I have a burned up Farmall super C. The head was off in a guys shop and located elsewhere when his barn burned so the entire top end is okay. The tractor is fried. Of course the tires got real hot so the rims sagged and I think the rear centers even bent. I put the the engine in my shed but did nothing to it. The pot metal parts melted off it. Its basically a rusted bloc of iron. Should I bother trying to take the engine apart? Would any of the "hard" parts be usable either on the carcass or the engine block? I have the front bolster but I'm afraid even that may be soft. Time for the scrap yard?
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Janicholson
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scrap. No point in working on over heated parts. Iron and steel loose mechanical properties at about 800 degrees or so. if heated for very long they both warp, and loose their heat treatment (or gain undesired heat treatment). Jim
If it was something rare then maybe you could work through the engine and get it to work half way. If it got hot enough to melt the pot metal then it is more than likely ruined. There are plenty of IH Super C tractors out there to buy and overhaul. I would just start over on a different tractor.
formerly ny bill
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i had a super c burn up to the point that you describe. i bought another super c to replace it, and one front wheel of the tricycle was broken off. i took the spindles loose of the pedestal from the burned c and bolted it onto the new tractor. it has worked fine. also reused fenders and one rim that i reshaped. so there may be a few parts that would work in a pinch.
Anonymous-0
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There was a keg of 8-penny nails in my barn when it burned to the ground in 1955. You could bend 'em in your fingers.
mdtractormechanic
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With what you describe I can't imagine any of the metal parts have held their temper. There might be something salvageable though.
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