John Deere 2 cylinder muffler colors – most mufflers on waterloo built tractors prior to the 20 series were painted green, 20 series up were black. Dubuque built
If the serial number tag is missing you can estimate the year by when the castings were made. The bigger castings such as transmission, rearend, clutch housings, rear
‘VA’ series used a foot throttle along with the hand throttle, raised letter casting numbers will start with VT. ‘S’ series Case has a sheet metal grille cowling,