Help identify my tractor

agjim

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I have what I believe is a 1964 4 cyl. 2000 but the date code makes me think it was made in '66. Help me understand what I have and why I'm confused. The
numbers stamped on the transmission are as follows:
6M 12
21111-4
74728
Any help is appreciated.
Jim
 
go on the net and type in your tractor model number and serial number search. you should be able to see where your serial number is. that's what you need.
 
Your number should be on the left side of the engine behind the starter,stamped into the flat machined surface there.You might have to sand or scrape to remove paint to read it.
 
If you follow the information that you find on the internet then it is confusing.

21111 is a 2000 series offset that was officially made between late 1962 and the end of 1964. The -4 at the end means that it has a high clearance wide front end.

74728 looks like the serial number which would make it a 1964 serial number if the info on the web was completely correct, but they actually continued to make the 2000 series offset model in small runs for many years after 1964 because of customer demand for an offset that they didn't have available in the newer series. They actually made the 2000 offsets up through the 1970's and possibly up into the early 1980's as well.

So the date code of 6M12 meaning December 12 1966 is probably correct and your tractor was probably made in 1968 (or possibly even 1976, but 1966 is more likely as they made fewer and fewer as time went on).

For the purpose of ordering parts and things like that, you should use the premise that your tractor is a 1964 2000 offset high crop even though it was actually made a few years later as they didn't change anything major during that time period and your tractor shares virtually no parts with the other 3 cylinder 2000 series that was being made at the time that your tractor was made. So if you order parts for a 1966 2000 they will not be correct.
 
Sorry, I made a typo and this site doesn't allow you to edit your posts. At one point I typed 1968 when it should have been 1966.
 

21111-4 is a unique model
21 = 2000 model
11 = Offset
1 = 4 spd trans w/pto
-4 = High clearance with wide front

64 model 2000 serial numbers started at 38931 so 74728 is way up there.

6M12 does look like a Dec 12, 1966 build date.

I had read some where that Ford continued building some of the 4 cylinder models if they didn't offer a 3 cylinder version of that tractor.

Can't say that I've ever seen a offset high clearance 3 cyl 2000.
 
Sean;
So with suffix 4 we have 38" rear wheels and without a suffix number the rear wheels are 28" and the front axle turned the opposite. Or don't I under stand!!
 
(quoted from post at 09:52:33 07/07/18) Sean;
So with suffix 4 we have 38" rear wheels and without a suffix number the rear wheels are 28" and the front axle turned the opposite. Or don't I under stand!!

I'm not sure what you mean by "the front axle turned the opposite." A high clearance row crop has taller spindles on the ends of the front axle sections to make the front higher and generally had taller rear wheels than the standard row crops so that the rear was higher as well, but the rear wheels may have been swapped out at some point with shorter ones.

Yes, the "-4" suffix makes it a high clearance version of a row crop. The 211 at the beginning means that it is the offset version of the row crop, so it is a high clearance offset row crop.
 
From WayneIA: "Sean; So with suffix 4 we have 38" rear wheels and without a suffix number the rear wheels are 28" and the front axle turned the opposite. Or
don't I under stand!!"

Sean, my tractor has 11.2x38 rears and the front axle is "turned opposite", that is the center section is flipped over which raises the front of the tractor
probably 6 inches. the spindles are long and with the long spindles and the axle "flipped" the front of the tractor does set high - it reminds me of the way
some of the old 6000s set up in the front. My wish bone has been welded on and looks rough but still functions but i'd like to find a better one.

Thanks for all the information from all of you.

Jim
 
Pictures of Ford 2000 offset
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Since we are talking the offset tractor. The front axle is used proportionately according to which rear tire size is used. There is no such thing as a high clearance offset. It is just higher clearance with 38" rears and the front axle properly turned. Right? I guess I am pulling straws here but we are not buying anything extra to make it high clearance like you would on a7/900 row crop were you would need two extra axles and spindles.
 
Sorry, I had never seen a high clearance offset before in person so I was just assuming that the spindles were taller like they are on the normal high clearance row crops. Looking at the parts drawings there is only one part number for the left and right axle end/spindles respectively, so it does look like flipping over the center section is how to achieve the taller height.

But looking at the parts drawings, there is a difference between the regular offset and the high clearance version. The part labelled 62 is different between the regular and high clearance version. That s the pitman arm that connects the steering gear in the bolster to the linkage below, so I assume that it needs to be longer to reach down to the proper height for the high clearance model.
 
Center pitman arm and outer spindle arms are differance. Rear are 38". Front center axle is turn over.The 4 is factor Hi clearance.They did make them on special order in 1966 & 67
 

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