[Farmall] farmall b

[Mike Sloane]

Hi Dave! You didn't' pay money for this tractor, did you? :-)

I know absolutely nothing about the B, so all I can do is wish you luck 
with it.

Mike

david purpura wrote:
> Hi All.  Somehow a 1940 farmall b (serial number 14138) got my name
> and phone number, introduced itself, said all the right things and
> followed me home.  I needed another tractor (and another project)
> like I needed a hole in the head.  But now that I have it, I need
> some information on parts.
> 
> The tractor was loose, not a speck of red paint in sight, but mostly
> all there when I got it Friday.  It's covered in cultivators, with
> the exhaust lift.  I think all that will be coming off, and I'll
> probably put a drawbar on and make it a wagon puller.  So that's the
> first part - drawbar.  The original seat is gone, but I think the
> support is there - two rails with lots of holes on top.  Part #2 -
> seat.  Someone buggered on what looks like a seat assembly from an h.
> That rode up higher than original, so they boogered the steering
> shaft support tube - Part #3.  I took the carb apart to scrape out
> the coffee ice cream and broke the float seat, and broke the jet.
> Parts #4 - are these available in a carb kit?  Should I look for a
> new used carb?  Anyone have experience with the $170 remanufactured
> carbs that I see in the catalog?
> 
> It was running about two hours off the truck (with an epoxied
> together carb), and seems to run pretty well.  It's my first tractor
> without hydraulics and an electrical system.  It's so ugly that it's
> almost cute.  Anyone know what the width of the rear end should be?
> It measure about 83" to the outside of the tires.  The serial number
> is FA B, I assume if it was a bn it would be FA BN..?
> 
> dave

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