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

[charlie hill]

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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