Help identify my Farmall please

I purchased a Farmall tractor, I was told by the seller that it is a 1949 Farmall super A. However from everything I have read the casting numbers say that most of the tractor was manufactured in 1950 and the engine was manufacturered in 1951. The engine also appears to be a Farmall C engine based on the stamped serial numbers. Here are the numbers that I have found to help identify it. The serial number plate on the seat bracket is not there.

Engine serial # FCM G 74240
Engine casting # 1*4*U(w maybe) and 251089 R1

Hydraulic housing # 8*7*T. And 354352 R1

Torque tube # 11*6*T and 351687 R3

Transmission # 11*24*T

I will try to figure out pictures

It could be a early 1951, they used both U and W, in 1951.

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thanks that is what I am thinking I was confused by the engine serial number as it does not line up with anything i have found online.

I am still trying to figure out photos as computers are not my best friend. i will post photos after I finish figuering it out in the test fourm

if DOT sees you hauling like that your gonna get very expensive lesson.

(quoted from post at 23:38:03 02/22/17) if DOT sees you hauling like that your gonna get very expensive lesson.

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How would you suggest changing it?

(quoted from post at 03:59:21 02/23/17)

(quoted from post at 23:38:03 02/22/17) if DOT sees you hauling like that your gonna get very expensive lesson.

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How would you suggest changing it?

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Chains. By the way, NEVER post a picture of your tractor on your trailer. The thread will ONLY go to the safety topic.

Thanks, I do have a set of chains and booms that I put on front and back if I am travelling at highway soeed, I had just picked this up about 5 miles down a country and was in a hurry so I threw a couple of straps on it and took off.

I am really hoping that some of these Farmall experts can tell me for sure if it is a 1951 and if it has the 113 or the 123 engine in it.

I am trying to get this tractor back to work as gardening season is upon us.

I take it there's no serial tag on the left seat support bracket?

The casting dates do indicate an early 1951. My understanding is they were typically a couple months ahead on castings as a general rule.

It would have the C113 engine in it standard, but it could have been rebuilt with overbore pistons and sleeves for 123 cubic inches.

BTW, straps are fine, perfectly legal if they are rated for the load, but the way you had it tied down may have been a problem. Ideally you would want four separate straps attached to four separate points on the tractor, pulling out and away from each other, preferably crossed and pulling from opposite sides. The way you had it if one strap broke, the tractor would be loose on the trailer.

the serial number tag is gone. The engine serial number is what is confusing. everything I have read says it should be in this format FFA 000000 mine does not even have 6 digits.

If it is a 1951 than the engine block is probably the original why would the factory have stamped a serial number like that on it?


Any good Locations on the super A to attach 4 straps? I just bought 4 brand new ones to keep with the tractor they are rated at 10,000 lbs each. Texas Transportation code does not say anything about requiring chains that I can see. But I have always had one on the front in case a strap broke.

Honeyhaus, the date codes and serial #'s tell the story. In all likelihood, the tractor is a very late 1950. While possible for November castings to show up on a '51 tractor, with nearly all of your parts cast within a week, and assembly often within a month.... nah. The FCM on the engine is the killer. It definitely came from a 51' SC, though I can't explain the serial #. I have a '54 123 block with only 5 numbers (no letters) that supposedly came from a SC. Might have been a Monday morning production run.

Many, perhaps most tractors still have the same engine block installed at the factory. A good number do not, including my first SA: serial # and housing date codes are W ('51), engine block says T ('50), just last week discovered the head is C ('57). It was not all that uncommon for these blocks to freeze crack on the carb side about 3" below the deck, between the 'ribs' that run front to back. It's also often cheaper to swap out a motor that is 'whooped' rather than re-build it. For whatever reason, yours has had a motor swap in it's past. Is it a 123? Was it a 123 put together with 113 sleeves? Only pulling the head will tell you.

HTH

wellworn,

I am going to go with what you said and call it a 1950, Thanks for everyones input!