Hi
I have been trying to date my MF40 as I see many others have.
The MF40 is Australian manufacture and I have so far come up with Year of manufacture 1979 based on the Perkins engine serial numbers.
Tractor serial = # 865195
Loader serial = #2780 (34)
Backhoe Serial = #2129
Casting on diff/trans = 1664 511 MIC & obscured 11 5 9
Engine
CE209371158655SF
CE = D3-152
Build #209371
Serial Number= 158655
Country of manufacture S = India
Year of manufacture F = 1979
Lucas starter motor dated 1979
Engine sump front bottom casting number 37172400/3
Not sure how to decipher some of the data but this is my best guess?
Now's the big buts, isn't 1974 the last of the D3-152 engines in the MF40, and the loaders 34 to 34A?
Best Regards
Burgs
I have been trying to date my MF40 as I see many others have.
The MF40 is Australian manufacture and I have so far come up with Year of manufacture 1979 based on the Perkins engine serial numbers.
Tractor serial = # 865195
Loader serial = #2780 (34)
Backhoe Serial = #2129
Casting on diff/trans = 1664 511 MIC & obscured 11 5 9
Engine
CE209371158655SF
CE = D3-152
Build #209371
Serial Number= 158655
Country of manufacture S = India
Year of manufacture F = 1979
Lucas starter motor dated 1979
Engine sump front bottom casting number 37172400/3
Not sure how to decipher some of the data but this is my best guess?
Now's the big buts, isn't 1974 the last of the D3-152 engines in the MF40, and the loaders 34 to 34A?
Best Regards
Burgs