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1939farmall

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When I got home from work yesterday all my son kept asking is can we go to the shop, are you ready to go up to the shop? So we spent the evening working on the M. I had a lot of fun working with him. I let him do as much of the work as possible and he wanted to do it all! By the end of the evening we had a lot accomplished. Heres where were at. Valve train look good no stuck valves. Engine turn free. We put a couple of squirts of ATF in each cylinder for a little lubrication and to help the rings loosen up. He oiled the valve train and checked that it all moved free. The plugs look good just a little soot. They cleaned up fine. We drained the rest of the bad gas out of the tank and surprisingly it looks really clean no junk or rust. Removed the sediment bowl. Removed and disassembled the carburetor. Now we have some questions we need help answering. If you dont mind I think Ill start a new thread for each question so I can post pictures and keep the information straight. I appreciate you guys following along with us on the saga of the M!
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1939farmall. I think you might have purchased a good ole tractor. Regardless of that. The look on your sons face says it all. I dont know about you but he is caught. Hook line and sinker. Enjoy but teach him all the safety that comes with these tractors. Wingnut
 
From the looks of the pics that engine is in good shape. No oil fouling on the plugs, no sludge on the valves, etc. Shouldn't take much to get it running. And a happy boy.
 
I have my 9&13 year old grandsons helping me on projects Right now were changing an engine in a lawn mower tractor and changing the tires. Next project is a Allis Chalmers B. Its great working with them
 
Thats awesome. It really is great working with them. My problem is Im so used to doing things myself i have to work on stepping back and letting him grab the wrench and do it. Thats the only way hes going to learn. You can only stand and watch for so long before you have to get your hands on it. But were getting there.
 
This changed pretty quick from just getting an old tractor to run to son wanting to do the work and learn. Last night I rolled the engine over by hand so he could watch the parts move and understand how they work. We go over how to work and operate the old machines quite a bit. My goal is to make sure he has respect for what they can do and how they work while keeping safety in mind.
 
She looks really clean under the cover , now i see one problem , your spark plugs dump the D 21 Champions ya don't need that hot of a plug either find some 386 Autolites or better yet C 86 A/C's I can see she is NOT and oil burner . What would make it run way better is a late model point and coil ing with the new timing curve .
 
I noticed the D21 and didnt recognize as a plug Ive used before. Ive used the autolites you mentioned with no issues. We will probably try to get it to start with what we have. But stay tuned because I know Im going to have questions on the ignition set up when we get that far.
 
Let the boy read YT also. Practice reading and figuring things out. Great to work together.
 
That young man is going to pester you forever. That is about as good as it ever gets. Congratulations. The M looks like a sweet buy. Jim
 
Looks to have a later date head than tractor year. Probably a gasoline head instead of the lower compression head tractor was built with. No valve rotating caps came on a 41 model also. Could be added though. Can't tell for sure from the picture but think the engine block could be newer. Looks like a X on end of date code, but could be a messed up K. Don't remember a 41 block having two raised areas above the valve followers cover though.
 
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