MF-135 variations by country.

Its likely that official sales in other countries had different specifications according to the regulations of the country such as weaker or stronger roll over protectionn or not.

So when we ask about MF-135 on this forum we need to hint where and when made to be sure to get totally valid advice.

Gerald J.

Early Perkins and all Continental engines used a generator. And that's complicated by a little gear box on the generator used with Continental that drives the tachometer. The Perkins engines drive the tachmeter from the back of the camshaft so changing those to an alternator as the factory did is easy. It costs a tachometer to do it with the Continental engine. Fortunately my MF-135 with Continental engine has a good generator that has stood up running a 12 amp sprayer pump for several years now. And after I tweaked the new voltage regulator that came with it about 20 years ago, I'm getting good battery life.

Most of the European production used Perkins AD-152 or AD-152S engines but some of the German production used German engines and totally different wheels. Some of the pictures in this book are mislabeled too, one claiming its a US gas when the decal on the tractor says diesel. Many of the pictures show a herringbone from being rescanned from printed pictures and there's interference between the screens used.

To add complication the author tells about running demonstration farms in the middle east in the 60s and sometimes finding it was cheaper and faster to order tractors direct from England than through the local agent. That surely confused keeping parts on hand.

Gerald J.