I have been offered a Farmall Super AMD. Super AMD tractors were fitted with a 264 cubic inch diesel. It is not a dual fuel motor. It just starts and runs on diesel. Were Farmall Super MD tractors in the U.S. the same or did they retain the system of starting on petrol?
Thanks,
SadFarmall

My '53 Super MD starts on gas and is a D264.

Dan

The British MD is direct start. The American MD
starts on gas. Not sure on export. I suspect your
AMD was built in Australia? I think the BMD was
built in England.

Your input is a great addition to YT and its
members. From the beginning of US-MD production they
used the gasoline start system. This continued
until the end of the series with International 450D
and its relatives in the linage of the M. The gas
start engine was important in that it could be crank
started with ease. With a Magneto ignition, it could
be operated without battery. I would like to see the
Three variations (possibly 2 if AMD and BMD are
identical) Jim

Apearantly not Jim. here is what I found on the Victoria Museum web site

"The Farmall M row crop tractor was imported from the US between 1940 to 1948 as "bare" tractor.
In Australia locally made rear wheels, tyres and mufflers were added at the Geelong Works.
From 1948 complete Farmall M tractors were built at Geelong using a mix of Australian and US components.
In 1950 the Australian built Farmall M was renamed the "Farmall AM" (A= Australian)and had some technical differences from either the American built "Farmall M" or British built "Farmall BM"
Victoria Museum Farmall M

OK, I can add a little bit to that. The Super AMD had a direct start diesel of 264 cubic inches and a twelve volt electrical system. The AW-7 Diesel and A554 Diesel had the same arrangement. The 12 volt start was really insufficient, the diesel engines were difficult to start in cold weather unless the batteries were both fully charged and in good condition. The Super AMD had the second battery under the seat while the AW-7 and A554 Diesels had both batteries in a long box on the near side of the engine. The direct diesel engine suffered from considerable vibration which rattled the chrome plated badges off the engine hood and destroyed the instruments on a regular basis. It was, however, a powerful motor. I learnt to drive tractors on a 1955 AW-7 Diesel; it was a tractor which happily worked a 14 disc plough in heavy clay soil.
Also, a note on the Victoria Museum. They have some lovely photographs of old machinery and some great scale models of Sunshine Massey-Harris equipment. The Museum is on Rathdowne Street in Melbourne and well worth a visit if you happen to be in Australia and further happen to be in Southern Victoria. You do have to be careful with the information supplied with Museum photographs; it is sometimes a close guess rather than verified data.
SadFarmall