Re: Stuck engine Lo-boy

Posted by DR. EVIL on October 26, 2022 at 14:46:03 from (174.192.67.201):

In Reply to: Stuck engine Lo-boy posted by grandpa Love on October 26, 2022 at 06:09:26:

DAD bought an H, think an early '40's, was stuck. Pulled the plugs, squirted ATF and motor oil in the cylinders, jacked one rear wheel off the ground, put in 5th gear, every day on way past garage he rocked the rear wheel back and forth. Was 6-8 weeks till it broke loose. He pulled the head, ground all 8 valves and new valve springs. Was a nice smooth running H. Not sure where that one went. He bought two Super M's, an early one and a stage 2. I know where they both went. The last one spent about 10 minutes parked beside the busy blacktop road, mail lady drives by, sees the For Sale sign leaning against the tire, She asked Dad, How Much?, then, Can I Use your phone? Then Is a check O-K? Her husband dropped off the check an hour later, put 5 gallon of gas in the tractor, started it and drove it home.
The '54 Super H Dad delivered to me about 1995, and in 2006 I hauled the '51 M here, first time in 55 years that tractor had ever been out of Henry County, Illinois. Come to think of it, same thing with the Super H, it took it 41 years to escape Henry County, And the Folk's farm was only about 24 miles from IH's FARMALL PLANT. AS crazy as it seems Dad said his M, built in late December 1950 was hauled via train and Flatbed car to the IH dealer in Cambridge, Ill, Bob Richel & SON. IN fact Bob sold both tractors.
The ONE that Got Away, the Super M-TA was traded to West Bay Implement in Galesburg, I'll for a 450 gas with Fast Hitch and a Fast-Hitch 4F-43 4-14 mounted plow, an IH #25 rotary stalk and brush chopper, and some spare Fast Hitch prongs. The SM-TA was the first tractor I did serious fieldwork with.

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