the m5 coming home

I got out to my friend harolds today to get the m5 running and loaded and hauled home. pulled the hood and panels off and blew out 20 years of poplar leafs, fluff and cobwebs, changed plugs, plug wires, rebuilt the wiring to get rid of all the butt splices and old cracked wiring, Harold rebuilt the carb put in new float and carb kit, cleaned the sediment bowl, changed the fuel line and filters, choke cable(seized) Harold assured me there was no extra charge for the wood accent trim pieces wrapped around the throttle linkage! Harold turned on the switch, pulled the choke and hit the starter button and she was running on the first revolution!! to me that speaks volumes of the workman ship and the quality that went into building this tractor 56 years ago! a simple rugged reliable design that has stood the test of time. I wonder how many 2017 tractors could be parked in the poplar trees for the next 20 years and with a little cleanup some basic repairs flash up and run?? test drove and every thing works great, steering, pto, amplitorque, hydraulics, put the roof and panels on loaded and hauled her home. fired right up when I got home drove around the field to warm it up and shes in now in the shop with the oil draining, will pic up new oil filter in the am. and give the old girl a complete service. here are some pics of todays fun, can't stop smiling.

That's so cool! I'd be smiling too.
It's always neat when they fire up for the first time.

Great to see! The paint even looks good. I bought a M5 a few years ago that had been sitting a LONG time also, and like yours it started right up. Had some blow by for the first few hours but it slowly went away.

thank you whiskey, picked up the oil filters this morning and after draining the engine all night I pulled the filter cover plate and wow the muck and sludge that was in there after sitting so long, pulled the muck out and then it took most of a can of brake clean to get it clean. installed new filter and oil, greased all the nipples, one broken off on the left brake pedal shaft and replaced the one on the draw bar roller, everything else took grease changed out alternator(not charging) tomorrows to do list: change out amp meter (broken) get out broken grease nipple, change out light switch and get all the lights working, drain and clean out fuel tank, it will run smooth for about 10 minutes and then start sputtering and shut down, when I pulled off the fuel line there was no fuel flow, blew air back into tank and got full flow but won't stay long so a clean up and new sediment bowl should cure that problem. I am looking forward to hooking up that j.d. baler and having a live pto. and more than enough h.p. to show that baler who the new boss of the field is!! :lol:

There was 2 generations of M5. First were from 1959-61. Identified by decals is easiest.
Red was the first ones. Black second. Second had a few updates. On diesel models they went
from Bosch pump to the Roosa. The control valves were updated to Gresen from Charlyn. Power
steering had mods as well as hydraulic pump was updated for more volume.

morning gb hows the resto going on the ub, I have a question on the wheel weights that are on my m5, I can't tell with all the rust but I believe they where painted red? or where they dyna brown? thanks john

Any weights I have seen are cherry red. They would match your decals.

thank you gb, and like you my past experience on square balers was standing behind it on a stoker not sitting in front of it! it has been a very steep learning curve for sure.

one thing I did 4 weeks before I picked up the m5 whiskey was to take out a gallon of atf oil and pulled the plugs and poured about a quart of atf in each cylinder, put the plugs back in and let it sit till the other day when we again pulled the plugs spun the engine over cleaned it up reinstalled plugs and fired it up. I believe the atf soaking into the rings, cylinders and pistons helps to clean and losen everything up. there was barely a puff of smoke when we fired it up. I use this same trick on older Lincoln welders that have been sitting for a long time.