French Massey Ferguson 135 from 1972

[Agvg]

There are a few MF133 her in Norway, not unusual to rebadged as 135. One easy check is to see if they have built in instrument lightning, all french have this and the UK version have a ridiculous bad single lamp.

 

[uintas]

Hi
Have just bought a French version MF 135 first registered in 1972.
The type on the plate is 135 8S although on the reg doc it says 135 85.
Serial number is R522146 and says it was built by Massey Ferguson S.A. Le Plessey Robinson, France.
The first thing I want to sort is the type of engine. All early French versions had the Perkins A.3 - 144 engine. I have found a 500 page (in French!) service manual that gives info for the A.3 - 144 engine and the AD.3 - 152 that in France was fitted to later models such as MF 245 but was standard for the MF 135 in the UK and the USA.
Is there a straightforward way to check which engine I have? I assume at some stage they switched to the AD.3 - 152.
There are two numbers on the engine block, 37111280/4 is above the injectors and MC 25210 A is below. The gears are 6 forward and 2 reverse.
Can anyone advise please?
Thanks
Martin

Hi

I have the same issue and it seems to be a mystery for a lot of 135 owners : own a MF 135 "super", plate says 135-8S, and i'm wondering for years if i have an A3.144 or A3.152 !!!
I will try to find my SN and compare to yours but it looks very similar ...

 

[Agvg]

Most likely you have a AD3-152, that was the std engine on them.

 

[shona13]

G'day .
It is a AD3-152 engine.
Hutch.

 

[uintas]

hello

are you speaking about mine ? ;-)

 

[shona13]

No.
Martingsutton