[Farmall] Hello

[Stan Bass]

John,
Yes, it was the belly pump. Maybe I wasn't clear enough but the next
couple lines right after your snip alluded to that;

>We didn't have a clue on how to
>use the hydraulics or that it even had the pump! Obviously never saw an
>operators manual, much less any of the other info available to us these
>days, Oh well...

Guess I should of put the "and some other handle" phrase in quotes. I
was just reminiscing about the journey of my early Farmall 'education'.
When I got my stage I Super M, the first thing I did was buy a 3 pnt and
plumbed it into the belly pump. When I showed my brother and Dad, they
just said, 'Well, 20-25 years ago all the neighbors said that wasn't
possible'. As I learned, my Super M got upgraded to a stage II, rebuilt
the M&W hand clutch, and added a set of remotes to run a big Gehl round
baler. The year I repainted it, later that Summer I brought it over with
the baler to do one of his fields. He waved and grinned as I drove up.
Later, my Mom said he came inside just beaming and told her how much he
enjoyed seeing 'ol Big Red' coming up the hill. Good memories...
Stan(VA).

"E. John Puckett" wrote:
> 
> Stan, I was raised on H tractors.  The handle that loaded the engine but didn't
> do anything was probably the hydraulic (Liftall) control.  It would have been a
> rod on the right extending back toward the driver, a little over knee high.  If
> the outlets were plugged pulling it would have caused the pump to run against
> the relief valve, and with the engine idling made a noticeable load.
> 
> Stan Bass wrote:
> > The H was also
> > an early model (remember it had the 1-1/8" PTO) that we knew very little
> > about. Back then we didn't even know that 3 pnt kits existed. We used it
> > with all pull type implements. I remember getting curious one day and
> > just trying every knob or handle I could find to see what it did. Knew
> > about the PTO, found the belt pulley, and some other handle that would
> > load the engine hard but I couldn't see anything move? Asked my Dad and
> > brother later, stumped them too!
> > Stan(VA).
> 
> >
> 
> --
> John
> another one of them
> *.?-!.* cub owners