I've dragged this thread up from the grave cos I found some more information while I was doing something else, it may be of some help to someone else if they're doing a search for info.
The stock transistor is a 2SD2422 this is a High Power Darlington Transistor Pair. I wonder if the IRF FET worked as MS uses a FET driver to operate the IRFIZ34N-ND (FETs are Voltage driven, Darlingtons are current driven). The datasheet for the IRF device shows that it may not get enough volts from a stock TTL output to drive it. I did find an equivalent device listed as a 2SD1415, a datasheet for this is available so it might be possible to locate a more readily available device, alternatively the BTS133 FET I suggested originally may well work as it needs a much lower drive voltage. The 2SB1335A device used for the 5V is a PNP power transistor.
Edit: I just noticed the original date, time flies eh?