Hi everyone. I set up this site to host a document that I’ve been working on for a while that will help you decode the model numbers on your Ford tractors.
UPDATE: I have now uploaded version 2 of my document. It has a couple of additions in the 7xxx series and some corrections, mostly more complete information on the years that some of the models were made.
You can download the document as a PDF here: Ford Tractor Model Information Version 2
Please feel free to look at it on line, or to download it and keep a copy on your computer, or even to print out a hard copy.
Also please send me any corrections to this information, as I know that initially it may contain some errors. And please send me any additional information that you might want me to add, like information on tractors that are not yet included in this document.
Please leave your comments, corrections and updates in the Reply section below.
I will be updating the document as I get feedback from you folks on corrections and additions as I receive them, so if you download a copy, remember that if you can’t find what you’re looking for in your copy, come back here, as the original here might have been updated since you downloaded your copy, and might contain the information that you’re looking for.
~Nouveau Redneck
AKA Sean in PA
Sean,
Thanks a million for doing this. It’s been needed for a long time.
Regards, Ed Fulton
Ed,
Thanks for the kind words.
Sean
Hi, I have a 1971 Ford 5000 made in England. The problem I have is decoding the PTO type.
Model number is E1017c. According to all the info I have there is no 7.
Any help would be appreciated, Pete
Pete, I don’t have anything official on PTO type 7, but from what I can gather from a couple of other folks that have that designation in their 5000 model number, it is a 540 rpm independent PTO, just like the 4 designator is, but I’m not sure why they used 2 different designators. I do know that all 5000′s had independent PTO’s, whereas the 2000, 3000 and 4000 series had transmission driven PTO’s, live PTO’s and independent PTO’s available. I think that they may have used the 4 designator for the 540 rpm independent PTO on the Select-O-Speed transmissions and used the 7 designator for the independent 540 rpm PTO on the 8 speed manual transmission, as the only ones that I’ve seen that have the 7 for the PTO designator also had the C at the end which means that they had the 8 speed manual transmission.
Thank you very much. I appreciate the time and effort you’ve put into compiling this information.
You’ve helped a lot of us in our effort to learn more about our old Ford tractors. Thanks again, Pete
Hi;
Thanks for your effort in putting this together, however I have a question for you.
I just purchased a tractor here in Australia, it has 86 Cane Special painted on the hood and is FWA, ROPS canopy, n/a diesel motor.
The model is DA274M.
I have spoken to a Ford dealer to identify it, however he wasn’t real interested, but did say that it was a 6610, which I thought made sense as the 6610 has 86hp.
Going by the model number using your sheet shows it to be a 4600, however the number for the engine doesn’t exist, ie 7. The next two, the PTO and transmission do match.
I really think that the tractor is bigger than a 4600 ie 52hp, any idea’s?
I have seen other Cane Special branded tractors over here and I know that the paint and letters are original.
Thank
Brett DOYLE
Brett,
DA2 is definitely the model code for a 4600, but I don’t know what a 7 would be for an engine type either, except to guess that it might be a special exhaust setup for sugar cane (I’m assuming that’s what “Cane Special” stands for). 1 is for vertical exhaust diesel, and 5 is for horizontal exhaust diesel, so 7 might be for some other special exhaust version of the diesel engine. How does the exhaust route from the manifold?
What makes you think that the engine is bigger than a 4600 engine? The 201 cubic inch engine of the 4000/4600/4610/4630 tractors was the biggest 3 cylinder they ever made as far as I know. The 6610 had a 4 cylinder engine. Is yours a 3 cylinder engine or a 4 cylinder?
Is the model number just stamped into the flat spot on the bell housing or is the foil sticker still there on the under side of the right side hood panel? if it’s just the stamped numbers, then that model number only tells you about the tractor that the transmission was in when it left the factory. IF the transmission was ever transplanted from another tractor into yours, then you don’t have the original model number information available, and the rest of the tractor could be anything.