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I beg to differ with Mike as well... Maybe the Perkins gas engine he saw rebuilt had "10,700" hours, probably turned over... I'd rate the Perkins engine bullet-proof. The gas is the same block as the diesel. You may want to call it a "Heavy-Duty" gas version over other mfrs. gas units. Because the 35 & 135 were top sellers all over the world, general tractor parts are plentiful and should be for some time into the future. I'll stick my neck out and say probably more so than the Ford xN' series especially around the world. With that said, most parts are cheap or very reasonable compared to newer tractors. You have to remember, in it's day, those tractors never seen front end loaders, and they were/still are the workhorses of the smaller sized farms. They didn't have the "beefed up" front ends nor the hydraulic output of "today's" tractor... because they weren't made nor designed today... you're going back 30 - 40 years. (and those designs are in the late 1930's and early 40's) So all in all, I think it's pretty amazing, a number of them are still going strong with a 60/70 year old design...
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