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 | sjoneses
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2003-08-12 61699
Can anyone provide me with a way to know the manufacture year of my Yanmar 1500...for example from a S/N lookup, etc?
Thanks,
sj
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| TomG
Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 5406 Upper Ottawa Valley 
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2003-08-13 61718
Year and other info usually is built into the serial number. Unfortunately, my usual source of specs etc. doesn't list 1500's. The models at tractortips are all YM with a three diget model number and maybe a 'D' at the end. Maybe a 1500 is equivalent to one of these models and tractortips usually does describe the serial numbers pretty well. ....
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 | WillieH
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 543 New England 
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2003-08-13 61724
sj -
I am going to go out on a limb here...If in fact the model of your Yanmar is in fact a 1500, rather than a 150D, it most likely is pre-1975 vintage. In and around the 1975 era, Yanmar changed from the xx00 model number id's to xx0D id numbers. Best guess without a s/n to support it, would be pre-1975. What other info can you tell us about this unit, ie.: engine hp, PTO hp, running train, etc. Perhaps a better assessment may be made after learning these items.
- Willie H. ....
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 | lsheaffer
Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 1082 Northern Illinois 
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2003-08-13 61798
Late 70's. I never seen a listing by year for Japanese model tractors. ....
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| WillieH
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 543 New England
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2003-08-14 61811
Isheaffer -
Maybe it is time for a different library card. (LOL)
Actually, even Kubota started tracking their numbers in the mid to late sixties - though primitive as it was at that point.
Most all, with the emphasis on most, tractors today are traceable back in time by their S/N or other I.D. numbers, Japanese included.
Willie H. ....
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| lsheaffer
Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 1082 Northern Illinois
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2003-08-18 62038
You tell me which library card.I'm a Yanmar & Mitsubishi dealer. I deal in manuals & parts for these tractors every day & have yet to find a serial # to year listing for anything other than for US Kubotas. I'm waiting to here what year it is from your library. ....
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| WillieH
Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 543 New England
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2003-08-18 62056
Did not mean to ruffle your feathers, as everyone read, I wrote that comment in a light hearted text. However, to reiterate:
Once again -
I am going to go out on a limb here...If in fact the model of your Yanmar is in fact a 1500, rather than a 150D, it most likely is pre-1975 vintage. In and around the 1975 era, Yanmar changed from the xx00 model number id's to xx0D id numbers. Best guess without a s/n to support it, would be pre-1975. What other info can you tell us about this unit, ie.: engine hp, PTO hp, running train, etc. Perhaps a better assessment may be made after learning these items.
One of the support mechanisms in place that offers this information - for a variety of non-USA made tractors and farm equipment, is put out by FEG. Another, though somewhat less comprehensive, is put out by Intertec.
Willie H. ....
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| lsheaffer
Join Date: Jun 1999 Posts: 1082 Northern Illinois
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2003-08-18 62140
The YM1500 was made from 1975-1979. the early green models have steel clutch housings. The later red models have cast clutch housings. My source is a Japanese tractor book. ....
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