Brought my new purchase home (Pics)

I went to pay and get my "new" Super M hauled today. All went great. I met the guy who hauled it for me at the buyers house.. Really nice guy and the best service imaginable. Loaded it up and brought her home. It needs some minor things done but it runs like a top. It is a great tractor. I got plows hooked up to it this evening but didnt get pics. I'm gonna need to wire it for lights, fix the break(if anyone knows where and how to fix i'm all ears) and give her a good coat of paint. Just wondering what you guys think of it.

Nice lookin' honest ol' girl! As far as the brakes...it all depends on how bad things have gotten; those discs have a bad reputation, and if not kept up to snuff they can be next to useless! BUT: like a 6 volt electrical system, if you keep 'em snuffed they work great.
I usually start by just lookin', take the drum off, if things aren't all grooved and scored up, use a little 2" grinder with a scotch brite pad on it to clean the metal friction surface on the inside of the drum, the pull off the discs and if there is lotsa material soak them good w/brake parts cleaner and set 'em aside. Then take the actuator which consists of 2 plates held together by springs apart, there will be 3 balls sitting in cavities with a ramp on one side of the cavity. clean all the surfaces well, use the scotch brite to polish the balls and ramps real well, then use some graphite powder to lube the balls and ramps good (not liquid), if the springs are good reassemble. then clean the inside metal friction surface which will still be screwed to the tractor with the scotch brite. also clean and polish the brake shafts real well in the grooves and on the sides and tops of the teeth with the scotch brite. Also visually inspect the teeth for chips and gouges...if you have those then nothing you can do will help except replacing the shafts with good ones, because the discs will grab and tip and not slide uniformly on the shaft. If all looks well then reassemble and try 'em. If they work, plan on at least an anuual dissassembly and cleaning, and make sure if they are out in a heavy rain (always replace the rubber boots) you ride them lightly when ya first get on her after the rain, to dry em out.
If they don't work, then I would take bothe the drum, and the inside ring to a machine shop to have the friction surfaces re surfaced, make sure you have the shop remove a corosponding amount of material ( I usually take just a tad more off) the inner edge of the drum. You should be fine!

nice trator, well done. may you get lots of enjoyment with it.please put up some pics of plowing and when you paint her ............can never have to many pictures 8)

That picture of the brake just shows a dry rotted dust boot. No big deal, only money. They are pretty simple. If you look around there are a lot of tips on cleaning them. All you really do is take them apart, shine stuff up, scuff the friction material (or replace esp if oily) and reassemble.

Kinda a big deal. There is no actuating rod for the brake plates. You need to download the parts diagram for the brakes and put an ad on here, or watch ebay for your missing brake parts. Pretty spendy at IH.

Congratulations!! You got one helluva a deal I think. The tires alone are worth half of what you paid for it. It has good straight sheet metal. If it runs as good as you say it would easily bring $2500 around here. As far as the lights are concerned I would look at the overall condition of the main wiring harness. If it is at all suspect I would get new wiring harnesses for it and then work your way back to the actual lights servicing them as needed. Well done young man!!

(quoted from post at 06:38:34 04/10/11) Kinda a big deal. There is no actuating rod for the brake plates. You need to download the parts diagram for the brakes and put an ad on here, or watch ebay for your missing brake parts. Pretty spendy at IH.

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Good call. I saw the pic and thought why is he worked up about a rotten boot!?! Yeah...your gonna want that rod.

Rule on this board is is, "If you post a picture of your dog (Springer) you have to post his name, AND, get him in all future pictures".
We get REAL upset if Billonthefarm posts and leaves Wrigley out. LOL

Gordo

Excellent
Copy this thread and let others see how we feel about the fine purchase you made. Jim

Good Buy!Very happy for you.Now you have a real tractor!

Sorry all thats my hunting dog, He's a springer spaniel named Kole. Didn't get to hunt him much this past year but the year before that he put up 33 birds for me. Hes a great dog.

33? That's a days work here in SD Better get him up here.

If i had the chance to get him out there would. Thats my dream. Well that and a 54 SMTA but one thing at a time right?

54 SMTA is in my shop

Wow thats a nice one there. Just saw where one is going to auction near me in a few weeks. If i had the money and i didn't think my dad would kill me, I'd probably get it too. Given that its not in mint condition. I like to get them a little buggered up then get them back to mint myself.

(quoted from post at 20:34:03 04/10/11) Wow thats a nice one there. Just saw where one is going to auction near me in a few weeks. If i had the money and i didn't think my dad would kill me, I'd probably get it too. Given that its not in mint condition. I like to get them a little buggered up then get them back to mint myself.

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You'd be money ahead to buy a restored one. I watched an unrestored machine with only minor issues sell for $3600. Then the three restored ones on the Mecum auction averaged about $6000. You couldn't even paint it for that money let alone fix it up and take it back to original.