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Got a phone call Saturday...friend told me he saw an old tractor about 20 miles away...he wanted me to go look at it. It looked a little like my old Case...so he said.
Ok...jumped in the truck and drove over.
It was a Case L like or something like what I got from dad years ago.
The real difference is it has cast rear wheel centers and tires. My old Case has spoke wheels and tires. Grandad put rims and tires on it long before I was born.
My friend backed out, but I ask him what he wanted for it. He said 500. I figured it was better than letting it go to scrap so I bought it.
Went to get the trailer and when I got back it was in the barn lot running...no, purring like a kitten.
The old man had given a "little choke" or so he said and gave it a crank. It popped right off.
Brought it home and it started fine and I backed it off the trailer. Started right up again.
My question is...when did they go to cast wheels on the L ? The data plate is gone...or under a mess of grease.
Anyone have any ideas as to the year or how I can tell?
Darn thing runs better than the one I had...that's for sure.
Thanks in advance....
 
If they are the ones that have a cast center and flanges that bolt to the outer edge of the center, Case introduced them in 1935. They were the first rubber tire wheel on the large Case models. At that time there were no standards on wheel design. The flanges are so tall you cannot put a tire on over them with tire tools. You must unbolt the flanges to mount a tire. If the wheels have a cast center with a steel rim held on by wedges and studs with nuts, they are most likely wheels from an LA that someone put on this tractor.
 
There are no wedges...just bolts.
Thanks Robert.
What part of Texas are you in?
I am in La Porte, just outside Houston.
 
I live in Missouri City, have my tractors at Columbus. Sounds like you did really good on your L. I have a 37 L with those wheels. They are not very common now. Last time I took the L to a pull, everyone was asking about the wheels. Putting a tire and tube on without pinching the tube as you tighten the flanges is a challenge.
 
You should find a small area on the carb side of the block that it machined flat, and right about where the head meets the block, and toward the radiator. Your serial number should be stamped there.

If there are 6 digits in the serial number, take the first and fourth numbers, put them together, and subtract 3. That will give you the year. (Example: L301748 : 37 - 3 = 34. 1934) If, by chance, you have a later model with 7 digits, take the first two numbers and subtract 4.

I have a set of wheels like that on my L, and Robert is right, it's a chore getting the tire and tire on without pinching.
 
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