[AT] I want a M Farmall......

[Al Jones]

 Charlie,

It turned out to be more of a fixer-upper than I wanted.  No hydraulics, etc.

Friend of mine and I are going to be making a trip out west soon......

Al

On Thu, Sep 29, 2016 at 8:42 AM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Sounds like you need to talk him out of your old Super M!
> I was thinking he had a bunch of them but wasn't sure if they
> were M's or H's.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2016 10:13 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] I want a M Farmall......
>
> Charlie, Mike has a BUNCH of Ms.  They pull his hayride trailers.  He
> has a Super M I used to own.  I sold it several years ago when I found
> my 856.
>
> He got a MD not too long, a local tractor that belonged to the
> mechanic that re-did my Super A engine.  The fellow was a collector
> and had gobs of stuff--when his shop got full he just added on.  I'm
> glad the MD is in good hands.  He had it out running at his tractor
> show last Saturday.
>
> Al
>
> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 8:35 AM, charlie hill
> <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> Al, doesn't Mike's farm have a M?  Maybe you could trade him out of it
>> somehow?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Al Jones
>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 8:27 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] I want a M Farmall......
>>
>> Yeah Charlie, I was tempted but then I got to thinking that there's no
>> telling what else is wrong.
>>
>> Al
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>>> I had one of these engines in a TD6 crawler. The head gasket went on mine
>>> too.   It would run on gas, but is soon as you opened up the diesel
>>> injectors and threw the compression lever it would bubble air through the
>>> radiator like a fountain.   I also was not convinced it was something as
>>> simple as a head gasket. It was simply way too much air. I believe there
>>> was a decent chance it was a head crack or something more serious.
>>>
>>> The scrap guy offered to come, winch it on his trailer and give me $700.
>>> I took it. (-;
>>>
>>> Starting one of those gas over diesel engines, or starting an older John
>>> Deere pony motor diesel, is still one of my favorite things to do.
>>>
>>> Spencer Yost
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Spencer Yost
>>>> On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:38 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not at all familiar with that engine but putting a head
>>>> gasket on a diesel is a bit more complex than putting one on
>>>> a gasser.  Same process but higher torque on the head bolts
>>>> and sometimes the head bolts need to be replaced. Still it sounds
>>>> like a nice project.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: John Hall
>>>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:41 PM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] I want a M Farmall......
>>>>
>>>> My take was if its just a blown gasket you can crank it up and run it
>>>> long enough to find out the trouble. Even if the head is cracked, it's
>>>> still a reasonable deal with not too much work to get it going. It's
>>>> been a mighty long time since I have seen a running, inexpensive, field
>>>> ready M. I'll keep my ears open for him though.
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>>
>>>>> On 9/26/2016 1:35 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>>> John I was thinking the same thing but the next line after that is
>>>>> "oh,  I thought it was just a blown head gasket".  Could be a broken
>>>>> piston or major valve train damage or bad rings or any number of
>>>>> things depending on the symptoms.  Still That is a fairly rare machine
>>>>> compared to a Super M and if I was an IH guy and wanted a project
>>>>> I'd be tempted.  Of course Al isn't looking for a project.  He wants
>>>>> something
>>>>> he can put in the field soon!
>>>>>
>>>>> Charlie
>>>>
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