how can I tell which model I have

Hi there,

Can anyone tell me where on a Farmall I"d look to see whether it"s an "A","B", etc?

Also, is the year usually on the tractor somewhere?

Thanks much,
Ross

The model is identified by the prefix on the serial number. The serial number is on a tag. The location of the tag depends on the model, but it's generally on the clutch housing, frame rail or rear end/transmission area. Someone will be along with more specifics on where to look for the tag.

Once you have the serial number, you can use that to determine the year looking at the lists by model provided on the left side of the screen. Look under the "Research & Info" heading and clickon "Serial Numbers".

Like Fawteen said, the serial number will be your best info if you're not otherwise familiar with them. Trick is they are located in all different places. They can be on a fuel tank support on some of the F series. On the Letter series, they could be on the seat support (whether that is a a simple support (A,AV,B, BN) or the tool box holding the seat up (C) or the left side of the clutch housing (H,M)

If it's a letter series (A, B, C, H or M or one of their variants) there will be a serial number on the motor that will often match or at least correspond closely with the chassis serial number. It is located on the top edge of the crankcase at the front, on a flat-milled spot just underneath the #1 plug. If the chassis serial number should be missing as it sometimes is, you can still start figuring things out with the motor serial number, which will have a prefix the same or similar to that of the the chassis that the motor was original to. (Not most by any means, but a lot of motors were changed out for one reason or another.)

Those prefixes would be FAA (A), FAB (B),FABN (BN). Ibn those instances the motor and chassis prefixes are the same. On the Others the chassis serial prefixes were FC (C and Super C), FBH, (H) and FBK (M). On those tractors the motor prefix was the same but with an M at the end.

That ought to be enough to get you started. Then do as Fawteen suggests and look through the tables at the left. If there's a question, and it wouldn't be unusual if there were, why come on back and we'll help you sort it out.

Post a picture here. Somebody will be able to identify the model or at least narrow it down to a few possibles.

Pictures are worth a thousand words, go to the Tractor photos at left. From your other post sounds like you've figured out it's a B.