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Adam
05-01-2003 20:53:25
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Hello everyone, my name is Adam, and I'm new to this board, and Massey’s too. I just got a Massey 65 for what I though was (and for the most part still do...) a good deal. However the 65 has some problems, and it seems like every time I turn around one more shows up. I'm starting to lose that loving feeling... I will post the specific problems on a few following posts so that the archive searches work better for others. This evening, I read through over 500 posts and archives. And am starting to get an idea of a few of the things ahead. (It's now 11:52pm EST!) Really, I just wanted to start with this post to say hello to everyone and thank Big Dean for all of his insights and to introduce myself as one who will learn from all of this, and then one day, share with others. I have a very strong background with antique and vintage garden tractors (Bantam, Panzer, and David Bradley’s, to name a few) and I also have a 2N. I was very excited about the MF 65, but when I saw a few things not working as well as they could, and headed up to the local Massey dealership to order a shop manual, I was laughed at, and then told "You got an old tractor, with the worst, and most hazardous steering. You should just sell it to the next guy, and let them learn, and they'll sell it, and so on. It will just steer drastically on there own" What???? A dealer saying that??? Yikes!!!! So I'm posting here. Hopefully some good friends will be made. Others, a big thanks ahead of time. At present, the shop manual is not in. If someone could let me know how many drain plugs there are to drain the hydraulic fluid out of the tractor (has water in it) and where the fill plug is located, that would be great. Also, the tractor is a '58 gas, with a front pump 245? Massey? loader, I had wanted to know where the fill and check plug was for that. (Left frame rail???) More problems to follow... Thanks everybody, I look forward to being a member of your community
Adam
PS Any other things you think I should know right away, don't hesitate to reply!!! Thx
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