Perkins diesel engines can be found in a variety of industrial equipment such as Hyster, Clark, Caterpillar, Gehl, JLG, Vermeer, Manitou, Genie, Bobcat, Bandit, Morbark, Wacker and many others. The company was started in England in 1932 and has had a variety of owners. In 1959 Perkins was purchased by Massey Ferguson, the tractor manufacturer. Massey kept Perkins until 1994 when LucasVarity bought Perkins. Perkins was sold again in 1998 to Caterpillar.

If you are looking for Perkins parts in the North America, you've come to the right place! Perkins parts can be frustrating to find in the United States! Even though Perkins in owned by Caterpillar, there's no USA national warehouse for Perkins. Instead, Perkins relies on a network of regional master distributors to stock parts. Those regional distributors in turn sell to various OEMs. Often those distributors have limited inventory and parts and parts need to come from Perkins main warehouse in the UK.

Here's where Intella can help. We have a large inventory of Perkins parts and we have the fastest shipment from the UK. Need a part that no one else stocks in North America? No problem, we can have the part shipped directly to you for a reasonable shipping rate. Our parent company is based in the Netherlands. Because we ship from Europe so frequently, we have a great deal with UPS to get you your parts quickly and inexpensively. We can help get that Perkins water pump, fuel filter or fuel system part in your hands in as quick as 3 days.

If you need help figuring out which Perkins part to order, we can help. Please click email us to submit a parts request. We need the Perkins serial number to properly identify your engine.

Finding your Perkins serial number

Click to download a PDF containing diagrams where you can find your serial number.

Where is the tag located?

Generally on the side of the engine like the below pictures.