Farmall B and A

grandpa Love · Sep 16, 2021

Bought a Farmall B last week. Don't believe that engine will break loose. Found a Farmall A yesterday. They want $700 for it, but I talked then into selling me the engine for $300, with the understanding that I will put the stuck motor on the A and return the tractor for them to sell. I can also use a few good parts I need on mine. Will go get the A today. Get it home ,get it to run ,then make the swap. Every thing is rusted out on the A. Guy is selling it for yard art. Total swap, carb, manifold, plugs,wires....... should be easy, 10 or so bolts in each. Then the fun begins, a 2 seat B is in the works,with a grandma Love twist!!

The A floor pan and seat are about to fall off from rust, but he has the rear end of a super A with a good floor pan and seat assembly sitting there. Will get that for the 2 seat project.

gene bender · Sep 16, 2021

the A and SA floor pans will not work as they are 18 inches wide and the B uses a 22 inch. The seat assy will work for the B but you will need the bracket for the seat support and those and very hard to find you will need to make one using the one on the B for a pattern. I make them use a piece of 1in tube for the brace have to look pretty close to even see the difference

grandpa Love · Sep 16, 2021

Gene, so if I get the whole seat assembly it isn't correct? This one has pan seat, springs,tool box and brackets

old · Sep 16, 2021

Sounds like you need the deluxe seat I have on a parts B and the floor pan it sits on.

BarnyardEngineering · Sep 16, 2021

None of the floor pans will work if we are talking about the seat on the left side. In order to work they would need to be a mirror image of the standard floor pan.

Whatever you do will have to be customized anyway so it does not matter if you have the "wrong" pan. They're ALL wrong.

formerly ny bill · Sep 16, 2021

I put the whole seat assy from an A or B (don't recall which) on my BN. Direct bolt-on. I made the floor from a piece of salvage sheet steel (think it was NOS manure spreader side), with 2 pieces of angle iron underneath for strength. I think the only diff between B and BN was the extra width on the axle castings and guts, making the seat sit away from the fenders, so you would need the pieces Gene talks about.

these pics were from the engineering phase, before I made the step for Linda, and bolted the backrests in place.
the step, crude but it works.

Farmall B and A

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