Just purchased and am unable to find 1. Where to ck the oil, 2. Does this tractor have the same capacities as Super C in 1951. 3. Is there a manual for the FC?

Your tractor is a model "C" and is the predecessor of the "SC". The letter "F" just means it is a Farmall.
Check the oil by looking on the oil pan & opening the petcocks; turn left to open. If oil drips out the top one, the system is full; if only the bottom one drips oil, you need to add a quart.
Everything else is similar to the "SC".

You could have a Super C, FC was used as the prefeix with both the C and Super C. Check for the disk brakes (cast iorn drums) and curved pedels (c are straight), if you see that then its a super if not a C. the only capacity that is diffrent is the coolant which the super holds approx. 2 quarts more. than the C

Andrew

I have a SuperFC. The SuperFC is the Farmall Super C made in Paris France. The F stands for French.(In the same way that BM denotes a model M built in Britain)If yours is an FC it will say Fabrique CIMA Paris on the serial No plate. Or words to that effect. Any other assist I can offer just ask. Where are you? MTF

Thanks for the assistance Mike. I am located in Willcox, AZ which is about 80 miles east of Tucson.

I was taught that the F in FA, FB, FC, etc. meant that it was built for Farm use. Likewise, the IA was built for Industrial. I don't know if there was an IB or IC.

F means Farmall, I is industrial, as you say. W (in the 50's and before) means wheel -- and that is a farm tractor.

Factory manuals are available from this site (poor quality diagrams); CaseIH, better quality; or Binder Books, best quality since they are digital copies, the others are photocopies.

i thought it meant France to because they made the diesel c and thats the FCD tractor

If you have a true French built SC it is a half breed C and SC. They were put together out of left over parts. All American built Farmall C, and SC tractors have the FC prefix in front of serial number. Has nothing to do with France. Not saying you don't have a French SC just that FC is on all American made C's, and SC's.

Lots of conflicting info here. I cant imagine there are many French built C's in USA. I think the real test is this. If your tractor has a water pump it is a Super C. If your serial No tag is in French it is a Super FC. If its in English it is a normal Super C. Incidentally the FC range wasn't built with left over parts most of the parts were actually made in France. MTF

Mike: I think all French built C were actually Super C and they were all diesel. My understanding is a few Farmall C were shipped to Europe. They liked the tractor, but it had to have a diesel engine even as early as WW#2.

I doubt if very much of it could be called left over parts, it had the French built diesel, a factory 3 point hitch thus rear chassis was different from US tractor. I have some good photos of the French built Super C and about the only US built items I see are sheet metal, wheels and touch control.

Europeans liked our Farmalls, but they had to be diesel with 3 point hitch. You have the same thing with Farmall Super BMD, it had to be diesel and it had to have 3 point hitch. TA and IPTO didn't matter a damn to them.

Their cost of fuel even as far back as war time drove the diesel issue. You guys in the US think your hard done by on $4.+ gas. This is also what drove Canadians to diesel when the 6 cylinder Farmalls started coming into production in 1958. We've always paid 30% more for fuel than you guys. I've only ever seen a couple of Farmall 6 cylinder gassers. There is a Farmall 666 gasser at a dealer not far from me, in showroom condition, less than 3,000 hours on it. I can understand this, if one did own it you could never afford to use it here in Canada.

If anyone is still interested I've just dug a bit more into this. It is of course actually correct to say that F in the Serial No stands for Farmall. BUT if the tractor is wearing an FC decal it is a french model C or super C as in this case. Initially they were all petrol or Distillate/kero. A short time later the FCD was introduced with the deisel engine. Production then continued for a time with all three fuel types. This leads me to suggest that the tractor in question is not a Super FC but a Super C as per one of the previous threads. If I've caused confusion--sorry, but hey ho tomorrow is another day MTF

Mike,

Great to hear about your FC. My father is restoring a SCFD. Hope to have it ready for Red Power in WI. It was built in the CIMA plant in France. I copied an in progress picture.