SV: [AT] another question; M Farmall starter

Mattias Kessén mattias at linderson-mark-bygg.se
Thu Oct 27 06:56:43 PDT 2005


I have problems getting through so at least the list has missed a few
messages from me.

/Mattias

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Ron,

That level of list traffic seems about normal to me lately.
I can't get much news out of Cecil Monson.  I hope he is ok.

Charlie
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From: "Gayle or Ron Chew" <gorrchew at gte.net>
To: "'Antique tractor email discussion group'"
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Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 7:51 AM
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> Good morning ATIS! Say, only 5 messages waiting for me on the list this
> morning (24 hour period of time). Is traffic way down? Or are we having
> a problem on our end?
>
> And does anyone have an update on Cecil (NY state member)?
>
> We spent a week on a farm outside of Haliday, ND this summer and as
> always spent as much time helping out the family farming as possible.
> Hauled a load of lentils. Beautiful country.
>
> Ron & Gayle
> On the CASE
> Granite Falls WA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bill Brueck
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 11:53 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: RE: [AT] another question; M Farmall starter
>
> My Father in Law has both M and MD tractors, and I've overhauled the
> starters on both of them over the years.  While they are a little ways
> away
> from me, I do get down there 2-3 times a year.  If you can send me a
> good
> pic, especially of the left side, of the engine I can make an educated
> guess
> what you have.  There's quite a bit more to the MD engine, it had an
> extra
> combustion chamber that ran on spark plugs and gas to start it, then
> when
> things warmed up just a little you would cut it over to diesel.  The MD
> was
> notorious for cracked heads, although if you idled the engine for a bit
> to
> let it cool down before shutting it off I understand that helped a lot.
> These units are around, I think a used starter would be available, if a
> little pricey.  I was in a junk yard near Des Moines maybe 3 years ago
> and
> they had at least a couple of MD's on the lot.
>
>>
> Bill Brueck (brick)
> Chatfield, MN, USA
>
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Lew Best
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:57 PM
> To: At at Lists. Antique-Tractor. Com
> Subject: [AT] another question; M Farmall starter
>
> Hey guys
>
> Ran across another machine; supposed to have an M Farmall diesel engine
> in
> it.  Since I've never fooled with old Farmall I wouldn't know if it is
> or
> not by looking.  The starter is totally missing; owner says it went out
> &
> they let a guy have it to rebuild it & never saw him or the starter
> again.
> Anyone got a starter off a tractor that can send me some identifying
> info
> (bolt pattern, distance between bolts, shaft/bendix length, etc) and
> even
> digital pix would help!  IOW something so I can maybe look at the hole
> where
> the starter goes & make an educated guess if that's the starter for it.
> Email addy is bee_keeper at grandecom dot net in case it don't come
> through.
> Back channel reply is fine!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lew Best in Waco, TX
>
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