[AT] Super M

[Robinson]

	Some of you may remember that when Cecil from OK was here with the fire 
truck I was going to use my Farmall Super M with the loader to set the 
generator outfit someone had dropped here for him to pick up on top of 
the fire truck. In spite of being quite cold it started right up but 
wouldn't move. I knew right away that it had gotten water in the 
transmission and it was frozen.
	Well, Ralph finally got the gate far enough shut up there that things 
warmed up some here and I finally found a "round tuit" to drain the 
water out. It ran out nice and clear so I plugged it back up and have 
been using it a bit. Started right off without any help and running 
well. I have been hauling some composted wood chips to do some mulching.
	Last fall I acquired an antique gravity cream separator that someone 
had already pretty much messed up as an antique by using a broom to 
paint it with aluminum paint so I have taken it for separating oil and 
water. I put the stuff I drained out of the Super M which was more water 
than oil and let it sit overnight. Next day I drained the water out of 
the valve at the bottom of the cone and gave it another day to sit. I 
then drained out the tiny bit of sludge that settled out of the lube 
giving me about a gallon and a half of pretty decent looking lube.
	I'm sure that I didn't get all of the water out of the tractor from 
that rear plug so when it warms back up again I'm going to drain the 
whole transmission and rear end. I might even run the front end up on a 
ramp block. Then I'll run all of the lube through the separator (I think 
it holds about 6 gallons at a time) then run it through a fine screen 
before I put it back in. This lube isn't all that old or I would replace it.
	I would love to just start replacing all of the gear lube in all of my 
tractors but with so many large ones involved that hold 10 to 15 gallons 
each it starts costing serious money$$$$$. I may just start draining 
them one at a time and cleaning it up the best I can then putting it 
back with maybe 10% or so new lube.
	Long ago we discussed an idea I had for making a unit that I could roll 
up behind a tractor and pump the lube out of the transmission and rear 
end and run it through some filters to clean it up and pump it back in. 
In thinking about it (if I ever actually get to it) it might be well to 
include an overnight sit in a cone separator then through the filters.

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"farmer"

I was going to mention something cute about my failing memory but I have 
forgotten it already...  :-)


Francis Robinson
Central Indiana USA
robinson at svs.net