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farmallkid1958

08-11-2005 06:42:38




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What is the significance of the shifter levers on the m tractor? I was at the Indiana State Fair Antique Tractor Show yesterday and noticed that some have one bend in them and some have multiple bends in them. They were from 1945 to 1953? I never noticed this before on these tractors. Just wandering thanks Hal




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DWV

08-11-2005 11:31:25




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to farmallkid1958, 08-11-2005 06:42:38  
Several shifters made for those tractors. From
middle to later 40's and early 50's the change from double bend to one bend was to keep from hitting underseat battery box when supers started using those.Single bend was on some before also.
The single bend for stage 2 SM had top lay more to left side of tractor.Dad purchased a shifter from IH to replace his in 60's and it had single bend.



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farmallkid1958

08-11-2005 11:12:37




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to farmallkid1958, 08-11-2005 06:42:38  
What I seen yesterday was to appear that they came from the factory this way. They were not heated up as one post suggests and the 300,400,350,450s have a totaly different shifter on them. I am talking about a M, supper M and the MTA tractors. I also seen both types on the same year of tractors. 1945 if I remember right was the oldest ones that I recall seeing both of them on. There may have been older models involved but they were not displayed at the show that I remember seeing. Hal

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RustyFarmall

08-11-2005 13:17:42




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to farmallkid1958, 08-11-2005 11:12:37  
I didn't mean to imply that the different bends are all a result of heating and bending, only some of them. The shift levers did take on different shapes as the M progressed through the years. Just keep in mind that the Ms have a lot of years on them, shift levers wore out and quite possibly could have been replaced with the newer style, which could be why you have seen 2 different styles on the same year tractors.

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john d

08-11-2005 10:21:51




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to farmallkid1958, 08-11-2005 06:42:38  
Many years ago, when I was a kid, I asked my Dad essentially the same question. He said he though the early M tractors had shift levers like the one on the H models. His opinion was that the M lever received the extra bend in the middle to provide a little more clearance away from the steering support post.



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MrIH

08-11-2005 09:38:39




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to farmallkid1958, 08-11-2005 06:42:38  
You're right. I have also notice that some M's have basically a straight shift lever which is only bent in one place, near the bottom. These are basically the same as an H. Others have a second,smaller bend about half way up. I don't know the significance of this, or the years/serial numbers involved, but I have seen both types.



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RustyFarmall

08-11-2005 09:47:36




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to MrIH, 08-11-2005 09:38:39  
My 1940 M had a shift lever which had been heated with a torch and bent in several places, most likely to fit the previous owners/operators preferances. I did not like it that way, it did not fit me. I tried reheating and bending it back into a more original shape, finally gave up and replaced it with a lever from an H. Works just fine now.



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Janicholson

08-11-2005 07:12:30




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 Re: farmall m shifters in reply to farmallkid1958, 08-11-2005 06:42:38  
Shifters were snake-like on 300 and larger non-utility number tractors. someone decided that a long flexible leaver was (fill in the blank). It wasn't.
Jim Nicholson



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