Need To-35 information about the ZB-134 engine.

What can you tell me? I'm gathering information about it. I'v had it over 15 years and used it a lot. It's still a working tractor,just not used as much. Engine has ID. tag riveted to the block along with a warning tag. I'l see if I can post some pictures and let them speak. ___JIM

Well you have a 1959 Ferguson TO-35. One of the last built before the name was changed to be Massey Ferguson MF-35. That occurred near SN 204000.

The SHM means:
"S" - you have a standard chassie, as seen in the photos.
"H" - You have a high altitude configured engine (higher compression) - thus the warning lable.
"M" - You have a two stage clutch i.e. live hydraulics.

I have not seen a Hi-alt. engine. The dual exhaust is interesting. Do not loose your manifold I am sure they are very rare beasties.

I cannot tell if you power steering or not.

The tractor would have been painted red and flint metalic grey (silverish).

It has a factory shovel with it.

Jeff

Thanks Jeff,very interesting. I new it had the warning label about the 5000 feet. I have been operating it at about 2500 ft,has allways ran good. I had the carb rebuilt about 15 years ago and just redone it again last week. I have never changed points in it yet. It has had the ford passenger car alternator added which I want to change back to the generator so i can get the Tractor-meter working. It has the original power steering and works okay. The loader I added later which has the name M F on it. I had to build the front mount for it as the original was to far forward on it like maybe it belonged on a bigger tractor. As you can see there is no pump on the front of it. I used the loader to place building materials on the roof of houses and the pump stuck out so far i was unable to get close to the walls with out hitting it. So at first i had a sprocket and chain set up on the PTO to operate it until it wore out. Then i switched it over to a 'Prince' PTO pump with new control levers. I did just now remove the split manifold because the pipes were getting bad and I put a new single one back on. I don't believe the manifold came on it ,but somebody did do a good job of splitting it. I'l keep it around just in case i might want to use it again.

I may have an original color sales brochure (poster) for the TO-35 that you might find interesting.

I"ll trade it for the "55 Ford parked behind your tractor.

;-)

L.O.L. , I can't take you up on that , :lol: , I gave that ford,56, to my son about 20 years ago. Then brought it down to Idaho from Seattle Washington 12 years ago. Then after I restored it with a frame off restoration he just left it here. He has no place to keep it so I wish he would just sell it. __JIM

Is that split manifold a factory item, or did someone custom make it?

Randyr, I believe somebody may have made, if so they did a real good job of it. I can check the casting numbers if that would give some information. The only part about it was it needed to be rerouted a little different. I never did have any problems with the extra heat close to the carb. But it was hard to adjust the carb. because of not having much room to get my fingers on the left back side of it with out getting branded. I put a new stock one back in it's place,so when i start working it hard i'l find out if there's been any loss in power. I don't know why it was put on unless it had something to do with operating it at high elevations pushing snow maybe. When i bought it there was three hydraulic controls mounted under the front side of the seat. The guy i bought it from said they were for some snow removal equipment mounted on the front. It had 12 " wide adjustable rear wheels on it. I had to remove them after they rusted real bad around the valve stem areas. I would like to repaint it someday as that ugly blue is getting bad. I'm trying to get as much information about it as i can so i can restore it correct. Thats my hobby ,fixing up old junk cars,trucks so i thought,why not a tractor , :roll: __Like I don't have enough projects now, :lol: ___JIM

That exhaust system is not in the parts list but it looks too good to be a homemade one and is possibly one they used with the Hi-Altitude Engine, which may also accounts for the pre-fix of "ZB" on the Engine tag....John

Thanks John, I thought the same too. I sure it's homemade ,but very good. I believe it's been on there a long time. I have seen homemade splits like that on cars and some of them were pretty good. I just hope i never made a mistake by taking it off and replacing with a single. I did work the tractor today but not hard enough to see if there was any difference in performance. __JIM