Re: 140 or is it???

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 15, 2006 at 08:23:24 from (64.228.11.111):

In Reply to: Re: 140 or is it??? posted by hassan fortney on January 15, 2006 at 07:56:22:

hassan: The tractor you've seen resembling a 140 at the rear and 66 series on front was probably a 274. It followed the 140, beginning production in 1980. If so run the other way, it has an oriental 3 cylinder diesel that doesn't have a particularly good reputation.

Two commercial vegetable farmer friends of mine bought these 274 new for work on their farms. Both tractors had to have engine rebuilds within 3 years. One of these guys could have written a check for 10 new 274's any day. The other guy it hurt badly in the pocket book. Both had to wait 6 months for parts. Today these guys are using a Super A and a 130 in their respective vegetable patches.

The 274 does have features that caught the attention of quite a few folks in the early 80s; factory 3 point hitch, dual range transmission giving nice creeper speeds and the diesel. Problem is IH just chose the wrong diesel. That parts item could be much better by now as I suspect nothing was in the system closer than Japan when those premature engine failures occurred in the 1980s. I'll still bet there are a higher percentage of SA, 100, 130 or 140 still in operation than 274.

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