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    WORKSHOP: HELP

    Jun 19, 2020 5 minutes

    WRITE TO THE EDITOR: Tractor & Machinery, The Granary, Downs Court, Yalding Hill, Yalding, Kent ME18 6AL

    E-mail: tm.ed@kelsey.co.uk

    Massey Ferguson 35

    Q Have you any tips for the rocker cover gasket on the threecylinder 35? I have replaced it twice, but after some time it starts to weep oil. Am I tightening it down too much?

    Anthony Richards, via e-mail

    A The pressed steel rocker covers of Perkins 3.152 engines are known to be a source of escape for engine oil. Generally, when I’ve rebuilt engines on MF 35 and 135 tractors in the past, I have always used a light coating of ‘instant gasket’ on each side of the gasket when refitting, as a 'belt and braces' approach.

    Another point is the way the covers are

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