Recent content by MatthewPaul

I've got a couple 135s, with the 3cyl perkins gas and the response of the governor is pathetic when compared to the 2n that I refurbished over the winter. On the Ford I could adjust the preload and spring tension of the assembly. I dont see a way to do this on the Perkins. This morning with my...

Last Friday I picked up an oddball 135 that is a basket case. The motor internals came in boxes, and the tractor was half stripped down. I think its a 135, the tins are anyway. It has a 3cy perkins, with a generator. The rear end appears to be a square housing like my buddies 175, it also has...

Hello, I'm from the Hudson Valley, NY. I'm a full time blacksmith/bladesmith, my lady is a full time vegetable farmer, and I like to build machines. I just finished up a '42 Ford 2n, refurbishing, not restoring. It's to be a working tractor on her farm running a cultivator. She has a 135...