Distillate M' s

fastfarmall

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Say pete 23 and other, i have a neighbor who got the M, her dad bout new in 1941, but dont think that came on distillate, in fact as a 10 yr old kid i only new of 1 tractor in our neighbor hood that ran on distillate, so the dealer could order gas M's too? The only time i have ever seen this tractor out side is if there mowing with it.and i go bye her farm at least 5 times a week for 50 years.She keeps it in a locked quanset, with paper over the window, and still 6 volt with the original battery box. Her serial no is 33924 x1 .
 
Most pre 45 M's around here were low compression heads. I ground valves on a lot of them. Most had domed pistons to raise ratio and burned gasoline. My father in law burned fuel in the Deere D until 1960. Brother in law put gas pistons in and ironically broke chain drive and put a hole in rear case.Done.
 

Distillate was the standard offering, with the high compression, gasoline only engine being an option, and a kerosene version was also an option. Many of the distillate tractors were converted to gasoline, but a distillate tractor would also run quite well on gasoline, without being converted.
 
The x1 code on the S/N indicates a gasoline engine. The valves in the distillate head are slightly longer. The distillate head doesn't have as much clearance. The straight gas engine has a few more HP than the distillate.
 

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