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Massey 101 Sr.

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Brent H

06-12-2000 18:31:30




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I recently purchased a 101 Sr Serial # 259289 at an auction with a 6 cylinder chrysler motor(1941 model by serial # page). I am using this tractor to finish out my other 101 Sr that I have been working on (Serial # gone, but has a casting date of 1942 on housing). Looking at this tractor while I was taking parts off of it I noticed a "B" opposite of the reverse. The lever goes into this position, and the only thing it does is move a linkage arm in front of the transmission underneath the dash area. This lever looks like it was attached to a linkage of some sort, but the linkage was cut off at one point. My dad, brother and me thought it might have been a linkage to the govener for a proper belt speed, but we are not sure. I was hoping someone would be able to shed some light on this. Any Info. would be appreciated.

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Alberta Mike

06-12-2000 18:50:47




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 Re: Massey 101 Sr. in reply to Brent H, 06-12-2000 18:31:30  
Yes, I wondered about that as well when I bought my first Massey 101 JR which did not have any linkages intact either. Then, I purchased another one several years later and the linkage was there. It finally dawned on me what it did. When you put the transmission in the 'B' position (or also in 4th or road gear if you haven't noticed) that linkage moves and to some extent anyways, allows the governor to allow the engine to operate at a higher operating RPM. The linkage is hooked up to a long steel rod which in turn attatches to a simple cam on one of the governor shaft pins (on the side) that does whatever it does. Hence Massey's "Twin Power" designation, whereby you could operate the engine (and in turn the belt) at a RPM higher than when doing field work, etc. I assume the same thing applies to 4th gear which would allow you to dangle along somewhat faster when driving down to the local watering hole on a Saturday night. Did anyone ever really do that, ie. drive their tractor to the bar? Anyways, that's what I know about it, although I've never seen it operate since my second Massey is disassembled and I didn't really get into it when it was running.

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Brent H

06-12-2000 19:14:14




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 Re: Re: Massey 101 Sr. in reply to Alberta Mike, 06-12-2000 18:50:47  
The one I bought at the auction has the lever, but the one I am fixing does not so they must have only made that option on some of the tractors. Any Idea What years?



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Alberta Mike

06-13-2000 09:38:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Massey 101 Sr. in reply to Brent H, 06-12-2000 19:14:14  
Nope. I would think that yours probably did have it at one time since all of them were probably designated as being 'twin power', and that would be the seniors, juniors, etc. I've got no idea about years other than the first half of the 40's. I wish I had studied mine a bit more closely before disassembling it, then I could visualize how it works to disable the normal governor setting.



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