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fife plooman would be the expert here. when you are engaging the PTO are you using the clutch? and can you confirm that the lever is fully engaging, you should be able to see the rear PTO lever on the side of the PTO housing drop into the location grooves. Also are you moving it the correct way, one way is for land drive and the other is for engine drive, centre position is off. To remove the rotovator you disconnect it from the lift arms then lift the little black lever on the tractor pto housing and simply pull the rotovator away from the tractor. If the shaft has been on a long time or without any grease it may not be so simple as the shaft is a very close fit. Do you have the reduction type hubs fitted to the tractor?

Not sure which section to post this in so I thought I would try here. I am restoring a Gutbrod rotovator but found a female-female splined coupler inside the gearbox has split due to the shaft inside it rusting and swelling up, I cant just weld it up as a oil seal runs on the outside of it so I need to find a replacement It has 13 teeth and the shaft that fits into it measures 21.36mm in diameter, does anyone know if this is a standard size and if it is metric or imperial or even better where to get one cheers

Hi Jon The key is an easy one, I think this is where I got mine (once I worked out that you push the key to start rather than turn it, never seen that before) http://www.replacementkeys.co.uk/vehicle/tractor/bosch-vehicle-key.html The part number on my original key that came with my second tractor is 3341 982 101 Paint work is personal choice everyone has there own opinion, mine were both painted non standard before I got them therefore the decision to repaint as standard was made. not sure about the light lenses, if they were common to cars of the time you may be lucky and find a set

The 'Allen Motostandard' is a Gutbrod that was imported into the UK and sold by Allens of Oxford. I don't know if they were imported direct from Gutbrod or not as Gutbrods were sold as 'Motostandard' in France so maybe they came via their. Cheers

Very nice, A job well done and will now last for many years more

I'm Always on the lookout for different implements and attachments for my Massey Elf, if you have any genuine Gutbrod (Motostandard, Allen Tractor) attachments for the 1030/1031/1032 or 1040 drop me a PM, No distance too near or price too low Cheers

If anyone else wants to join the Elf Owner club be my guest , or even some Gutbrod owners as they are basically the same other than the branding. I am biased of course but they are a brilliant bit of kit, they are little tractors rather than a ride on mower. They have 4 forward gears, 2 reverse gears all driven with a proper car type clutch, they also have diff lock, rear PTO both ground and engine speed and a front PTO, oh and handbrake which I always forget to release

I remember saying that, be careful though as they are addictive and with about 50 different impliments that were produced theres a lot of hunting and spending to be done

Nice collection Koen and great video's its good to see machinery being used as it was intended to be

or even Nein Not a good image but this may be a little easier to understand Cheers

Of course you have only removed the guard for photographic purposes Very nice Stormin, it will outlast anything bought new these days also good it earns its keep

No Bother Nigel it was a shame coming back with only a half load last time but you could probably do it cheaper than me as I have to travel the length of the UK before I even get into Europe.

Very nice Neil, was it complicated to import?

Very nice Titch, I bet there's a lot of hours put in to each model

The trailer was my latest purchase and is almost the correct one for the tractor the only difference from the correct one is the length, this one is 30cm longer. But yes I drove it there, you may not be able to see in the photo but the trailer is PTO driven giving the tractor trailer combo 4 wheel drive. The trailers are very rare I have never seen a correct one for the tractor for sale and I had to drive over to Germany to buy this one it was 150 miles north east of Berlin, 1500miles from my house.

Yes I ended up buying my second Elf just to get those weights.

Very nice Titch, Its great that you got those old photo's and log book from the previous owners son. Its always nice to know the history of a machine makes, it that bit more special.

The paintwork should actually be all yellow as they were sold by Massey as an industrial tractor and painted the same as their diggers of the same era. The cast aluminium grill panel also matches the diggers. That's how I found out about the Elf as I have a 1967 Massey digger and I bought a book to research it and there was article about the Elf in it and I just had to have one as a stable mate.

Yes they are basically a Gutbrod 1030 that Massey put there own cast Aluminium nose and tinwork on to

As far as I am aware of there are 2 in the UK and I have them both. It was Massey in Germany that sold them and that's where they have mainly stayed. I was recently told that if bought new with the ploughs they cost the same as a VW Beetle so they weren't a cheap tractor!

Hi All here are a few pictures of my Elf that I bought about 18 months ago. Since then I have been searching for all the original attachments, hope you enjoy them.