Re: Farmall M live hydraulics conversion

Posted by captaink on December 22, 2004 at 08:36:01 from (66.115.214.56):

In Reply to: Farmall M live hydraulics conversion posted by Chris in LNK NE on December 22, 2004 at 05:45:55:

My 1950 M has had a live gear drive pump and Behlen (sp) power steering on since about 1964. It used to pick corn in the fall and be under the only loader (it wore out a DuALL 300 and now has a DuALL 325 on it) that was on the farm until 1994 when I bought a Westendorf for my 966. Even then I used the M almost every day in the winter feeding cows until 1998. This is still the original pump and the only issue was a camshaft gear breaking (hub went out) in the horrendous winter of 1968-1969 when we got about 99 inches of snow!

Here is one picture, if you search for “1950 M” in “Pieces and Parts” you will find three others. Not a real pretty tractor, but it runs! The only thing I would change is I would take out the “quick couplers” as I believe they slow down the oil flow a bit.

I have seen chain and belt drives on tractors that have been converted. I looked at them and scratched my head as to why anyone would put themselves through the maintenance, replacement, and danger of having either a roller chain or belt driving a hydraulic pump when IH already gives such a trouble free and neat method for doing this. By the way, when the loader isn’t on there is a home made supply tank in the torque tube where the belly pump used to be!

My two cents worth, don’t use the chain or the belt, go with the gear drive. I've never been sorry!

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