Mf 1135 Restoration

A brief overview of the work we carried out to completely restore this Canadian giant to its former glory.

The tractor is a 1978 Massey Ferguson 1135. It features a 6cyl Perkins turbo charged, 130hp engine, driving through a 12 speed Multi-Power transmission. The 1135 was a popular choice for large farmers and contarctors during the late 70's and early 80's. With little competition in it's power bracket, they were a popular tractor and could be often seen powering trailed silage harvesters, or ploughing with 5 forrow semi-mounted ploughs.

This particular MF 1135, spent the first few years of its life working in Co. Meath, then it was bought by a large arable farmer in Rathcoffey, Co. Kildare, where it was used as a front line tractor along with another identical machine the farm had bought new.
It was then bought by the current owner, and used for general farm work, as well as contract bailing, mowing and other duties.
Due to its low road speed, and dated technology, it was replaced by more modern John Deere tractors, and was left sitting in the back of a barn, facing an uncertian and somewhat boring future.

After nearly 15 years of waiting patiently, it finally got the attention it deserved, from three eager enthusiasts, myself, MrFoxman360, mechanincal engineer, Vincenzolorenzo, and of course the Boss.

Work started in mid January 2008. The tractor was completely stripped, checked, sand blasted and expertely resprayed, replacing many parts with genuine orignals and having the unavailable ones remanufactured to orignal spec, such as the roof, and interior decals.
The tractor was finished on June 28th, in time for the annaul Hill Billy tractor run in Co. Wicklow, where the tractor made its debut, generating quite a bit of interest and causing quite a stir among spectators.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• mf
• massey
• ferguson
• 1135
• americian
• tractors
• restoration
• refurbishment
• 6cyl
• perkins
• classic
• vintage
• hill
• billy
• run
• show

[mumspest1]

how much was the sandblaster

[MrFoxman360]

@mumspest1 cant remember really, about 600

[mumspest1]

whos sand blaster did you use

[MrFoxman360]

@mumspest1 Have our own sandblaster, had to get a loan of a compressor that weekend, but we have our own one of them now too

[222world]

is it difficult to strip oil immersed brakes? because on my David Brown the pedal does nothing and then locks when reversing, otherwise they work alright but you just got to be careful with the pedal.

cheers

dave

[MrFoxman360]

@222world well they are simple enough but getting to them can involve a lot of stripping down, not sure what the DB is like. Sounds like your linings are worn out

[Goodmanslicepan]

What sort of an ignorant bolox are you?, you would want to be some seriously stupid person to put a 15,000 euro tractor on a scrapheap. Whats your game anyway, you just joined a few hours ago and already your posting stupid comments like the one above. Who the fuck cares what you have to say anyway, I'm sure MrFoxman dosen't, so don't come around here again.

[greylulu]

You guy know what you are doing.

great job

[carnivore10]

Amazing...Great job!

[landini8550]

i think them 1135s have the same engine as the landini 10000s.

what do ye use that tractor for

[matbrotr250]

We made a trip to lyons and burton for the spinner you did?

[cop1977]

Excellent work, she's a beauty!