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Doug Acord 
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Posted: 12 Aug 2020 at 9:52pm |
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Everything that I read the serial number is on the right Side down the bell housing however mind in on the left side like a 180. Serial number reads 185 1281 D I think it makes it and 1970 model.Is it possible the first run of production was stamped on the left side like the 180?
Edited by Doug Acord - 17 Aug 2020 at 9:06pm
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Doug Acord
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Posted: 24 Aug 2020 at 9:28pm |
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DrAllis
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Posted: 24 Aug 2020 at 9:45pm |
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Can't say I've ever kept track of where every single 185 serial number is stamped, but yours isn't anything special. I think some 200's were on the right side too.
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Posted: 25 Aug 2020 at 11:34am |
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I did not think is was. I thought that a production worker was just use to stamping 180's and had not gotten Instructions about how the new 185 were to be stamped.
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allisbred
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Posted: 25 Aug 2020 at 12:05pm |
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Our 1970 185 is stamped on the left as well, think they made a change after ‘71 because I saw a few that were on the left as well.
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Posted: 25 Aug 2020 at 1:16pm |
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The 185 in my brothers auction was on bvb the left side . Do not know the year .
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Posted: 25 Aug 2020 at 6:54pm |
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The auctioneer looked it up . He said 1977 . I'm not sure .
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allisbred
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Posted: 25 Aug 2020 at 7:15pm |
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If I were buying one, I would look at condition, mechanical functions, hydraulic PTO option, tire size. Later ones hold more oil. I wouldn’t get so concerned about the stamps unless it does not say 185. Guys in our shop have a location to stamp numbers, I seldom find them where they belong and there are written procedures.
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Lonn
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Posted: 26 Aug 2020 at 7:02am |
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My D19 has a stamp on the bell torque tube so for several years I thought I had a 1962 model but then I learned that the D19 is stamped on the rear housing so I have a 1961 model according to that number. I have never figured that one out.
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