Lift all questions -- what's this extra cable do?

Posted by bob4knee on May 20, 2005 at 10:13:16 from (137.216.208.48):

This is a 1940 Farmall M. The control system for the "lift all" seems to have been modified. Where the manual shows a vented cap, I have a solid cap. There is an additional cable running through the housing, to where I'm guessing the pump lives (some pictures at URL at bottom of message). It also has a "different" lever--it has two holes to connect a control rod, but my books show a shorter lever with a single hole) I probably don't need a vented cap, as there's plenty of space for air to get out (and dirt to get in) around this cable.

Somebody has also welded an additional stop on the control lever. This stop will hold it at the full back, or "lift" location. I'm not able to pull or twist the control cable from the driver's end, and have not yet dropped the dust shield to see what the bottom end of the cable would do if the cable were free.

The reservoir is dry, sticking a coat-hanger down through the fill cap (no dipstick on this cap) revealed a quarter inch or so of (actually clean and oily) fluid on the bottom. (Anybody with a dip-stick care to tell me how far from the top of the opening the fluid should be? My book says 6 quarts total, so that'll give me a starting point if not)

Has anybody seen this modification before? I'm hoping it's a Good Thing. The other choice is that the seals started leaking and somebody needed to hold it in "lift" just to get it to stay put, so they added an extra stop. I'm hoping not (that seems more like a baling-wire fix, and doesn't explain the extra cable). I'll probably drop the dust sheild and have a look, then fill it with fluid and see what happens.

Thanks in advance for any help,
I put some pictures at: http://www.engineering.sdstate.edu/~fourneyr/farmall/

Follow Ups:

• Re: Lift all questions -- what's this extra cable captaink 12:00:30 05/20/05 (0)
• Re: Lift all questions -- what's this extra cable bob4knee 11:24:09 05/20/05 (0)
• Re: Lift all questions -- what's this extra cable SDDOAS 10:51:13 05/20/05 (0)
• Re: Lift all questions -- what's this extra cable Nebraska Cowman 10:27:10 05/20/05 (0)

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