that, stuck a battery in her, steam clean, changed all the fluids and took her to a farm sale. Made enough of a profit for both our holiday cash😂 One thing which these 65s were afflicted by was the hydraulic units (on top of the diff) were extremely prone to cracking near the front edge and oozing oil out, ours was no different😂😂 Great video again Bruce👍👍
We had one of these as a mk2 with power steering and "multipower". Also had a Fiat 513R which supposedly was around the same horsepower. The Fiat destroyed the Fergy performance-wise but the Ferg was nicer to drive. The Fiats generally would generally always out pull the Fergs in all horsepower ranges. Those OM diesels were economical and tough. Perkins were ok but not in the same league. I think the CAV distributor pumps on Perkins dropped their bundle below 1500rpm where the Bosch inline pumps would pull to the last gasp on the OM's. Way more gutsy! Great old tractors.
Massey Ferguson 65 row crop version. Massey made thousands and thousands of both row crop and standard clearance versions worldwide. Get it out of the shed and back in the field. Trouble is what sends a lot of serviceable tractors to the junk yard is the enormous cost of new tires. BTW here in the states non power steering tractors were known as "wrist breaker" steering. We had a MF150D Trouble MF's of that era is that they were tremendous power take off tractors but heavy tillage under heavy load their light design made them inferior to other brands.
I have a 175 myself and you can leave them for years in the shed and the same thing apart from maybe a bit of an air lock it fires right up, I see your used to driving a non power steering tractor as your thumbs never go inside the wheel, we'll done.
Hello, yes they are great tractors that’s for sure. I was always nervous about hitting a stump in the scrub and breaking my fingers years ago and I think that has stuck, Thanks for watching, Bruce
Today we woke up our Massey 165 from a 9 year long sleep and it started just as easily as this one did. Happy days
My 265 is the same way. 236 perkins engines run forever.
@@SuperDriver379 yes they do. They run great and they sound great too
Aqui no Brasil é mf 65x excelente trator
I grew up running my Dad's Massey 165. That old Perkins engine didn't have any quit in it!
Great to see. I spent about 5 years sitting on a 65. Loved it.
Those old Masseys are so reliable, I’d have put money on it firing up. That one looks in really nice condition, very original 👍. Loving the channel 🙏
Something very satisfying about reviving an old machine , perhaps says something about our age.
Yes I tend to agree Andy, thanks for watching
nothn said bout age Bruce is still a spring chicken, mayb 30 yrs olda then me but still a spring chook😂🎉🎉🎉
Hi Bruce, well done the 65 has been a favorite of mine since my days as a 14 year old some 60 years ago.
Great Mechanic, Great Machine! Thank You.
Great save again Bruce, that shed is full of all sorts of goodies for you wasn’t it. It never fails to amaze me the durability of old diesel engines
Hi Gordon, I only scratched the surface at this place! Thanks again for watching, Bruce
What no snake skins this time , LOL. Really enjoy your content keep up the good work and two thumbs up.
Hey bruce, I started working at north pine motors back in 91 was a massey furguson workshop and dealer but I went to the Holden/Nissan side wish I hadn’t now plus worked there for 24 years. Wish I went to the tractor side but to late now. I’m a toyota person now should have never gotten rid of my HJ45 but I have a 1hdt 80 series now 385000 on it and doesn’t use a drop of oil but I did the big ends with I bought it, will go forever with correct maintenance like anything. Love your work and never stop, bloody amazing you are!!!
Bruce , you are something else buddy . After seeing you traveling down that field road and back and that obvious smile on your face , all the kid just came right out of you my friend 👍 . I sat here smiling along with you , cause I saw the memories with you . I'm almost 70 myself and your expression was perfect ! 😂
The sound of tractors are one of a kind and to hear this Massey-Ferguson run is a sweet music Bruce . Thank you for your channel and live for these older model machines.
When we visited relations in Western Australia (from the UK) one of them had an old Massy Ferguson on his farm with a bra draped over the two headlights. This reminded me of driving one on a UK farm during school holidays in the 50's to earn some extra pocket money. It was much smaller (and they were always painted grey), but it also had a rear scoop.
…wonderful to hear the old Girl doing her thing after só long
Extremely reliable
Engine sounding very good still
Bringing back great childhood memories
Most satisfying
Thank you kindly
👊🔥‼️
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Fantastic work Bruce runs like a clock thanks for sharing 🦘
Thanks very much
Don’t ya’ll just love Bruce…a gift to humanity if you ask me..🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Extremely pleasant video! Thank you!
Great video, Bruce!! Always fun to revive old (almost) forgotten equipment.
Thanks Pete, I expect it will be at least another 10 years until this one moves again!
You know Bruce it is a testament to the manufacturers of these older machines that they are still around today and can be so easily got running again. These modern tractors of the same size cannot hold a candle to that old stuff. They made them to last and be as reliable as can be. That is not the philosophy used by manufacturers today. Bring back the old technology I say. That old stuff was value for money. Just like us old blokes mate, what do you say???.
My brother became the local Dairy Tech and he was telling me a story about a local Tractor dealer who had been pestering a local dairy farmer to buy a new tractor. The farmer said "Nah, the old unit is still doing a good job mate, no need to upgrade her yet". But the dealer kept the pressure on and one day suggested that they bring down a new tractor for a trial 2 week no obligation test run on his place. The farmer thought "No harm in that as there is no obligation". So they dropped off the new tractor and cunningly took his old one away. Within a few days the farmer was on the blower to the dealer demanding his old tractor back "And you can take this piece of crap back with you". The farmer was telling my brother that it lacked the power the old unit had and was prone to overheating. The farmer said that it was nothing but a piece of crap compared to the older unit he had. Cheers.
Armstrong steering!….🤣🤣
Good job Bruce.
Old school rules 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Thanks Mark
That took me back to when I was a kid. From age 10 to 14, I drove that 65 around our farm in Toronto, Ontario, Canada! Sounds exactly the same.too... Nice that it started so quickly as well.
Super jealous of you Bruce. Massey Ferg are my all time favorite trackers. Te20 is my dream Massey to own. One day, maybe one day. That sound is amazing, Music to my ears.
As a young boy an uncle had a dairy farm and he had a Massy and a ford .I spent many a summer on his farm .helping with all the things that need doing of course driving the tractors was my favorite thing to do .I never thought of it as work going on hay rides or mowing the hay fields .it was all great fun to me .the only thing i didn't like was loading the bails from the field to the truck to take to the barn Thanks for the memories .
Bruce, that machine looks like she has many working years ahead of her. I gave you a like and really enjoy your videos. Jim Rioux from Connecticut
Bruce, these were the true workhorses on my farm. They did everything that was ask of them and with only regular service last for ever.
So true Christina, goes to show by how easy this one fired straight up and it would have been fairly well maintained before it retired. Thanks for watching, Bruce
Tractor sounds good
i remember playing with tractor inner tubes at the beach, somehow we all survived without poking our eyes out on the valve stems lol
Bril!. Another bit of old kit ressurected!.🙂 Nuff said!. 👍
Hi fella's . She's a real hot rod !!!!! Cheers n 🍺🍺🍺
hi on the chicken farm i grew up on we had a massey ferguson 35 petrol it needed a valve grind and a few other things was a good old tractor
That was good fun
Good to see it going again. I was surprised how at first it popped right off. Good old diesel engine
I was also a bit supervised Adam, these Perkins powered Massey Fergusons are known for their reliability and there are still plenty of people on little hobby type farms in my area using them on a week to week basis. This one was effectively retired about 30 years ago. Bruce
we got one of those still goin on the farm. almost the exact same
A long time ago ... Fergy TEA, 35,65, 165 multipower, 174D 4WD, 174C crawler.
Be interesting to see if the current model Deere John would start and run that easy when its this Fergies age. The Polly Perkins motors were unkillable. First thing on wheels I ever drove was a petrol Fergy about 70 years ago on mates farm, seems like yesterday!
I very much agree with this, I have a newer john deere myself and it is full of electronics, thanks for watching, Bruce
My favorite mechanic!!
Awesome 👍
What a true treasure👍
Wasn’t it, thanks for the comment, Bruce
That's a restorers dream, the tin work looks in good shape, all it would need is a sand blast, Lance from 'Bundy Bears Shed' on CZcams is currently restoring one of these Massey Ferguson 65s you should check out his channel, he fully restored the engine and gearbox and will paint it too.
Thank you, yes I agree this one is pretty straight and everything else was also quite good, engine, gears, clutch and even the brakes still worked. Yes lance is not far away from us and does really good work! Bruce
love the old fergies
Hey Bruce only just found your vlog from SOUTH AUSTRALIA good deal
Gday Ron, great to see another Aussie, thanks for watching, Bruce
That's amazing that it went just like that, brings back memories of when we were kids and you would get the old tractors going and give them a spin around the paddock. c
Cheers Bruce
That tractors has a pretty good life ,the older tractors usually have the front grills all bashed in ,due to going through scrub and hard work.Its general body work is in good nick.
Gday Jack, yes that’s right I agree, it’s pretty straight. You’ll also be pleased to know that I have got my hands on some clutch parts for the acco 6x6 and working towards taking it across the paddock in the near future. Best wishes, Bruce
Looking forward to that Bruce@@bruceinaus
I can just imagine the…PEACE…that this man has getting to do this kind of thing…🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
They should give you the tractor now that you got it going. What I am sure of is with a set of forks replacing that bin you could certainly use a fork truck at your paddock. This would do just fine.
Well done Bruce, I dips me lid, you probably saved the little Fergie from the junkyard.
Thanks Dave, I would hate to think something this good would be destined for the scrapyard but it always surprises me what people discard in our throw away society. Thanks for watching! Bruce
That's a good straight 65 mk2 . I had a mk1 and mk2 . The latter being the best. Easy start more powerful and more reliable. Wish I still had it. Good video
Thanks very much Niall, I thought this was a mk1 because of no power steering but I’m not an expert and happy to be corrected! Thanks very much for watching, Bruce
Well Bruce the best way to tell the difference mk1 and mk2 is the sump of the mk1 has a v wedge and is a 198 cubic inch the mk2 has a 203 Ci has 58 hp as opposed to 50 hp of the 198ci some mk2 came with multiplier which doubles the gears to 12
Me mate was looking for a first tractor n 1 of these came up...couldn't get his wallet out fast enough.. loyal tractor. Shout out to Steve's Place Down Under!
Thanks for sharing, they are good. Steve has a great CZcams channel with Good Australian content, I would highly recommend everyone checking him out if you haven’t already done so, Bruce.
My friend had a 50 Massey Ferguson. The tractor looked very similar to yours but it was gasoline. I fixed it up and got it running for him and it seemed to want to run on forever. My friend just used the bushhog on his 50.
Bruce i was lookin forward to another story😢
great viseo as usual mate bloody awsome job you do reviving these ol girls back to healthy condition
Unreal mate you are bringing back so many memories for me !
Thank you for a very nice video🙂👍
So nice of you, thanks Bruce
I hope to visit Australia and shake this man’s hand someday…Major General Bryan Maxwell, USMC ( Retired )..1985…
Massey 65 Dave? Sorry, I did not hear your description of the tractor but yes they were mighty tractors.
Actually the whole range of Massy Fergusans where unbreakable.
I have driven many of the makes from Torque converter(?)models and you could hear the grunt coming out of the drive train when the torque switch was engaged. Grandfather had one and also drove one that had a blade-mounted front end and pushed scrub up for clearing. I have also driven a 35 petrol engine and they went well also. I think there were two types of diesel 35s as well, early model had the 3-cylinder and then a 4-cylinder came along? Not sure maybe the other way around.
Then after a while the 100 series come along from 135 to 175 Masseys and I think bigger as well. I drove a few but most of them when I was around were not that profolic. I think they were a better Fergy though.
The Fergy Grey ( the first of the Fergy tractors) I drove also used to have a carry-all on the a-end and I could stand on the hay on the carry-all and distribute the hay to the cows at low speeds and you know that was how it was in those days. My father dug up an old broken down Massey Harris Petrol, rebuilt that, and used it on our farm. It was lacking but it did the job. I remember he was ripping the soil as to stop binding and it would just manage to pull enough of the ripper without grunting to a stall. The old man was a hard nut and used to swing off the handles of this ripper to keep going down deep. I think at the time he was not heavy, about the weight of a wet sugar bag. LOL, however, he never held back to give it to me if I stalled the Old Harris.
Like it was only put away last year !! ❤❤❤❤❤
That’s right, you wouldn’t have known it had been sitting 10+ years that’s for sure, thanks for watching, Bruce
great
The mk2 had a return line to the fuel tank the mk1 didn’t easy way to tell that’s a nice high clearance model getting rare those row crop tractors
Thanks very much for that information Wade, I didn’t know that, much appreciated, Bruce
Good old tractor massy's
I agree, especially these pre electronic Perkins models. My favourite tractor of all time we had over the years was the Massey Ferguson 35x with the 3 cylinder Perkins diesel!
Try that with a modern tractor, I doubt many will last long enough to not go straight to scrap. That old Massey is still a useable machine.
The MF 65 also were the first tractor to be fitted with MF multi power Bruce and was in competition with the Ford 5000 and David Brown 990, Great show as usual 🇮🇪
designed before 5000 was even thought about!
Isuzu trucks as well, forgot to say mate but never stop what you’re doing and keep making the best videos, cheers 🍻 mate
Hello from Atlanta Bruce. I was wondering how water got in an apparently sealed tire. Thanks so much for sharing!
My brother and I bought one of these years ago to turn a bit of cash for our holidays.
It needed a new stub axle and bonnet but, other than that, stuck a battery in her, steam clean, changed all the fluids and took her to a farm sale.
Made enough of a profit for both our holiday cash😂
One thing which these 65s were afflicted by was the hydraulic units (on top of the diff) were extremely prone to cracking near the front edge and oozing oil out, ours was no different😂😂
Great video again Bruce👍👍
Thanks for sharing😊
prone to cracking... haha!
@@joelawrence56
What's so funny?
We had one of these as a mk2 with power steering and "multipower". Also had a Fiat 513R which supposedly was around the same horsepower. The Fiat destroyed the Fergy performance-wise but the Ferg was nicer to drive. The Fiats generally would generally always out pull the Fergs in all horsepower ranges. Those OM diesels were economical and tough. Perkins were ok but not in the same league. I think the CAV distributor pumps on Perkins dropped their bundle below 1500rpm where the Bosch inline pumps would pull to the last gasp on the OM's. Way more gutsy!
Great old tractors.
Bon dia Brasil !
Massey Ferguson 65 row crop version. Massey made thousands and thousands of both row crop and standard clearance versions worldwide. Get it out of the shed and back in the field. Trouble is what sends a lot of serviceable tractors to the junk yard is the enormous cost of new tires. BTW here in the states non power steering tractors were known as "wrist breaker" steering. We had a MF150D Trouble MF's of that era is that they were tremendous power take off tractors but heavy tillage under heavy load their light design made them inferior to other brands.
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Ah , the amount of chook crap that machine has moved ! Good video Bruce ! 🌵
Hi Scott, it would have been many tonnes having seen the sheds they had back in the day, thanks for watching, Bruce
It's as easy as that, if you know what you are doing .
Can't beet a bit of masses from peterbourgh from the perking factory now cat and perkins
Thanks Alan, glad you enjoyed it. Bruce
2:54
For what is that bolt/ screw at the exhaust good for?
How many forward gears did the tractor have, and what was the highest gear you were running in?
I guess it has good patina…. & bugger all electronic gizmos!
Yep you got that right, cheers, Bruce
I have a 175 myself and you can leave them for years in the shed and the same thing apart from maybe a bit of an air lock it fires right up, I see your used to driving a non power steering tractor as your thumbs never go inside the wheel, we'll done.
Hello, yes they are great tractors that’s for sure. I was always nervous about hitting a stump in the scrub and breaking my fingers years ago and I think that has stuck, Thanks for watching, Bruce
Grt tractor 4 there size
HOW did this American 🚜 tractor get WAYYYYYYYYYY over to the Outback??
Use 2 old fellas around same vintage
None of us are getting any younger unfortunately Ron, Bruce
Can you find a old Landrover to do please mate
I’ll keep my eyes peeled for you Neil, never know what will might come across in my travels, thanks for watching, Bruce
Vähä ajettu ferkku💪
Thank you!
That's engine sounds like a truck engine.
Diehard SOBs. thanks for the video, Bruce
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Thank you