The 1135 was just one of those iconic tractors that has a large following at least in my area but from what I'm finding out it seems their loved by many wherever they were sold. So it look's like my ol' girl will be with me for the rest of my day's lol! These tractor's are built silly simple in certain ways and stupid reliable for the most part and in a modern world with nothing but push button machinery that's no longer reliable because of the electronics that fail, these old tractor's have proven that silly simple is just plain reliable and that's a fact.
Deere designed the "Closed Center" hydraulic system when they went to the New Generation 10 series in 1960, Thank God they were smart enough to design replacement without total disassembly of the front end
Well according to a couple of tractor parts suppliers and a shop that repairs Deere tractors that I talked to before I started this repair, the pump that I'm working on in this tractor is the exact same pump used in a bunch of John Deere tractors of that era. How easy or hard it's to get one of these pumps out of a Deere tractor I couldn't tell you because I've never worked on a Deere of this era, but seeing that they used the same pump set up then I'd say John Deere wasn't that smart either using this system.
Same type of Pump( Rotary Piston Piston) different style drive, different mounting,,, They used this system in the 20,30, 40, 50, 55. and 60 series I have changed a few pumps in different series, and the heaviest item is the fuel tank.... Sheet metal is the most time consuming,,,, We operate a rebaleing business and One old 4020 provided the 12v electric, PTO, and hydraulic power to operate a complete Simpson round bale unroller system, a 5070 New Holland Baler, and a 200 Bale Bandit bundler..... Same 4020 now provides 12v, and Simpson hydraulic power But a Marcrest PTO hydraulic unit in between the tractor a baler(1000 in 540 out) drives the baler and 5250 Bale Baron
@@farmingforfunandprofit940 They all have their good and bad points it's never a good day regardless of brand when major repair's are needed. On some thing's like sheet metal like you said it takes time on the Deeres on these Massey's it's only a 15 minute job to strip it down very simple lay out, on others doing clutches can be done fairly easy yet on others they can be a real pain and takes a crazy amount of time. We run what we like and a lot of times it's what was available for sale at a decent price for most people.
