FarmallFan Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Add your progress thread to this thread for easy finding. PM me (with links) to your topic and I will include them for you.
FarmallFan Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 J.A.Root 1949 Farmall M w/ 2-71 GM Power - Restoration: http://jarootfarms.com/journal
660 driver Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Progress so far on our super M....Just replaced tie rods and waiting on a new used left side spindle from all states ag parts in Hendricks,Mn. Customer service there was excellent. Next we are gonna pull the sleeves and hopefully replace with larger sleeves and pistons. Any suggestions on pulling sleeves and what piston and sleeve kits to use would be appreciated! Tony 1
FarmallFan Posted February 10, 2012 Author Posted February 10, 2012 tony in ca's 560 restoration. You can click on each link to follow the story from the beginning to the current time. http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=65529 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=66160 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=66499 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=66851 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=67792 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=68431 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=69534 http://www.redpowerm...showtopic=69812 http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=70103
Tonyinca Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 This should be at top of above post. The purchase and loading of a dead 560 and the before pic. Bob my helper decided he wanted to drive it dead,after sitting for 15yrs. Tony
Tonyinca Posted February 11, 2012 Posted February 11, 2012 More before pic's Owner told me that it had set in a field for 15yrs and I believe him .You can not believe the rust and amount of water in rear end and engine. steering wheel and seat were totaly burnt from the sun.
Leaky Gasket Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 Here's my 400D in sequence. Right now, the engine is near completion, then the engine gets painted and the reassembly begins. The last two pictures are the frame painted, plus other items shown. 1
ihcscoutman Posted February 13, 2012 Posted February 13, 2012 I restored this Super H in 2006. I purchased it from my uncle in 2003 IIRC. He and his Dad bought the tractor new in 1957. It is a 1953 model, but it sat unsold on the dealer lot for 4 years. It has the original tires on it and was in very good condition when I bought it. 2
oneharvester Posted February 15, 2012 Posted February 15, 2012 I restored this Super H in 2006. I purchased it from my uncle in 2003 IIRC. He and his Dad bought the tractor new in 1957. It is a 1953 model, but it sat unsold on the dealer lot for 4 years. It has the original tires on it and was in very good condition when I bought it. man!! i love the pic with the lights on ! i wish mine looked like that
ihcscoutman Posted February 17, 2012 Posted February 17, 2012 I restored this Super H in 2006. I purchased it from my uncle in 2003 IIRC. He and his Dad bought the tractor new in 1957. It is a 1953 model, but it sat unsold on the dealer lot for 4 years. It has the original tires on it and was in very good condition when I bought it. man!! i love the pic with the lights on ! i wish mine looked like that
oneharvester Posted February 18, 2012 Posted February 18, 2012 I restored this Super H in 2006. I purchased it from my uncle in 2003 IIRC. He and his Dad bought the tractor new in 1957. It is a 1953 model, but it sat unsold on the dealer lot for 4 years. It has the original tires on it and was in very good condition when I bought it. man!! i love the pic with the lights on ! i wish mine looked like that cool, love it thanks
Tonyinca Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 More before pic's Owner told me that it had set in a field for 15yrs and I believe him .You can not believe the rust and amount of water in rear end and engine. steering wheel and seat were totaly burnt from the sun. Rolling out of shop on her own power ,after 15 years.
Tonyinca Posted February 27, 2012 Posted February 27, 2012 This should be at top of above post. The purchase and loading of a dead 560 and the before pic. Bob my helper decided he wanted to drive it dead,after sitting for 15yrs. Tony This also should be at beginning of posts. We went into differential and tranny found several bearings needed replaced and brake pinion gears needed replaced housing needed thorugh cleaning.
660 driver Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Got schwartz front end back together and mounted under the super M. Next step is to deal with the sleeves!
Leaky Gasket Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Here's my block (400D) I just got back from rebuild, which I then painted. It had a crack in one cylinder, which they fixed by sleeving and sealing. Did the other 3 holes when they found that the available sleeves just fell in the holes. So what I have are sleeved sleeves. Next I start installing in the frame.
johnandmichellecologna Posted March 12, 2012 Posted March 12, 2012 Heres my 1974 1066 that Im in the process of putting a new engine, t/a, clutch, tranny, rearend, new wiring harness front to back, new fenders, new guages, new tires, and Im sure alot of things Im forgetting at the moment. A little history on the tractor, I bought it off of a widow on Purplewave.com. her husband had bought it in 1985 when they moved to their farm, He used it until his death in 1990, from 1990 until july of 2011 it bush hogged their CRP land, which equated to about 10 hours a year, the rest of the time is just set. When I got it home I changed the oil and hyd fluid and used it to mow hay, this winter I went to feed my neighbors cows with it and it started haveing an excessive amount of blow by, so I pulled the dip stick and it had dumped all the coolant into the engine oil. Luckly I had purchased a good running DT-466 from BluePower for use in another project, so I scrapped that idea and decided to stick it in here. While I had it down for the engine I went ahead and decided to put a torque and clutch in it. I also decided to add a 3LM-466 too. Here is the tractor when my buddy and I went and picked it up. This tractor came from about 15 miles to the east of PurplePower(Im sorry I mean BluePower) on here. This is the left side fender. It was completely gone... Right after we pulled the loader. The new engine in its new home... This originally came out of a 3x88 series 2+2... T/A clutch and engine in it... The front had 11.00-16's on it, and I opted to trade them out and put 11L-15's on it, I think it looks better... All my parts, steering wheel, wireing harness' etc... The small items with their first coat of red... And finally the old engine... Thats all I have for now. I hope to have it running by mid next week, then the main part will get painted red, along with all the other stuff, then new decals!!
oneharvester Posted March 14, 2012 Posted March 14, 2012 first things first!!!!! shiny stack looks cool!!
660 driver Posted March 15, 2012 Posted March 15, 2012 Got sleeves pulled and just picked up new rings and replacement sleeves. Next step is to install sleeves,pistons,and attach to crank.
Leaky Gasket Posted March 16, 2012 Posted March 16, 2012 Here is one picture after painting the engine.
660 driver Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Got sleeves installed in the super M and this weekend I think we are gonna drop in the pistons.
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