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[Bolens 1000]

Found this neat link that allows you to type in your engine's serial # and it gives you the year and month of when the engine was manufactured!

Edited by Bolens 1000, April 07, 2015 - 06:32 AM.

[mjodrey]

Now that could be handy,thanks for posting it Brian.

[Bolens 1000]

I tested it by typing in the serial # for the 66' Bolens 1050 and it came back saying January of 1965. Now I cant wait to go in the garage and write down all the serial #'s of my engines and see what comes up

[mjodrey]

Great,that WILL be very useful.

[grand]

Thanks for the post Brian. Still being off work with my leg on the mend I went to the garage and got my serial numbers. Site worked great.
800 Bolens shows manufacture date of Jan 1964

1053 Bolens shows manufacture date of Jan 1969

[olcowhand]

VERY USEFUL!
With Bush Hog dumping all the records of the GT production runs, the engines are the only way to date most of them. I could never find engine number DOM that easily. This site is simply awesome! This site just confirmed my D4-10 tractor IS as I thought, a 1967 model!

[caseguy]

While I don't currently have any Wisconsin engines, Who knows what the future will hold! Thanks Brian!

[Bolens 1000]

VERY USEFUL!
With Bush Hog dumping all the records of the GT production runs, the engines are the only way to date most of them. I could never find engine number DOM that easily. This site is simply awesome! This site just confirmed my D4-10 tractor IS as I thought, a 1967 model!

Thats good to hear this was useful for you.

I'm glad to hear this was useful for you. Thank goodness I decided to do a random search today otherwise I wouldnt have found it LOL

[Bolens 1000]

From the testing on Bolens so far it seems like they either used the engines the current year the tractor was made or they used an engine 1 year before.

The search is definitely accurate.

[bread320i]

Thank you for this link, knowing the year of the engine is great.

[WQDL753]

Very nice find!

[bolens1053]

wow that is cool my 1970 bolens 1053 engines was made in 1969

[jupiter]

Thanks for the link. Idle time on the computer has its benfits. Now I have more to add to the very long 'to do list'. 3 Wisconsins to check out.

[grand]

I tested it by typing in the serial # for the 66' Bolens 1050 and it came back saying January of 1965. Now I cant wait to go in the garage and write down all the serial #'s of my engines and see what comes up

I put in the engine serial number from the posting on the e-bay listing for the Bolens 900 that I just bought and it shows a production date of January 1964. Thanks again Brian for such a useful post.

[redcarkids]

Thanks Brian for the site information, can't help to notice that all the responces came back with the month of January? Does the sight break down the serial number to any other month? My bolens 900 engine came up January 1964.