I bought this combine in 2015 but never had time or possibilities to try it. This combine had sat two years outside right before I bought it but was shredded otherwise.
This is a super92 imported in France in the early 60s, to complete the model lineup with the French built 892, that looked more like a Super27. Very few were imported because the 500 (predecessor to the 510 build LATER in Canada), was already available in great Britain, and some were imported also.
That perkins 6-305 is the best starting and sounding engine of that size I have ever seen.
During August of last year, I took a day off to get it going. She fired right up in half a revolution of the engine.
The straw walker crank was stuck from setting, but a good pipe wrench did fix that. A good greasing and she was good to go. I found pretty soon that the unloader needed fixing at the coupler. After some welding and metal straightening, she was doing better. I Jerry rigged a grain flow reducer in the bin so not to overload it.
Last year harvest at my dad's farm was very good and the barley yielded 9.5t/ha or 173Bu/ac, so this was quite a load on the elevator and I could not push her too much. The sample quality and straw walker losses were low, but I was missing a bigger holes sieve screen to allow more crop to go trough. The sieve is not adjustable, and this is slightly painful to adjust. With a sieve with different front and rear adjustment like the one on my 860, that super 92 will fly.
In damp straw (the straw is quite tall, cutter bar is 12 feets), I had issues with cylinder loosing speed and plugging. That is because of the unique variable speed cylinder system. Since then, a friend working at the Massey plant in France has given me the information and technical manuals so I can retighten the belt.
I hope to have it all restored in the next few years and will do some mods to make her work better with urgent condition.
This is a super92 imported in France in the early 60s, to complete the model lineup with the French built 892, that looked more like a Super27. Very few were imported because the 500 (predecessor to the 510 build LATER in Canada), was already available in great Britain, and some were imported also.
That perkins 6-305 is the best starting and sounding engine of that size I have ever seen.
During August of last year, I took a day off to get it going. She fired right up in half a revolution of the engine.
The straw walker crank was stuck from setting, but a good pipe wrench did fix that. A good greasing and she was good to go. I found pretty soon that the unloader needed fixing at the coupler. After some welding and metal straightening, she was doing better. I Jerry rigged a grain flow reducer in the bin so not to overload it.
Last year harvest at my dad's farm was very good and the barley yielded 9.5t/ha or 173Bu/ac, so this was quite a load on the elevator and I could not push her too much. The sample quality and straw walker losses were low, but I was missing a bigger holes sieve screen to allow more crop to go trough. The sieve is not adjustable, and this is slightly painful to adjust. With a sieve with different front and rear adjustment like the one on my 860, that super 92 will fly.
In damp straw (the straw is quite tall, cutter bar is 12 feets), I had issues with cylinder loosing speed and plugging. That is because of the unique variable speed cylinder system. Since then, a friend working at the Massey plant in France has given me the information and technical manuals so I can retighten the belt.
I hope to have it all restored in the next few years and will do some mods to make her work better with urgent condition.