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Hey Guys just want to say hello to the site I am newbie and I am getting a MF1200 without engine this week so I wonder if I can get some help from you guys to get this beauty working again
I will appreciate all the help I can get.
The MF comes with some attachments too like snow blower.

Will post pics when I pick it up!
 
Well, howdy & welcome to the site! When you say 1200, are you referring to the 4WD tractor or the riding mower? Also, you need to make a few
standard posts before you can post pics here or go down to the site comments section & ask permission from the mods.

Good luck with your project!

Mike
 
(quoted from post at 22:40:42 12/19/22) Well, howdy & welcome to the site! When you say 1200, are you referring to the 4WD tractor or the riding mower? Also, you need to make a few
standard posts before you can post pics here or go down to the site comments section & ask permission from the mods.

Good luck with your project!

Mike
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Thank you Mike, the riding lawn mower.
 
Welcome

Copied this from tractor data for you to get started.

Doesnt say what model K301 you need ? I-was assume your tractor does not have an engine to rebuild



Massey Ferguson 1200 lawn tractor photo

1977 - 1979

Garden tractor

Series: 1200 1450

Engine Detail

Kohler K301

gasoline

1-cylinder

air-cooled horizontal-shaft

Displacement 476 cc

29.07 ci

Bore/Stroke 3.375x3.25 inches

86 x 83 mm

Power (gross) 12 hp

8.9 kW

Starter electric

Starter volts 12

Oil capacity 2 qts

1.9 L



Because it has two quarts of oil its not an AQS model K301

Good luck only thing I can suggest ,not familiar with Massey
 
I'd have to say the engine in yours is missing because the previous owner was in the same situation you are now. They had a tractor that needed an engine, so they bought this as a "parts tractor" and took the engine along with who knows what else...

Frankly unless you have an emotional attachment to this particular tractor, I would advise you to look for a complete MF 1200, 1450, or 1650 to use as the project tractor and designate this one as the "parts tractor."

Apparently Snapper manufactured them so there is an equivalent Snapper model out there that is mechanically identical, just with a different hood and paint color.

If you really want to piecemeal it back together, Kohler K301 series engines were used in many different brands of lawn and garden tractors. I am pretty sure there are groups dedicated to collecting and working on Kohler engines that know them inside and out.

Then there is the option of repowering the tractor with something like a Predator engine. It will take some figuring, some fabrication, and possibly some machining to get it "right" or it can be cobbled together. Really, the options are endless.
 
Welcome

You might want to post about this on the Garden Tractors Forum this site has. It is located further down the index. There might be someone with info to help you that hangs out on that forum, but not up on this one. Here is a link to that forum.

Garden Tractors
 
Where are you located? I have a K301 that came out of a Toro golf course mower. BIL had it and left it on the farm. I scrapped it out but kept the
engine and never got around to try it out so condition us unknown. Pretty sure it was running, he abandoned it for transmission issues.
 
(quoted from post at 05:42:29 12/20/22) Welcome

You might want to post about this on the Garden Tractors Forum this site has. It is located further down the index. There might be someone with info to help you that hangs out on that forum, but not up on this one. Here is a link to that forum.

Garden Tractors
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Sounds good thank you for all the info and suggestions I will do that
 
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