Found an old M&W Gear Company booklet and decals.

Will Herring · May 5, 2017

Grandpa had his WD overhauled in 1970 with M&W Gear Company pistons, and I found this amongst my tractor manuals -- they apparently sent him a booklet and two hood decals and a letter. I thought it was pretty neat and you all would enjoy.

GregCO · May 5, 2017

That's really cool. Back in the day when companies really showed you they appreciated your business.

Greg F.

Frank 41 · May 5, 2017

Agco now ownes the building in Gibson City and they make batwing mowers and other things. Elmo Miner and Gus Warsaw had a good thing going at one time. I had a classmate and friend work there.

Dieseltech · May 5, 2017

I have some M&W turbo kit info for IH models, think 656, 766, 966, and 806. Enjoy reading about the older M&W mods.

jeffcat · May 5, 2017

And if you went a little tooooooo crazy their power kits would blow
the crap out of your engine. Ask about the neighbor who blew up a 450.
My dad bought it cheep and he and I put i. New rods, pistons, crank,
block, head, right rear bull gear, and mwybe a couple of more parts.

pete 23 · May 5, 2017

I met Art Warsaw when he delivered a dynamometer to the shop. I asked him about the M & W dyno and he says, well, I am the W in M & W. He left and started his own co. A & W because of a disagreement about how dynamometers should be built. It was a very interesting day I spent with him.

dr sportster · May 5, 2017

Pretty cool stuff . You would be surprised at what that would go for on ebay . I'd guess 85 dollars maybe more with the decals.

730virgil · May 5, 2017

dad had a cousin who worked there. he was a corn and soybean farmer worked at a m&w during off seasons.
he said they would hire only farmers to work there. is this true?

johnlobb · May 6, 2017

I have always been very interested in that company but don't know very much about them. Thanks for posting that...

steve706 · May 6, 2017

Something I've been doing with old collectable stickers and decals is scanning them onto the computer. Then I use sticker paper in my printer
and make copies I don't mind wrecking and put the originals away for safe keeping. Best of both worlds.

Will Herring · May 6, 2017

I have two WDs and the one with the M&W pistons seems to run a bit quieter in the engine to my untrained ear. The other one sounds like a typical old Allis WD engine... But one has a Nelson muffler and one has a Stanley muffler so that may skew it a bit, too. I never tried to dyno them or anything though, and don't know if my other WD was ever upgraded or not.

morgan in ar · May 6, 2017

The tractor in the picture appears to have an IH
hood and an AC grill.

dr sportster · May 6, 2017

I tried that but it was a failure. Maybe I need better sticky paper.

steve706 · May 6, 2017

I use a laser printer rather than inkjet, colours are better. The paper I use is also made for stickers rather than regular sticky back paper. Only real issue I have is when stickers have creases and they show up on the scan.

VicS · May 6, 2017

Yes a A&W dyno was a few notches better. Didn't matter what rpm you wanted to check. Just slide the load cell. I met Elmo Miner. He had a south farm at Springerton Il. He knew a lot about many things.

Found an old M&W Gear Company booklet and decals.

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