The serial numbers should be useful to those trying to identify and date tractors with these engines fitted instead of the proper tractor engine. All engine castings for the old range of engines up until April 1970 came from this source. In March 1964 the engine castings for all tractor, truck and industrial engines ceased to be sourced from the Dagenham foundry and were instead supplied by Sterling Metals Ltd of Nuneaton. The two engine ranges going down the line until July 1967 for 6 cyl and April 1970 for 4 cyl, when the old range was discontinued. These were produced as both industrial and truck engines for the new D series. In March 1965 the engine line at Dagenham started to produce the new 2700 range derived from the earlier range. it is an incomplete listing as i am missing the data for early and late Thames trader engines and some early numbers for the industrials. I have copied the serial numbers into tables and will post here. Thames trader engines can also sometimes be found in the tractors, and these also have separate serial numbers with a different prefix 530E for the 4 cylinder diesel.

They all have serial numbers beginning with S and some can be found fitted to Fordson majors as replacements. These were produced on a dedicated engine line and were introduced in 1957 and made until July 1967 for 6 cyl and April 1970 for 4 cyl. ⇒ Comments: Submit To ⇒ Comments♥ (Replace “♥” with Industrial Engine Serial NumbersĪt: The Fordson tractor engine was available as an industrial engine from the outset of tractor production, however in 1957 with the introduction of the mk2 engine and also the introduction of the Thames Trader a new range of Industrial engines was introduced the 589E, 590E, 591E and 592E 4 and 6 cylinder petrol and diesel engines.

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