[AT] [Farmall] Fwd: [SEL] OT IH M tractor question for a friend

[Mike Sloane]

 From less than happy experience, I have found out that IH used two 
different engine mounted hydraulic pumps on the Super M. They are almost 
identical, but the later pump won't fit on the earlier engine - the 
holes for the mounting bolts are in different places. (I now own a spare 
pump that doesn't fit my Super M.) Maybe Jim Becker can tell you which 
engines work with which pumps. Avoid the transmission mounted 
pump/reservoir - it is (in my opinion) not one of IH's better ideas and 
has limited capacity and pressure.

<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/superm_pump.html>

Just because the engine is "seized" from sitting doesn't make it junk. 
Sometimes you can coax the pistons out and just replace the rings. Or, 
you can yank the pistons and liners out and put in a kit.

Mike

On 4/26/2011 12:18 PM, Dave Merchant wrote:
> Forwarded from the SEL list, forwarded from a car forum......
>
> Dave Merchant
>

>>
>> I got this from our car forum, a friend is asking...... any M and Super M
>> experts here??
>>
>> Hey Guys, I hauled a '53 Farmall Super M home last weekend. It has been
>> sitting unused for about 30 years and the engine, of course, is seized. I
>> have found a running engine but it is from a regular M tractor. I've
>> searched online and I'm fairly certain the engines are the same. The only
>> exception is, the Super M has a live hydraulic pump in with the
>> distributor drive and the regular M does not. A regular M has the
>> hydrualic pump mounted under the belly of the tractor back on the
>> transmission. I'm wondering if the live hydraulic pump from the Super M
>> can be mounted on the distributor drive section of the regular M engine?
>> I'm hoping there is a Farmall M expert here that can help me out. The
>> engine I'm looking to buy is super cheap for a running tractor engine and
>> if it will work on my Super M like normal I want to buy it as quickly as
>> possible before someone else does. Knowing if the hydraulic pump will bolt