Tractor Identification

Turnered51 · Feb 6, 2020

Can anyone identify this tractor brand and model? Thx in advance.

tractorsam · Feb 6, 2020

It?s a Ford. I?m not very good at Fords but I?d guess either a 640 or 840. Someone will be along with a better answer soon. Oh, and it appears to be a diesel.

Turnered51 · Feb 6, 2020

Thanks so much. I suspected it was a Ford but wasn't certain, so the model will be helpful in researching it for restoration. Picking it up this weekend as a restoration project.

rustyfarmall · Feb 6, 2020

Why is the Donaldson oil bath air cleaner connected to the exhaust manifold?

old · Feb 6, 2020

You truly going to restore it or just fix it up. I hate the term restore since most do not do a true restore.

As for what model that could be a 600serie or 601 series or 800 or 801 series. Looks to have a 4 speed to good chance it is 640/641/840/841

Steve in IL · Feb 6, 2020

It?s connected to the intake. Looks to be a diesel. I think it?s 4 speed (board is blocking a good view). I?d need to see
the grill to see if it?s a 840 or 640 (or at least which grill it has). 640 diesels are a bit unusual.

Turnered51 · Feb 6, 2020

My thoughts are to actually restore...original paint decals etc. It looks to have mods...air filter is external to Hood. 641 came with 2.4L 4 cyl diesel.

Turnered51 · Feb 6, 2020

I am picking it up this weekend so will add photo of grill for pos ID. Am thinking it's possibly model 641 Workmaster.

warbaby · Feb 6, 2020

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Leroy · Feb 6, 2020

Rear tires look to be too small for an 800 series

showcrop · Feb 6, 2020

Don't pay too much! parts for that motor, if it is indeed a 641D are hard to get.

Turnered51 · Feb 6, 2020

Thx for the advice. Will keep that in
mind.

tomturkey · Feb 6, 2020

What is a "true restore" Old? Just wondering how far one has to go to use the word restored. gobble

old · Feb 6, 2020

Look in the dictionary. To truly restore one has to bring it back to what it was when new as in what it was when it rolled out of the factory as per the dictionary

VicS · Feb 6, 2020

That air cleaner is correct

tomturkey · Feb 6, 2020

If that is the case, one is never "restored" as one can never make the gears and all that iron "like new" again. Maybe fixed-up is the correct wording as you said. gobble

old · Feb 6, 2020

Yes fixed up is it never a true restore. Sort of like at a car show I was at and the owner had a sign saying it ALL original but yet the cat had aluminum valve cover but it was a car from the 50s and there was and where never aluminum valve covers in the 50s so it could not be original

Royse · Feb 6, 2020

If the diesel engine is original, it's an x41. The xx0 series were gas.
Don't rely entirely on the sheetmetal. It can be changed/swapped.
Check the numbers on top of the flat behind the starter.
Hand stamped in should be the model number and serial number.

Welding man · Feb 7, 2020

I just did a restoration for a friend. He has $8500.00 dollars in a $3500.00 Tractor. That is the reason most people don't do them. It belonged to his grandad and had sat in a field for 25 years. We are also doing a 1948 Ford Fire Truck. Budget is $30.000. I don't ask too many questions, The customer is also right.

Destroked 450 · Feb 7, 2020

It has a Diesel engine so it has to be a 601 or 801 model built 58-62.
If it's a 601 it has the 144 Diesel engine, not many parts available for that engine.
If it's a 801 it has the more common 172 diesel engine.

showcrop · Feb 7, 2020

(quoted from post at 06:47:10 02/07/20) I just did a restoration for a friend. He has $8500.00 dollars in a $3500.00 Tractor. That is the reason most people don't do them. It belonged to his grandad and had sat in a field for 25 years. We are also doing a 1948 Ford Fire Truck. Budget is $30.000. I don't ask too many questions, The customer is also right.

Welding man, do you have old come in for just one final inspection when finished? or do you have him come in periodically through the project so that you can be sure that you are on the right track to be able to call the job a "restoration"?

Welding man · Feb 7, 2020

Showcrop, I only have to please one person. The man the pays the bill. If he is satisfied that it is restored to his specs that is all that matters. We have a saying, If it ain't broke, don't fix it! If it starts good, runs good, everything works as it should, and no leaks why mess with it. Make it look brand new, get paid and send it down the road. I have operated that way for over 40 years and still have a long waiting list of people wanting work done. I please the customer and don't worry about anyone else.

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