Posted by Nodonutz on February 18, 2010 at 11:06:50 from (75.220.60.227):
Greetings - New to the tractor gig. renting a farm in ND and the landlord let's me use the M. Great site - I verified the year via the serial# FBK271780X or close to that. I live in ND. Have used the M several times for several hours w/o a hitch. Always fired up and ran strong. It has the F11 Farmhand bucket, live Hydrolics, and has been converted to a 12v system, w/ a 6v resistor to the IH distributor - most of this I've learned from this site.
PROBLEM: I was moving snow, when all of sudden the M flat out died - couldn't get it to even crank. Seemed like an electrical problem. After troubleshooting - found the Voltage Reg was blown! The wire harness was in bad shape, so I remade the wiring harness using proper ga wire, and bought a new VR. Got everything put back together. Now, I can get 'er to crank, but it just won't start. It sounds like it's trying to 'catch' but won't fire up.I retraced the wires and all appear to be intact and in the proper place. When I shut off the starter, I get a bunch of gas blowing out the carb bottom - whether it's choked or not (tried both ways). It has fuel in the tank, block heater has been on so it's 'warm' and it cranks strong (actually having to use hi capacity charger to keep from killing the battery). So, where do I go from here? I'm not a whiz-bang at this stuff, have limitied tools (no multi-meter) but I have some technical skills; So, please keep it simple. My neighbor has a '49 M - he's helping, but we would like some guidance.
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