In Reply to: What year/model do I really have posted by RichardNY9N on April 12, 2008 at 16:48:35:
A very comon practice of dealers was to have a rebuilt engine ready to go. When a farmer couldn't afford to lose his tractor because he needed to plow or plant or whatever, it really speeded things up to just do an engine swap. Most likely, you have a later production 2N with an earlier engine that was swapped into the tractor.
Relax, it happens all the time. The tractor won't run one bit differently. It's part of the charm of these old beasts.
Also be sure of your serial number - that the first or last digits haven't faded out. It should say *9N40933* Look for the *'s to deliniate the beginning and end of the serial number. Some serial numbers are so faint thet the FBI crme lab couldn't raise them.
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