[AT] MF 65 LP tractor need hyd pump info

[Indiana Robinson]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> I had a MF65 on LP follow me home a couple of nights ago.  It has issues
> with the front axle support that mounts to the engine.  The first time
> in 40 years that I have seen one that is cracked.  It doesn't appear to
> have ever had a loader mounted.  It must have had a bad wreck or fall...
>
> I am trying to install a hyd pump to put a front end loader on it if I
> ever get a front support found..  Some forklift pumps mount on the
> engine and drive off the camshaft.  They use a continental engine.  This
> tractor has power steering.  Could I mount a hydraulic pump off the
> camshaft drive for the power steering pump and run a loader and the
> power steering.  I could always install a flow divider, or a double pump
> to get the power steering...
>
> Cecil in OKla
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Hi Ceci:

I would probably just pull a pump, tank and valve off of a self
propelled combine and use those. Many even have usable almost
universal pump mounting brackets. Any pump that will lift a 4 or 6 row
corn head should handle about any loader.
Maybe MF or somebody else even had one to fit that engine if it was
ever used on a combine.
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I wonder if maybe it was used in tractor pulling? I have seen those
things dropped so hard that front axles break completely out from
under them. I can't recall just how our MF-65 was built in that area
but I wonder if the existing parts could be repaired by welding and
built up stronger than original? I have been known to add a good bit
of heavy steel to a once broken casting that bridges out beyond the
break area sometimes using a bunch of cap screws through the heavy
steel into tapped holes in solid parts of the casting.
I was going to put a loader on a Farmall 400 with wide front (then
changed my mind) but once while I had the front axle out from under it
I welded a truss type support under the axle at the pivot to spread
the weight farther out on the axle.
Years ago we broke a lift arm on my MF-165 and rather than replace it
we just welded it and added another piece above it to span the weak
area. It works perfectly and has for probably 30 years.
A "good" repair can often be many times stronger than the original part.
I mention this generally because I know that you already do stuff like that.


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