farmallmaniac
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What manual do I want that will tell me everything about my M. As in setting the timing plug wire orientation and things like that.
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Jim Becker
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The Owner's Manual. Quality reprints are available from Binder Books (google it). If you learn everything in that manual, you will know more about the tractor than most owners do.
old
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No single manual will do that and I have never yet seen them that tell you which wire goes where etc. All manuals are for people that at least have a good idea as to how and what works and they are just there to fill in the gaps. The I-T manual is pretty good but so is the Jenkins I think it is called as is the true IH shop manual
rustyfarmall
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I second the motion on the owners manual. All maintenance and tune-up procedures are very well described and illustrated.
Different people will have different ideas of what "very well described and illustrated" means.
If you're looking for a cookbook step-by-step Time Life book series style procedure for things like installing spark plug wires or changing oil, that's NOT in the owner's manual. It's not anywhere, in fact.
Back in the day someone taught you how to do those things. If you were an IH mechanic, you received on-the-job training. If you grew up on a farm, Dad or Grampa showed you how. It was never really documented like we would expect these days, with step by step instructions, including diagrams and complete materials lists.
The manuals help some but they were written around the same time as the tractor was built. They expect you to have some mechanical aptitude and the ability to figure things out as you go.
For example, the TA replacement section in the I&T manual is little more than, "split the tractor, take the old TA unit out, put the new TA unit in, put the tractor back together." That's the SERVICE manual, and its far more detailed than the owner's manual.
If you're diving into this headlong with no guidance, my advice is to get ALL the manuals, and take LOTS of pictures as you go. Learn the basics about multi-cylinder gasoline engines, and how they work. Things like timing, firing order, etc.. With some basic conceptual knowledge under your belt a light will go on inside your head, and it will be almost like you KNOW how to do a lot of the basic maintenance.
If you're looking for a cookbook step-by-step Time Life book series style procedure for things like installing spark plug wires or changing oil, that's NOT in the owner's manual. It's not anywhere, in fact.
Back in the day someone taught you how to do those things. If you were an IH mechanic, you received on-the-job training. If you grew up on a farm, Dad or Grampa showed you how. It was never really documented like we would expect these days, with step by step instructions, including diagrams and complete materials lists.
The manuals help some but they were written around the same time as the tractor was built. They expect you to have some mechanical aptitude and the ability to figure things out as you go.
For example, the TA replacement section in the I&T manual is little more than, "split the tractor, take the old TA unit out, put the new TA unit in, put the tractor back together." That's the SERVICE manual, and its far more detailed than the owner's manual.
If you're diving into this headlong with no guidance, my advice is to get ALL the manuals, and take LOTS of pictures as you go. Learn the basics about multi-cylinder gasoline engines, and how they work. Things like timing, firing order, etc.. With some basic conceptual knowledge under your belt a light will go on inside your head, and it will be almost like you KNOW how to do a lot of the basic maintenance.
rustyfarmall
Well-known Member
Really? My owners manual shows you where the drain plug is, where the fill cap is, and tells how much oil to put in. It also shows how to check and adjust the gap on a spark plug, gives you the firing order, and shows how to replace the points and condensor, as well as how to set the points gap.
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