[Farmall] need help solving a dilemma

Sat Aug 11 21:37:42 PDT 2007

I would like to thank all of you who responded to my radiator dilemma email. 
I think E.J. Puckett's suggestion to have a radiator shop move the outlet to 
the left side is my best alternative.

Austin Hurst
Lafayette, CA\

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] need help solving a dilemma

> This same problem came up in a discussion on another forum a few months
> ago.  The purchaser solved it by taking the radiator to a local radiator
> repair shop where they  relocated the outlet.  After painting you could
> not tell the work had been done, and it was cheaper than shipping it back.
>
> Austin Hurst wrote:
>> This one is for the IH experts (Jim Becker, Guy Fay or anyone else
>> well-versed in IH tractors):
>>
>> I needed a radiator (non-pressurized) for a 1948 Super AV that I am
>> restoring.  I noticed a nice one on ebay from a Farmall A.  So, after
>> confirming with Ken Updike that it would work fine on my Super AV, I 
>> bought
>> it.  However, when I received it, I noticed something very odd about it:
>> the bottom inlet/outlet pipe is on the right side (as you view it from 
>> the
>> tractor seat) rather than the left side.   Every A,  B, C, etc., 
>> including
>> my Super AV, that I have ever seen has it on the left side.  It is 
>> exactly
>> like a "normal" A radiator in every other aspect.
>>
>> The fellow I purchased it from swears it came off of an A.  I don't 
>> believe
>> he was feeding me a line because he even offered to take it back (even
>> though there's a small problem with shipping since I'm in Calif. and he's 
>> in
>> Wisconsin).  So can any of you shed light on this?  What A-type engine 
>> would
>> require this outlet on the right?  The part # stamped right on the 
>> radiator
>> is:  353500R91.  Ken Updike couldn't match this # with any of his IH 
>> parts
>> books.
>>
>> Any light you can shed on this dilemma would be appreciated.
>>
>> Austin Hurst
>> Lafayette, CA
>> 1957 450
>> 1956 300U
>> 1955 300
>> 1953 Super C
>> 1948 Super AV
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <farmall36 at vci.net>
>> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 5:48 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] F- 20
>>
>>
>>
>>>    Ok  today it wants to run faster than I like.  No adjusting idle 
>>> sqrew
>>> just run at high idle.
>>> Probably no more than it ought to run wide open, but more than I felt ok
>>> with.  So I shut the gas off and let it run out.
>>> I dont want to run it real fast just be able to grab the throttle when
>>> needed.
>>> Really hot out here today over 100 in the shade, good wind out of the
>>> south.
>>> Kind of day make me glad there wasnt 800 bales on the ground :-)
>>> Kevin
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Andy glines" <pioneersop96 at yahoo.com>
>>> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 7:48 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] F- 20
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> The tricky part with your question is that there is
>>>> more than one style of throttle linkage for an F-20.
>>>> Let's star out by figuring out which one you have (or
>>>> don't have).  Does your tractor have two levers next
>>>> to the steering wheel?  One lever will be hooked to
>>>> the magneto and the other is the throttle?  With this
>>>> type the throttle lever is usually hooked to the
>>>> gov-to-carb linkage near the left front of the
>>>> tractor.  A picture is worth a thousand words if you
>>>> have a place to post one.
>>>>
>>>> --- farmall36 at vci.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>     No knob, this one has a spring from throttle
>>>>> link to a lever that is L
>>>>> shaped above the flyweights that is on a pivot with
>>>>> throttle rod running
>>>>> accross in front of engine to another rod running to
>>>>> carb all enclosed in
>>>>> tubes.
>>>>> Everything seems to be hooked up I think it mabe
>>>>> stuck.
>>>>> Will try it in the morning.
>>>>> This tractor is not even considered rare I think
>>>>> they made about a million
>>>>> of them. Go to IH dealer ask a question about it and
>>>>> get a strange look and
>>>>> quick i dont know.
>>>>> Kevin
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>>> From: <farmallgray at aol.com>
>>>>> To: <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 8:55 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] F- 20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> You may have one wih the single speed governor.
>>>>>>
>>>>> They have a knob on the
>>>>>
>>>>>> back of the governor housing that you turn
>>>>>>
>>>>> clockwise for more RPMS. The
>>>>>
>>>>>> throttle lever only closes the butterfly in the
>>>>>>
>>>>> carb.
>>>>>
>>>>>> You get no governor action when you throttle it
>>>>>>
>>>>> down with the lever.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Todd
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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>>>> Andy Glines
>>>> Evansville, IN
>>>>
>>>>
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> John
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