[quote="Rich'sToys"](quoted from post at 21:03:24 04/29/19) [quote="oldtanker"](quoted from post at 15:17:06 04/29/19)
1 find out what brands have dealer support in the area. A CaseIH dealer is will support Ford, Farmall/IH. AGCO/Massey Ferguson should support AC and MF.
2 talk to locals about the dealers
Rick[/quote]
Just for the record AGCO supports MM also.[/quote]
OH and that's why I said to check local support. Here AGCO support sucks. Go down by ManKato and I understand it's OK. Like a quick search of CT shows NO Agco support in CT. There is a dealer in VT and 2 north of Philly in PA. That doesn't help someone in CT very much.
Just did a quick lookup on AGCO's site. They don't even list ANY MM products supported that I could find.:lol: ! So much for AGCO support which most likely is filters only if that.
It all comes down to business. It doesn't pay to produce a part and have it sit on shelf. Old tractor lovers are finding that out about that the hard way with just decent points and condensers. No one is selling enough to continue making em much longer. Good VR's are tuff to come by too. Plus the 6 volt battery is not being supported very well either. Lot of new battery chargers don't even have a 6 volt setting. When it isn't profitable they stop supporting some of those old things. Heck even here on YT, look up parts available for a MM 335. Pretty slim pickings. Just not profitable as they don't sell enough. And that's not our hosts. It's the manufacturers. Come on? 1 engine part? The Flywheel hub? 1 seal under gaskets? NO tune up parts except plug wires?
Lot of tractors out there of different colors that still have reasonable support. IH (CaseIH/NH) Ford (CaseIH/NH) Case and some David Brown (CaseIH/NH) JD, MF, White and most AC AGCO (Cat if a Challenger dealer too). MM, Oliver? Support is drying up. They didn't make a ton of either brands and both brands were bought out by White. MM in 1963 and Oliver in 1960. Then white sold out in the 80's to New Idea and in turn was picked off by Massey who was then bought by AGCO. Anyway stuff that had low production numbers had support start dry up quickly after production for a particular model stopped. Are you going to make a part for a tractor that sold 300,000 copies or one that didn't even break 3600? It's bad for collectors as parts are either extremely high, have to be custom made or are not obtainable at all. For users where things are going to wear out or break it's a nightmare.
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