[Farmall] Farmall Super M, Stage II, question down in the weeds

[Dean Vinson]

Hi Charlie.  Good thought, but that's not it--I looked at some SMTA's at the
showgrounds and they have a completely different casting right there, longer
and without any of those vertical things.  Whatever they are, they seem to
have only appeared on the late Super Ms, which is a pretty narrow range for
something functional.  Really makes me scratch my head.

Dean


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Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall Super M, Stage II, question down in the weeds

Only a loose guess, Dean, but it looks to be about the correct location 
to mount the additional linkage required for the SMTA.
I was unable to google up a picture of any TA linkage to check it out.

Charlie V.



Dean Vinson wrote:
> Hi gang.  I've noticed something on my recently-acquired late Super M that
I
> can't quite figure out.  Cast into the left side of the chassis, right
above
> where the Lift-All ports would have been on an M or early Super M, there
are
> three small flat vertical faces, each one drilled and tapped for a machine
> screw.  I assume they're mounting bosses for some type of attachment, but
> can't figure out what it might have been.  Any of you folks know?
>
> This evening at the Miami Valley Steam Threshers show in Plain City, Ohio,
I
> checked out several other Super Ms.  The Stage I Super Ms, from both
Farmall
> Works and Louisville, didn't have the mounting bosses.  The Stage IIs,
from
> both Farmall Works and Louisville, did have them, although they weren't
> drilled and tapped like they are on my tractor.  Here's a photo of one of
> the tractors from the show:
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/Super_M_left_side.jpg.
>
> Anyway, I'm curious what they were used for.  There are no comparable
> mounting points on the right side of the tractor.  The belt pulley drive
is
> on the right side of the tractor at about that same relative location, so
I
> thought maybe they were used to help secure something that attaches to the
> pulley drive, like the Electrall generators.  But the Electralls didn't
come
> out until later, and the Super MTAs and 400s don't have these mounting
> bosses. 
>
> Anybody know the story?
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
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