Thanks for your patience on my multiple threads over the past couple weeks. Searching for the right tractor in the right price range is very exhausting. Guy has this 135 for sale. Here is the info he has provided and picture below. A little rough looking but could be a good tractor I think. Any preliminary idea on value?
Also, I would like to find a loader to put on it. How much of a pain in the behind is this to do? Is it worth it or should I find one with loader already on it? I talked to a guy over the weekend that said he took a loader off a TO-35 and he wants $100 for it. Everything works. Could I mount this on the 135, and if so, do I need additional parts such as control valve? Or will the control valve (joystick) from the TO-35 work?
Only thing he says is wrong with tractor is the power steering fluid is low and it doesn't work. He hasn't put any fluid in it yet to try and diagnose problem.
Listing - 1969 Massey Ferguson 135 with Perkins 2.5L 3-cyl gasoline Engine. 3-Point Hitch. Rear PTO. 46 Horse Power. Power Steering. 12 Volt Electrical. Runs Good. Original hour meter works and reads 2588 hours. Sheet metal is nice and straight.
His response to my inquiry - Still have the Massey. Does not have puddles of fluid underneath it. There is some oil around on the engine. Its a 1969 and has not been redone/rebuilt anytime recently so it has what you would expect of old gaskets and some oil seepage showing on it. The Hydraulics/3 point hitch work. Coolant does not seem to leak. All tires hold air. The one thing that does not currently work on it is the power steering. Power steering fluid is low and it may be as simple as adding fluid. I was going to add fluid but need to find out what type of fluid to put into that system. Brakes work. One brake needs adjusted up to make them match better on the pedals. The light switch does not work. Switch needs replaced. Without the switch I do not know if the light bulbs are both still good or not. PTO does run. I have played with it. Tractor has a two stage clutch. Pedal completely depressed and nothing runs. Pedal half way up PTO engages but tractor does not move. Foot off pedal and PTO runs and tractor moves in whatever gear your in.
Tractor was owned by my father in law and I am selling it for the family. He passed Jan 2015 and the tractor was sitting since then. The little history I know is that it started with the military. At some point it was sold to Borough. Family purchased it from the borough. After sitting for over a year the only thing I had to do to it to get it running was replace the coil.
Also, I would like to find a loader to put on it. How much of a pain in the behind is this to do? Is it worth it or should I find one with loader already on it? I talked to a guy over the weekend that said he took a loader off a TO-35 and he wants $100 for it. Everything works. Could I mount this on the 135, and if so, do I need additional parts such as control valve? Or will the control valve (joystick) from the TO-35 work?
Only thing he says is wrong with tractor is the power steering fluid is low and it doesn't work. He hasn't put any fluid in it yet to try and diagnose problem.
Listing - 1969 Massey Ferguson 135 with Perkins 2.5L 3-cyl gasoline Engine. 3-Point Hitch. Rear PTO. 46 Horse Power. Power Steering. 12 Volt Electrical. Runs Good. Original hour meter works and reads 2588 hours. Sheet metal is nice and straight.
His response to my inquiry - Still have the Massey. Does not have puddles of fluid underneath it. There is some oil around on the engine. Its a 1969 and has not been redone/rebuilt anytime recently so it has what you would expect of old gaskets and some oil seepage showing on it. The Hydraulics/3 point hitch work. Coolant does not seem to leak. All tires hold air. The one thing that does not currently work on it is the power steering. Power steering fluid is low and it may be as simple as adding fluid. I was going to add fluid but need to find out what type of fluid to put into that system. Brakes work. One brake needs adjusted up to make them match better on the pedals. The light switch does not work. Switch needs replaced. Without the switch I do not know if the light bulbs are both still good or not. PTO does run. I have played with it. Tractor has a two stage clutch. Pedal completely depressed and nothing runs. Pedal half way up PTO engages but tractor does not move. Foot off pedal and PTO runs and tractor moves in whatever gear your in.
Tractor was owned by my father in law and I am selling it for the family. He passed Jan 2015 and the tractor was sitting since then. The little history I know is that it started with the military. At some point it was sold to Borough. Family purchased it from the borough. After sitting for over a year the only thing I had to do to it to get it running was replace the coil.