Farmall 300 further questions with pictures

Zachary Hoyt · Apr 23, 2012

I went up and paid a visit to the owner and then the tractor yesterday. It has a drawbar on the fast hitch that is buried in the dirt. The rear tires look okay and one front, the other front is old. I talked to the man and he said that the noise it made was a constant squeal that he described as ear-splitting, and he said it happened all of the time the engine was running whether the clutch was in or out. I think the engine may be stuck, I was not able to turn it at all with the fan belt and the choke is frozen. The oil and antifreeze look good. I am curious about the broken handle on the left side with the disengaged linkage, it looks like a hand lever for the clutch, but I couldn't see why it would be there. I also do not know what the TA lever should look like or where it would be, and I am wondering if the tractor has IPTO or transmission driven. The brakes and clutch feel good as far as I could tell. If anyone has any advice about any of these matters I would be very grateful to hear it.
Zach

Andrew Z · Apr 23, 2012

Broken handle is for the TA, most likley it is out. It does have independent PTO. Looks like she had a pretty tough life i would not want to evnture more then 700 in that one.

Andrew

Zachary Hoyt · Apr 23, 2012

Thanks, that's good to know. I will probably leave a bid a bit higher than that, because if it is too far gone to fix I could certainly part it out and make a profit and maybe I could put the fast hitch on my H. I wouldn't have live hydraulics but at least I would be able to lift logs and such.
Zach

rustyfarmall · Apr 23, 2012

The rear tires APPEAR to be ok, but with at least one of them being flat, settled into the dirt, and the fact they don't match, I would plan on the tires being junk.

I don't think I would pay any more than scrap value.

Andrew Z · Apr 23, 2012

You cant put a fast hitch on the H or Super H, you need the bosses in the rear cast. You are acutally better taking a running H engine and upgrade the needed parts or fixing the C169 thats in it. A few choices.

Andrew

pete 23 · Apr 23, 2012

I would say the squeal is the very least of the problems with that one. Pto splines stipped out of clutch backing plate. Looks like a parts tractor or 100 percent tear down and rebuild.

26Red · Apr 23, 2012

I'd pick it up if you can. If the motor is shot you can swap in a H motor. Just remember to use the 300's timing gear cover and gears- so you can have & the hub machined. (way cheaper than a fully rebuilt one) Only other surprise would be that live pto shaft in the TA/clutch housing. It has a tendency to wear out on the splines.

Good luck.

gold1456 · Apr 23, 2012

Looks to need lots of work.

dej(Jed) · Apr 23, 2012

I don't know where you are, but around here; western, Pa, that is about a $400 to $500 tractor. I can see you dumping $3000 into it just to get a useable tractor.

mkirsch · Apr 23, 2012

Looks to be a rusted-up hulk of metal at this point. If the TA lever is set up so bad that it's been twisted and ripped off the tractor...

Mark Peters · Apr 23, 2012

I`m with the others on here. Unless you get it for scrap price.... Run , don`t walk away !

The Red · Apr 23, 2012

High probability that the bottom of those tires buried in the dirt are rotted out. From my experiences of rebuilding a 1951 Farmall H in 1999 (article on this site) and bringing a 1947 Farmall M back to life in 2002 which spent most of it's time outside, you have a major rebuild on your hand. I can easily see a $4,000 project.

dhermesc · Apr 23, 2012

Agreed. It's a parts or scrap unit for the most part and should be priced accordingly.

rhtx55 · Apr 23, 2012

The high pitched squeal was probably the abortion in front of the carb, POWER? steering mechanism, auxillary hydraulic pump?
Is it belt driven? Looks like an add-on.

This will definitely be a major project, much more complicated than an H or M, but worth saving. Their production numbers were much lower, with the early style fast hitch, even lower still.
I't up to you.

JRSutton · Apr 24, 2012

An ear piercing squeal could be anything, but last time I heard it, the engine had spun a main bearing.

It had galled both the crankshaft and the block pretty bad.

The only fix being line boring the block and grinding the crank - and hoping you can find oversized bearings that'll work.

Unless you're paying scrap price and you can easily make your money back - I'd walk away from that one.

There are too many good ones left out there to take such a chance.

But of course- if you can get it for scrap price, why not see what you can do with it.

IH fan · Apr 24, 2012

(quoted from post at 20:43:27 04/23/12) The high pitched squeal was probably the abortion in front of the carb, POWER? steering mechanism, auxillary hydraulic pump?
Is it belt driven? Looks like an add-on.

That "abortion" in front of the carb looks like some kind of circulating block heater. Has an electrical cord and hoses plumbed into the water jacket.

rhtx55 · Apr 24, 2012

Ok, thanks, that's not the problem.
The squeal could be a clutch or T/A problem, or a spun engine bearing as stated before, possibly a water pump or generator locked up. I sure would feel better if the engine would turn over.

GordoSD · Apr 24, 2012

Drove by a pristine 350 for sale in Mt Vernon SD this afternoon

JDnTN · Apr 24, 2012

How, How do you break the TA handle like that?????

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