[Farmall] Super M Fan Belt

[RICHARD POPE]

Dean:    Yes, these tasks always take longer with the old tractors.  Yesterday was 5 years to the day since I bought the tractor.  It has been very reliable; all I've done to it was to change the oil and new spark plugs when I got it home.  I also put a wide front end on it.  It's been in at least a dozen parades; it has original paint, but I get more "thumbs up" from the spectators than I did with my pristine '51 Super AV.
Richard

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
To: "'Farmall/IHC mailing list'" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super M Fan Belt


> Hi Richard, and congrats!  Even the little tasks take a long time, don't
> they?  Nice feeling of satisfaction when you're done, though!
> 
> Dean
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of RICHARD POPE
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 10:22 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super M Fan Belt
> 
> Mike & Dean:
> 
> I got the old fan belt off this afternoon, but it wasn't a quick job.  The
> threads on that fan pulley sheave were so clogged with almost 60 years of
> grease and rust that the thing wouldn't turn.  Used lots of penetrating oil
> and then chased the treads with a small screwdriver.  Got the belt off and
> left some of my DNA on the fan blades, but that's normal.
> Many thanks for your help!
> Richard Pope
> Apple Valley, CA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 3:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Super M Fan Belt
> 
> 
>> Dean's procedure will work, but it won't get your new belt tension set 
>> correctly - you need to undo the set screw on the fan pulley and turn 
>> half the sheave in or out to adjust the tension. A flat bar and a small 
>> hammer might be needed to get things moving in the right direction 
>> (there are raised lumps on the pulley hub for that purpose, but it 
>> doesn't/shouldn't take a lot of brute force; a little penetrating oil 
>> will help to make things easier). It helps to have a copy of the 
>> operator manual for an illustration.
>> 
>> If you spread the sheave out first, you can pull the belt off the 
>> crankshaft pulley relatively easily and not bother with removing the 
>> plugs, etc. You will likely skin at least one knuckle on the radiator 
>> fins, but that seems to be about normal for me.
>> 
>> Mike
>> 
>> dean at vinsonfarm.net wrote:
>>> Hi Richard.  Here's how I've done it:
>>>  
>>> Take the plugs out to release compression (and avoid ignition), put the
> tractor
>>> in neutral, set the brakes.  Take the belt off the generator pulley to
> get it
>>> out of your way.
>>>  
>>> Tilt a screwdriver or something between the fan belt and the fan pulley
> and
>>> rotate the fan by hand until the belt rides up and over the edge of the
> pulley
>>> and onto the smaller-diameter neck closer to the fan itself.  That should
> give
>>> you enough slack to pull the bottom of the belt off of the engine pulley.
>>>  
>>> Once the belt is only around the fan itself, you can work it past the fan
> blades
>>> one at a time.  On my M there's a good place to do that down low on the
> right
>>> side, above the lower radiator hose--there's enough room between the fan
> shroud
>>> and the edges of the fan to get the belt past.
>>>  
>>> Putting the new one on is just the reverse.  It's been a couple years
> since I
>>> did this but it worked fine for me.  Hope it turns out to be of some use
> for you
>>> too!
>>>  
>>> Dean Vinson
>>> Dayton, Ohio
>>> www.vinsonfarm.net
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 
>>> On April 21, 2010 at 1:06 AM RICHARD  POPE <popeman at verizon.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> How do I replace the fan belt on my 1953 Super M?  Do I have to remove
> the fan
>>>> assembly?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Richard Pope
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