[AT] Super M and encouraging sign at the Case/IH dealer

[John Hall]

Sounds good.

I too have started hiring out jobs here and there, just not enough time 
these days.

John Hall


On 3/30/2023 2:29 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>
> The Super M returned home today.  The mechanic at the dealership had 
> eventually determined the knock was the result of a timing issue 
> rather than the type of metal-on-metal mechanical problem I’d 
> feared.   While the tractor was in the shop I also had them inspect 
> and repair the charging system, and replace the clutch/brake pedal 
> shaft to fix excessive side-to-side wobble in the clutch pedal (using 
> a replacement shaft I’d purchased two or three years ago for that very 
> purpose but had never gotten around to actually installing).   They 
> adjusted the carburetor and clutch as well.
>
> Short clip of the tractor idling this morning: 
> https://www.youtube.com/shorts/4R5a6W0ay80. It sounded just the same 
> before I sent it to the shop, except in addition to everything you can 
> hear now there was a steady bang-bang-bang-bang-bang.
>
> Ended up costing $1200 for a few miscellaneous parts, pickup and 
> delivery, and a bunch of shop time.   Not a small bill but that’s 
> exactly the same dollar amount as the best freight quote I’d received 
> to have the tractor hauled round-trip to and from the retired IH 
> mechanic I’d originally hoped to have work on it, so I can’t really 
> complain.
>
> I admit to some feeling of “Heck, Dean, you fool, you could have 
> figured all that out and done the work yourself if you’d tried hard 
> enough,” but I won’t lose any sleep over it.   Old house, old barns, 
> lots of overgrown old pasture, no shortage of stuff for me to work on 
> during however many hours I can make available for projects… so I’m 
> glad to have the old tractor fixed and back home and no longer on my 
> “Figure this out and do something” list.
>
> Dean Vinson
>
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
> *From:*AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Dean 
> Vinson
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> *Subject:* [AT] Super M and encouraging sign at the Case/IH dealer
>
> Last fall my Super M developed an engine knock, and I decided it was 
> beyond my realistic ability to diagnose and repair on my own.   A 
> friend pointed me to a retired IH mechanic with a sterling reputation 
> for working on old Farmalls, and I made preliminary arrangements with 
> him, but the cost of trucking the tractor 80 miles to his shop turned 
> out to be a deal-breaker.   So I parked it for the winter and decided 
> not to worry about it until spring.
>
> A couple weeks ago I was passing by the local Case/IH dealership and 
> stopped in to see if they’d be willing to work on it.   I felt a bit 
> self-conscious and wasn’t confident of a welcoming response, since the 
> shop was full of $70,000 tractors owned by farmers who actually need 
> them for production and here I am wanting them to spend time and shop 
> space on my 70-year-old toy that I use to haul my chainsaws and 
> firewood around.   But it turned out great. When I mentioned “old 
> tractor” the service manager looked up and asked me what model, and 
> when I said “Super M” she hollered into the shop something like “Hey 
> Dobber, got one for you.”
>
> Turns out “Dobber” is maybe 50-something and grew up with the old 
> stuff and loves nothing more than getting to work on them, and he’s 
> got a 30-something buddy in the shop that he’s likewise gotten hooked 
> on the old ones.  He came out and talked with me a bit, and made 
> arrangements for their field service rep to stop by my place and take 
> a look in person.   The field rep came out yesterday and agreed it’s 
> an internal engine issue, seemingly in the #1 or #2 cylinder judging 
> by the apparent location from where the sound is coming, and said he’d 
> get a truck scheduled to come pick it up.   While chatting a bit he 
> again mentioned Dobber and his younger pal, and then chuckled “Heck, 
> those two’ll fight over who gets to work on this…”
>
> Today was pick-up day so the tractor is at their shop now.   Have to 
> wait and see what they say once they get inside it, but I’m very 
> pleased it seems to be in good hands.
>
> Dean Vinson
>
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
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