Timing gear cover gasket

[Bchaney]

Hi I just bought a gasket kit from yesterdays tractor so I can replace my timing gear cover gasket and it's doesn't fit. Is there more than one gasket. Or has my engine been replaced? Can I tell by looking at the serial number? SN 1619268 The guy from yesterday tractor said they have sold fifty this month and had no problems. thanks for any help. Brent

[Brian]

The original parts book gives the same gasket from 1957 to end of production, it may be that you have got a replacement Ferguson/Perkins engine fitted or YT are supplying a gasket set for a P3/Ferguson engine rather than the F3 Ford one. They seem to have supplied a lot of Dexta gasket sets in a month for the number of Dextas in the US so I would think they may be using the one set to cover the MF 35 as well.

[russelm]

There must be two types for the Perkins 3 cylinder as a recent engine gasket kit that came from a well known supplier, had two cover gaskets of slightly different shapes.

Obviously only one of the supplied fitted the Dexta.