[AT] [Farmall] Super M Fan Belt -- and other fun stuff

Dean Vinson dean at vinsonfarm.net
Sun Sep 26 19:37:35 PDT 2010


> > 180 psi, 175, 178, and 175.  High-altitude pistons?

> Not only are the pressures up there they are very uniform with less than 
> 3% spread.  Sounds to me like it was rebuilt by a good engine builder.

Well, I took the Super M to the Old Timers Days tractor show in Xenia this
past weekend for a couple of downright fine tractor days.  A cool front
passed overhead just in front of me as I drove the back roads over to the
showgrounds on Friday evening, pushing the overcast off to the east and
leaving me in clear air with golden light at my back.  The area could use
rain in a bad way, but as long as it wasn't going to rain I was glad for the
nice tractor-cruising weather.  (Steve, I bet you had some fine weather for
your show in Athens also).

My girlfriend and I enjoyed browsing the show, and she patiently indulged me
(and took some video) while I ran the tractor on the dynamometer and drove
in the parade.  We got to chat a little with Gene Dotson, and picked up a
few nice tools from one of the vendors, and made sure not to miss the
chicken-flying contest on Sunday afternoon.  (The chickens weren't much
interested in flying, it seems, but it was fun watching a gang of little
kids trying to corral each one up after its attempt).

As to the high compression, I was pleased to see that Charlie Hill's earlier
comment above seems accurate... the Super M dyno'd at 57 horsepower on
Saturday morning, and at 53 when I ran it again Sunday afternoon.  Not sure
what would account for the difference from one day to the next, but it was
fun to hear it under a real load for a change and to see some nice high
numbers.  There's a video of the first dyno test on youtube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl7_FgZGj5c.

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net





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