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BillfromIL

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I just aquired a F-20 that I used to throw bales of hay behind as a teenager. It"s been sitting for 10 years + in a shed. I have several old tractors mostly farmall"s but I am not all that familiar with the F-20. The tractor has a few things that caught my eye, electric start (I read all the confusion about how they got put on), generator bolted on to the head with adjusting bracket coming off the radiator, amp gauge mounted opposite side of the temp gauge, road gear, rear firestone rims that are split with a solid retaining ring (piece of cake to retube, 20 minutes), hydraulic cultivator lift with hydraulic pump between trans and bellhousing and dished bolt on front rims. It is a late 1938 by the serial number. I suspect the light bar is not from IH as it is a plain angle iron. How can I tell what is dealer installed from IH and what is aftermarket? Amp gauge looks like its IH and wiring is loomed cloth and is neatly done.
Thanks!
Bill
 
Post pictures, others will tell what is original.
I would like to see Hydro pump and road gear both
mounted in frame? Or is it high speed 4th gear in tranny? oldiron29
 
We have an old Behlen overdrive add and it states it will fit tractors with M style belly pump hydraulics.
 
A 1938 F-20 could have been ordered with the hydraulic lift, and electric lights and starter. Those accessories could also have been added later. If the starter bolts to a cast bell housing it's probably factory.

Most dealers would install M&W and Behlen additions as well as IH manufactured and IH "approved" accessories. Your tractor may also have some "farmerized" accessories like that angle iron light bar.

The only good way to tell IH pieces from other pieces is to look for a casting number or decal. IH had all their stuff labeled one way or another. They also used things like generators and starters that were made by Delco. I don't believe any of the tractor manufacturers made magnetos.
 
No. No, and No. IHC NEVER offered electric start on an F20. It was a dealer or farmer installed aftermarket option. And yes, IHC made their own magnetos. The Lift-all pump was available as a field upgrade after 1939. There was an adapter casting that mated it up to the transmission housing but I find many with home-made mounting brackets. Electric lights were available from the start but that's a whole 'nother cat and seldom seen.
 
Hi Bill, I've got an instruction/lube chart and
parts list original manual 6-19-37 sold from IHC
dealer in Pearl City, Il. if you need one. Chuck
 
This is looking at starter and hydraulic pump with cultivator linkage running through it
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The rim has a split all the way across and is marked firestone. The removable outer ring is solid not split. You take rim off of cast hub, remove a bolt securing the split then the rim will collapse inside of itself and the outer ring will come off then and the tire slips right off. Never seen one like this on a tractor. If you look close you can see the tab with the bolt over the split.
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Not a very good shot of the pump, these are the first pictures of the tractor before I bought it. We haven't brought it home yet, just got the tire tubed and the ole gal up on all four tires.
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This is the first time I saw her in about 37 years. Never forget the downspout exhaust pipe and the cyclops eyeball in the front. Can't wait to get'r home.
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