Ford Industrial ID Help SOS Tranny

Need help with the ID. This is an early Ford Industrial with a 712 loader. It has an SOS tranny with an early series casting number of 312259. Seems like the label under the casting suggests 59. I don't get the 5 in the model number. I would have guessed it was an 1881 or 1871 and possibly a D for the Diesel.

Thanks Rick

this is from John Smiths web site

Mark

Decoding the 5 digit model numbers on 2000-4000 series tractors -

First number (1 digit)
2**** - 134 ci gasoline or 144 ci diesel engine
4**** - 172 ci gas, LP-gas or 172 ci diesel engine

Second number (1 digit)
*0*** - Industrial models produced prior to 1963
*1*** - Industrial and agricultural models produced after 1963

Third number (2 digits)
**10 * - Row crop
**11 * - Offset
**20 * - Utility-type w/adjustable front axle
**21 * - Orchard type w/ non-adjustable front axle
**30 * - Utility-type tractor w/non-adjustable front axle (light industrial)
**31 * - Low center of gravity (LCG tractor)
**40 * - Heavy duty industrial tractor w/sub frame
**41 * - Heavy duty industrial tractor w/sub frame & cast grille

Last number (1 digit)
*1**0 - Four-speed w/o PTO
*0**1 - Four-speed w/o PTO or hydraulics
*1**1 - Four-speed w/PTO
*0**2 - Four-speed w/hydraulics, w/o PTO
*1**2 - Five-speed w/live PTO
*0**3 - Four-speed w/hydraulics and PTO
*0**4 - Select-O-Speed w/o hydraulics or PTO
*1**4 - Select-O-Speed w/o PTO
*0**5 - Select-O-Speed w/hydraulics and single-speed (540 rpm) PTO
*0**6 - Select-O-Speed w/hydraulics, 540 and 1000 rpm PTO and ground-speed PTO
*1**6 - Select-O-Speed w/two-speed (540 and 1000 rpm) independent PTO
*1**7 - Select-O-Speed w/540 and 1000 rpm independent PTO and ground-speed PTO
*0**9 - Five-speed w/live PTO

Suffixes
-1 - Tricycle with single front wheel
-4 - High clearance with wide front
-L - LP gas engine
-D - Diesel engine


Thousand Series tractor serial numbers -

Looks like 40405D to me.

Thanks guys, clearly had a brain fart. How likely would it have been to have a tranny manufactured in 59 on a 61 model?

The cast "59" on the tranny simply means the year it was cast, not necessarily the year it was machined and/or assembled.

And the serial number is ___815?

Kirk

Hello Rick , Looking at the serial number you can see a faint 34 before the 815 and the missing digit would be a 1 , 134815 which would be a 1961 40405-D Heavy Duty Industrial Tractor . The 5 means it has three point hitch and single speed 540 rpm pto and the D of course means it was a Diesel . The casting date looks like A-5-9 which means Jan. 5 1959 , which would be very likely on a 1961 tractor even on early 1962 models . It also looks to be a Four wheel drive tractor with an Elenco axle or was at one time . Thanks Tony