I have McCormick 46 baler

Ed M3mn

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Looking for some information on my baler I just got. I got it all greased and oiled ran it in the yard everything seems to work. I took it out for a test run and the plunger is getting hot on the feeder side. Any help I see that there is an adjustment block on the other side on the bottom is there supposed to be one on the opposite side. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
You need to get a set of manuals - I got mine from Binder books. If you have never run a 46 it can be very touchy about tying and a manual will be a big help.
 
(quoted from post at 19:07:54 07/06/17) Looking for some information on my baler I just got. I got it all greased and oiled ran it in the yard everything seems to work. I took it out for a test run and the plunger is getting hot on the feeder side. Any help I see that there is an adjustment block on the other side on the bottom is there supposed to be one on the opposite side. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

That happened with my Massey last year. My problem turned out be rust behind a spacer, that the bottom of the knife runs against. I had a heat problem once wth a Ford and then with a JD, both times it was rust under or behind a spacer.
 
And what the manual does not say about tying is that if the plunger slides get worn it will not tie. And they are steel slides welded on the plunger and I dought they are avaible anymore. We replaced them back in about 79 and tieing problems went away without touching anything else. Sold baler back in 81 when the dairy heard left. And they do not need much power to work. We pulled it with a 28HP 1949 John Deere B with no problems and had the thrower and pulled the wagon. That B handled it easier than the 39HP JD AR. And no problem without live PTO.
 
My uncle did a lot of custom baling with a 46 back in the real early 60s. It had a thrower with a B&S engine on it. He pulled it with a new 4010 Deere that he traded his Oliver 88 diesel in on.
I remember Dad got tired of waiting for him one time when the hay was ready. He hooked the Oliver 66 to it and baled a few loads so we could unload while we were waiting for him.
 

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