Farmall B exaust lift

I recently got a cultivator with exghaust lift for my Farmall B. I was wondering how the lift connected to the exaust? Does anybody have photos of the exaust lift mounted? Photos of the cultivator mounted would be nice. The cultivator I got was taken apartin several components. I think that I can figure it out but a photo would help a lot. Thanks.

Look in the archives of RP magazine for an issue with an article about this system...you can order it. Talk to Gene Bender as he has a lot of parts and a couple of working systems he can tell you about.

So you have the cult but do you have the exhaust system on the tractor or just got the cult. The system starts at the manifold where the muffler goes. A pic wont show all the componets that is needed. You need the manual for the 238 assuming thats the model you have that shows all the componets and how they are mounted. There are several manuals out there but not all of them show the stuff for the lift system. e-mail is open

I"ve got a working B221 on my B (see picture archives - look for B221) and would be willing to help, but Gene is THE MAN to talk with on these.

The Red Power article was Sept-Oct '03. The issue is still available.

In FARMALL LETTER SERIES TRACTORS (Fay and Kraushaar), there is a very brief description of this system, which isn't very useful, but it might be worth something to you: "The small tractors used the Pneumatic Lift-All, which operated off the exhaust pressure from the exhaust manifold, NOT with vacuum from the intake as is sometimes thought because the vacuum just didn't have enough power. A control valve operated the system but was quite sensitive to poor maintenance due to the hot, corrosive gases used."
This corrosion must have been a problem, because the thing you most often hear about this lift is that it was difficult to maintain. I have vague memories of seing this apparatus described in the I&T manual, but can't swear to this. I also seem to remember photos of the contraption in old IH sales literature. I am going to dig around in my so-called collection of this stuff to see if I can find it. I do remember that there is a diverter valve located--I think--in line with the exhaust pipe. This seems to have been an IHC attempt at a system independent of the transmission. Maybe they didn't want to spend the money for independent hydraulics, or maybe it just didn't occur to them when the A and B first came out. Never used one, but I've never heard much good about it. When it worked, I guess you could push the clutch in and if the motor was running fast, you'd get enough pressure to lift your cultivators. Hard to imagine that it was very fast--the piston was huge and would have needed a fair amount of exhaust gas to move it. One reason this might not have caught on is that on an A, at least, you had one-row cultivators, and they weren't all that heavy. A two-row cultivator is a little heavier, although in my experience with F-12 two-row cultivators, one side at a time was lifted and dropped, so it wasn't as heavy as you might think. Another issue might just have been the extra money it cost to get this accessory. When this tractor came out, a lot of small-farm operators just didn't have a lot of cash, so they avoided buying what they didn't absolutely need. My father ordered the hydraulic power lift on his 1938 F-12, but his brother bought an identical tractor without the lift (he was a thrifty guy, and besides he probably figured the hired man could do the lifting!).

Here is a link to an online manual for the exhaust lift.

http://home.centurytel.net/ejpuckett/exhaust lift/