Massey ferguson 135 draft control cracked#

The 'Constant Pumping position' refers to the Position control, not the Draft control, and that lever position is also to far rear (up). On my 2660 (newer larger machine) the 'out of the way' position for the Draft lever is all the way toward the rear (up). That is very obscure and you are unlikely to ever see that condition. In fact MF makes a Draft bypass kit that takes the Draft sensing out of the picture entirely. some huge load) the forces overcome the 'desensitized' Draft control and it goes into effect again and can even disable all lifting. Specifically when there is a very large abnormal downward force on the lift arms and your 3pt hitch system (e.g. In reality that 'disable' lever location only desensitizes the Draft control. One last comment which probably is NOT relevant in your case at all: With the Ferguson system most people do not know that the extreme end 'out of the picture' position of the Draft lever does not really totally disable the Draft control - it does for almost all circumstances but not ALL. That's what we always did when the harrow was horse-drawn and there was no lift. Most harrow work I am familiar with just lets gravity control the depth of cut and maybe load some ballast or concrete blocks on top of the harrow if a deeper cut is desired. In that case you could use the Draft Control to adjust how deep the harrow is allowed to dig. I suppose it is possible that pulling the harrow it MIGHT not dig in as much as you wish and it MIGHT dig deeper due to the curve of the tangs if the lift allowed it. In that case you will run all the time with the Draft Control in the 'out of the picture' position. A bit of cut and try to it.Īll that lengthy explanation out of the way, you said you are not planning to do plowing. You have to play with that some (both how far down you lower the plow using the Position Control initially AND how much Draft Control you introduce with the other lever) to get the action you want. Then as you begin to plow you move the Draft Control lever forward to adjust how much effect is put in by the draft sensor. In use, you lower the position control lever to set the plow about where you want it in depth in the soil. The end result of the Draft Control is that the plow is kept at a much more constant depth or 'draft' in spite of the up and down of the land and that is why it is called Draft Control. downward force of the plow trying to dig even deeper) the rod through the center of the big spring is pulled outward which affects the internal ram that controls the 3pt lower arms. When that spring is overcome by top link tension (e.g. Most of the Ferguson systems have a big heavy spring behind the top link. Draft control requires some means of sensing vertical load. In the more complicated mode (primarily used for plowing) use the Draft control. Unless you are plowing or doing something similar you normally have no use for the Draft Control. In that mode, the other (Position Control) lever just does exactly what it sounds like - controls the vertical position of your 3pt implements. With the draft control all the way to one end (ones I've worked with it was the top end) the Draft Control is intentionally taken out of the picture. Now to the question of the controls: Ferguson for many decades has used a 2 lever system with one for Draft control and the other for Position control. On the other hand there were so many MF35's made that there should be a lot of used parts available. You are into major repairs there & no way around it.

Massey ferguson 135 draft control cracked#

Sorry to hear about the cracked ram cylinder.