smiffy – Member
“mc – Member
Is that a 3 cyl Perkins 35?
It’s a TE20 with a P3 conversion.
The other option was the infamous gold seal diesel engine (basically the Standard petrol engine converted to diesel, which is what mcmoonter probably has), which was renowned for it’s poor starting.
The P3 conversion kit was supplied by Perkins, and was that succesful, it resulted in MF using Perkins engines as standard.”
My 35x is a Perkins 3; it starts after a night indoors with a Shogun jumpstart!
The 35 didn’t use a P3 😉
The P3 refers to the first of the perkins diesels, which also came in 4 and 6 cylinder versions, suprisingly named the P4 and P6.
The P-series of engines used inline injection pumps, and also the design feature whereby the con-rod big-end was larger than the cylinder bore, so you had to push the piston out the top, remove the gudgeon pin, then drop the con-rod out the bottom (they make for a lot of strong language when trying to get the things back together!)
The 35, used the newer 3.152 series of engine, complete with rotary fuel pumps, with the original 35s using the indirect injected version, before introducing the 35X signifying the move to the A3.152 direct injected version.
Which was then replaced by the AD3.152 with the introduction of the 135.
Massey continued to use the 3.152 in various versions up until they stopped production of the smaller 200 series tractors in the late 90s.
And yes, I know I sound far too geeky, but I’ve rebuilt numerous perkins 3-cylinders, and know them pretty well, including the variances between the different versions.