Mike in Mn.
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Didn't want to hijack the post below, I'm working on an 861 for a guy that has set for about 6 or 7 years, belonged to the fellows Dad, who was our neighbor, it was a good running and working tractor. Doing rear wheels and tubes, the tires were good, leaking fluid rotted the rims, the gas tank has 3 or 4 gallons of bright green stuff in it and it needs to be rewired, battery box rotted off etc, no paint just get it back dependable. Was talking to an old general mechanic and he thought the 861 and 961 both had the 172 engine, if that is correct what was the major difference in the two? I know this one was a powerful tractor, used to use it on the blower for silage and high moisture shelled corn, it did a good job. Another neighbor had a 961 and I drove that one quite a bit also back in the day and I couldn't tell much if any difference between the two.
