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

[Roberto Rivero]

Yes Dean as far as i know the B-450 is an upgrade of the BWD-6.

Enjoy the Blue Angels flights i  saw them years ago and they did a nice
show.

2010/7/17 Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net>

> Hi Roberto.  I think you've got the answer.  I posted this same question on
> another list and a gentleman there said IH used the same clutch housing for
> the Stage II Super Ms that they used for the SW6 tractors, and on SW6s
> those
> are the battery box mounting points.  I would imagine an SW6 and B-450
> standard must be quite similar.
>
> And Mike, your thought about all the holes being drilled and tapped makes
> sense.  So on my and Dudley's tractors the plugs were apparently removed at
> some point for some purpose, or simply fell out and got lost somewhere over
> the years, but all the castings likely got drilled and tapped at the
> factory
> regardless of which type of tractor they ended up on.
>
> Having satisfied that little bit of curiousity, I'm taking the afternoon
> off
> from tractor stuff to go to the Dayton Air Show and watch the Blue Angels
> fly.  I can tell it's air show day because the afternoon forecast is for
> blazing hot and humid, ideal conditions for walking around on an asphalt
> parking apron for several hours.  :-)
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
>
>
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> [mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Roberto
> Rivero
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Farmall] [AT] Farmall Super M, Stage II, question down in the
> weeds
>
>  the British B-450 standard ( no row crop version) has the same holes and
> they are to fix the  batery box.  Of course may be  the holes were there
>  for other purpose in older tractors.  In my B-450 Row crop wich frame is
> very similar to a SM i used that holes to mount a big step usefull for
> filling the diesel oil tank .
>
> 2010/7/16 Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>
>
> > Looking at your image, Dean, I would say that the holes are indeed
> > drilled and tapped but filled with the original "factory" cork plugs and
> > painted over.
> >
> > I will look at my very early Super M later today and see if I have the
> > same holes.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > On 7/15/2010 9:40 PM, 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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