<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I always enjoy your pictures Dean. My 3600 has a small coolant leak I can’t quite pin down. I think it might be the front corner head gasket as that’s where the ghost of the evidence is. Only actually happens while running and the fan blows all the evidence away, leaving that slight discolored area. Only have to top off the radiator once a season so it’s very slight. <div><br></div><div>I took a big $$$ hit rebuilding the injection pump and injectors this year, but I really didn’t have a choice. If I left the fuel on while parked I would have a super fund site under the tractor. I was shutting off the fuel starting early last year. But twice since then I forgot it was off and ended up starving the tractor and having to re-prime the system. Finally had enough of all that and bit the bullet.</div><div><br></div><div>Have a great Thanksgiving,</div><div><br></div><div><div>Spencer Yost</div><div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Nov 20, 2025, at 11:05 PM, Dean Vinson <dean@vinsonfarm.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I haven’t done much wrenching on my tractors in a while, which is generally good news: They’re running well and I can just enjoy doing stuff with them, and save my DIY time for the long list of projects needed around the house or woods.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The exception is my Ford 3600, which overheated the other day after I’d been mowing for only 10 or 15 minutes. That was disappointing since I’d had it in the shop just last summer for the same thing. Back then I’d poked around a bit and noticed a couple other little things that needed attention and figured “Okay, this is gonna exceed my time and patience budgets so I’ll have the shop handle it.” The shop cleaned a bunch of gunk out of the radiator but didn’t otherwise find anything wrong. This time I skipped the poking around part and went straight to picking up my phone. I’m wondering if it’s a thermostat issue but will see what the shop says when they call.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Farmall Super M has mostly sat in the barn this year. Last winter I put an alternator on it and everything works fine, but it’s mostly a backup tractor now.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The 3020 is my go-to tractor these days. I’ve used it with a sprayer and with a brushhog but by far the most common task is just pulling a trailer carrying whatever tools or materials I’m working with on a given day. For years I used the Super M in that role, but once I got past 60 years old I noticed the seat had somehow gotten higher, farther back, and with less around me to grab onto if I hit rough ground than had been the case when I was younger. The 3020 by comparison feels like I’m nestled into a safe little cockpit. (Yeah, the 3600 is likewise safe and is plenty powerful for anything I really need, but it’s fun and handy to have more than one tractor).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Some months ago I replaced the original Marvel-Schebler carb on the 3020 with a new Zenith from Roberts Carburetor Repair. Tractor now starts like it’s new and runs like a top. I’m hopeful that’ll continue when the weather turns cold, since there were some bitter days last winter when I needed the tractor and rear blade to clear the driveway and getting it started was a serious pain. Once snow starts being forecast and I put the rear blade on the 3020, the Super M will go back to being the primary tractor for whatever trailer-hauling chore comes up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For now the green tractor is still the one that gets fired up the most, such as in this photo from a couple days ago. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dean Vinson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Saint Paris, Ohio<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><div><image002.jpg></div></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AT mailing list</span><br><span>AT@lists.antique-tractor.com</span><br><span>http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com</span><br></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>