Farmall A question

bumblebee · Oct 9, 2018

Did IH offer an A that ran on distillate, if so, what years.

Jim in NC · Oct 9, 2018

I would say yes but do not know what years. What I do know is that I have a distillate Super A, 1951 model.

rustyfarmall · Oct 9, 2018

All of the letter series Farmalls used distillate as the standard fuel. Kerosene was an option, and gasoline was also an option. At some point, gasoline became the standard fuel.

If the serial number on your tractor does not have a suffix after the number, it came from the factory as a distillate burner.

Russ from MN · Oct 9, 2018

When I went looking for new rod bearings for our A the parts man told my my engine was a distillate, by looking at the old bearing, it was wider. I could not find wider bearings so I put new narrow ones in, (with some shims behind a couple) and it ran just fine with good oil pressure for as long as we had it. It did not have the extra tank for the starting gas.

gene bender · Oct 9, 2018

From 1939 till the model was replaced with SA and even SA could have the option.

gene bender · Oct 9, 2018

He was wrong the cranks were all the same using same bearings. Probably had a listing with errors not uncommon today parts books now have mistakes

Athol Carr · Oct 9, 2018

My 1948 Farmall Super A was set up for kerosene

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