[Farmall] Update on '40 (39) Farmall A

[Ben Wagner]

Al, try this link for an A and B parts manual if you don't have one;
http://www.cleancomputes.com/Cub/A%20-%20B/index.html

Ben Wagner

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Al Jones
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:26 PM
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Subject: [Farmall] Update on '40 (39) Farmall A

Last week I took the A to the MF dealer in town and got them to steam clean
it for me. It wasn't too bad to start with but every little bit helps. I got
it rolled into the shop at school, ready for my class to get started on it.

I did some research at the IH archives website, and according to the
production records they have online, it was actually built in December of
'39.  So, I'm calling it a '39 :)

Anyhow, the first day of the semester was today.  I took the class into the
shop the last 30 min. of class and introduced it to them and told them the
goal was to drive it out of the shop under its own power.  Then under my
supervision a couple students took the valve cover off. All valves are
loose.  Tomorrow if they finish in time we are going to start preparing to
pull the head off.  The crew seems pretty enthusiastic about it and were
amused at the thought of an actual hand crank engine.

I wanted to study up tonight but I left my service manual at school.  Can we
just unbolt the rocker arm assembly and pull the pushrods out of the block?

Thanks,
Al

-----Original Message-----
>From: John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
>Sent: Jan 19, 2010 9:53 PM
>To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [Farmall] Setback on '40 Farmall A
>
> Al, don't get too excited just yet about having a cracked block . Usually
a 
>wet sleeve engine will just bust the sleeve. Dry sleeve engines are the
ones 
>more likely to bust the block, that's what happened to the ID-9 that I sold

>to Travis 10+ years ago.
>
>John Hall
>
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