Re: Live Hydraulics on M

Posted by Nat 2 on January 19, 2006 at 12:24:03 from (64.80.108.53):

In Reply to: Live Hydraulics on M posted by F-Dean on January 19, 2006 at 06:17:22:

If your M is a 1950 or newer, then it's got the right front engine cover and timing gears for a factory IH pump. It just bolts on between the distributor and front cover, in place of the casting that is there now. This is an expensive option, though.

If your M is a 1949 or older, then you've got two options for distributor-drive hydraulics:

1. Change out the front cover and timing gears, then add a factory live pump. Expensive to the max.
2. Find an M&W live hydraulic add-on. This will bolt in just like the factory pump, except it's compatible with the older front cover and timing gears. Problem with this one is, it's RARE, almost impossible to find, and really expensive to buy when you do run across one.

Final option is to add a belt-drive pump off the crankshaft. HOWEVER, unless you've got the time, tools, skills, and materials, it looks like a total cob-job, the belt slips, and it doesn't work very well. The belt-drive setup shown in this thread was done by a skilled fabricator and machinist. He turned the pulleys out of raw steel. He fabricated up the bracket. He planned the system properly, and I hear that it works well.

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