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Ethan Chamberlain

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i was wondering if anyone has any experience with a Farmall Super MDTA? what were there good points and what were there bad points? i have heard that they are hard to start..is that true? ive only talked to people who have them and they say anything cooler then summer weather and they dont want to start. could anybody mabey tell me how to start one of these? Thanks
 
Had one restored for over 15 years now and use it each year to rake hay. If tuned up like any gas tractor they start fine no matter what the temp is. You just have to make sure to let them run on gas long enough to warm up to change over to diesel. Guess good points are the live hyd and pto and the TA. Have been offered good money for it but it will never be for sale my favorite toy and it still earns its keep too!!!!
 
Starting was usually one of the strong points of these tractors. It starts on gas, warms up and switches to diesel. The head is often considered a weak point of any of these IH gas over diesels. I have my dad's MD, supposedly the first one shipped into the northeast quadrant of the country. He was a good caretaker and it still has the original head on it. Warm 'em up cool 'em off. best. Yeoman
 
I have a Super MD and what you heard about cold starting is not true at all, quite opposite really. In fact that is one of the things they were noted for. The one that i have is from upstate maine which speaks for its self. As long as the gas side is in good working order (carb and dist) and a good strong battery. With this they will start just as good as a gas tractor. People that have a hard time starting them dont have all the adjustments, linkages, carb and dist or mag in proper working order.

Andrew
 
Neighbor I worked for in high school had a 400 D. He had a New Idea loader on it and used it to scrape the feed lot and grind feed all winter long. And I'm talking Minnesota winter. That thing never let us down. Could be 20 below 0 and it would start every time.
 
The bad: no factory power steering or 3 pt hitch (or at least I have never seen it). Also bad is that they are too expensive and I can't afford one.I like the gas version better, messing with the carb, distributer and governor can really waken the thing up. That won't work on a MD tractor.

The good: Everything else about the tractor. All M's start easy, if one dosen't something is wrong.
 
My brother had one on his first farming adventure it also had Char-lynn power steering and was a bear to start until and old IH mechanic clued us in and that was you have to remember you have two engines in one and that means you have to keep the gas side tuned which includes keeping the points in good shape and keep the ignition button pushed in after switching to diesel my brother said to me don't do that because it shuts the power off to the generator so the battery won't charge not sure on that one. I liked it because it had all the nice things like live hydraulics, IPTO and power steering. On the other hand we had an M and Super M I overhauled in Vo-Ag during the winter months with HA pistons and carb jets bored out that just crapped on the poor thing plowing with 3-14s unfortunately we were filling the gas tanks twice to the SMTAD once a day tank filling. To us it was a gutless wonder but I liked it and it was nice to chop silage with. :->
 
We have one and wore it out and been through it again and again just runs so cheap on fuel. Used to use it for feeding cows, grinding feed, spread manure in summer or low snow times, and run the drier for hours. Always started even down -20 never failed unless the points got bad. If you get one and have to go through the engine have a pocket full of cash. A guy in IA I took a tractor to told me they take about $10,000 to do it right.
 
As a prior MD owner, they are great starters. Northern Montana winters, not a problem. The price is now in the area of 10,000 for a fair SMTAD so if it is running, and less than that go for it. JimN
 
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