Need help identifying Massey Ferguson

hanke777

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I just picked this up and was told it is a MF 2135 but I can not seem to find the location of the serial number. I did find a casting date on the oil pan of 8 27 1965. All the 2135 industrial I see on line have the hood latch on the right side; this one is on the left.
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Well, I'm far from an expert, but that looks pretty much like a match for my 135. Add in the heavy front axle, and yellow paint, and I imagine you're looking at a 2135...

It is amazing how many machines manage to loose their SN plate over time. I imagine someone will be along shortly to tell you where to look. You should be able to find the engine SN stamped on the right side of your Perkins. Mine was up along the line between the block and head more or less. I imagine the diesels are in the same location as my gasser.

Looks like a nice machine. Newish shoes all around too. Congrats.
 
Thanks for your reply. It was driving me crazy because everything about it pointed to it being a 2135 but because the hood latch is on the left
side and all the ones I was seeing online have the latch on the right. Last night I was looking through a 2135 parts manual and what I found is
the diesel hood latch is on the left side and the gas one is on the right.
 
(quoted from post at 01:16:42 08/04/21) Well, I'm far from an expert, but that looks pretty much like a match for my 135. Add in the heavy front axle, and yellow paint, and I imagine you're looking at a 2135...

It is amazing how many machines manage to loose their SN plate over time. I imagine someone will be along shortly to tell you where to look. You should be able to find the engine SN stamped on the right side of your Perkins. Mine was up along the line between the block and head more or less. I imagine the diesels are in the same location as my gasser.

Looks like a nice machine. Newish shoes all around too. Congrats.

Loosing the ID plates seems to be standard for the MF Workbulls. Really irritating isn't it?
 
(quoted from post at 07:59:40 08/04/21) Thanks for your reply. It was driving me crazy because everything about it pointed to it being a 2135 but because the hood latch is on the left
side and all the ones I was seeing online have the latch on the right. Last night I was looking through a 2135 parts manual and what I found is
the diesel hood latch is on the left side and the gas one is on the right.

Could be a Perkins / Continental thing. My 135 gas Perkins is on the left like your diesel. Our 202 with the Continental is on the right.
 
The ones with the continental gas engines had the latch of the right side, the perkins had them on the left side. The serial number tag should be either on the left had side below the battery box by the voltage regulator, or on the right hand side below the battery box behind the air filter housing.
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(quoted from post at 14:59:33 08/04/21) The ones with the continental gas engines had the latch of the right side, the perkins had them on the left side. The serial number tag should be either on the left had side below the battery box by the voltage regulator, or on the right hand side below the battery box behind the air filter housing.
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Sometimes, those tags have been weathered and are hard to read. On my MF202 I had no tractor serial number tag so I had to resort to the engine tag to get the approx. year made. If an engine tag is hard to read like mine was, I used a small digital camera with a macro (closeup) lens and stuck it in there and took pictures from different angles. Among the pictures there was one that showed the tag with everything readable on it.
 
Thanks for the pics. of the tag now I know the bracket is for a ignition switch :) I could not see it on the left side. I will take a look behind the air cleaner.
 
(quoted from post at 21:23:00 08/04/21) I like the camera idea!

Here's the shifter boots that were on my MF202 when I purchased it. Someone cut two plastic pop bottles in half and removed the shift knobs and slid them down on the shift levers. He finished up the installation with a little duct tape. It never surprises me any more to see some of the screwy fixes some tractor owners come up with.

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(quoted from post at 04:39:23 08/05/21) Lol; pretty creative! I think I paid $5 to $10 for both shifter boots; cheap insurance

Here's another good idea for a tractor that has to sit outside in the weather. These covers are made from plumbing parts available at Home Depot. Very easy to make and they protect your shift boots from rotting in the sun and weather.

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(quoted from post at 09:06:51 08/05/21) I live in Washington state (Rain) is it a good idea to cover the shiftier even with new boots?

YES !! The sun is the worst thing to start rotting shifter boots. If you take those covers off my shifters, the boots still look like new. Actually they are about three years old.

Unless you can get your tractor into a shed, there is no reason not to make a set of those covers. They are so simple and cheap. Or if you prefer, you can just keep replacing boots.

Obviously I don't drive the tractor with those covers on it. So, no reason not to make yourself a set. It's your tractor.
 
(quoted from post at 11:09:42 08/05/21) I just wrote myself a note to make shiftier boots for Old Yeller!

I used to tarp and untarp my 8N when I first got it, but that got old quickly.
 

According to www.agcopartsbooks.com the gas version had the hood lock on the right. the diesel had the hood lock on the left. Otherwise the 2135 was an industrial 135. Check it out on www.tractordata.com
 

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