[AT] another question; M Farmall starter

[Bill Brueck]

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.

B²
 
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA
 
Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.


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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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