1939 M Questions

Posted by Mr. J on March 10, 2002 at 20:02:28 from (64.200.52.134):

Well....maybe my lucky day, bought a 1939 Farmall M today, and brought it home from Arkansas. Serial Number 5501. Which makes it the 5000th M ever made...I thought that was neat. But, it came with a live hydraulic pump that drives off the mag gear. It has a magneto ignition which works great. It will run on all 4 cylinders with a little persuading from wiggling the plug wires. I plan on removing the head, re-lapping the valves, and fixing all the fluid leaks on the tractor. Underneath it, there is a grader blade mounted. The blade is pretty much wore out and makes the tractor look very bulky, but it works great. Should I keep the blade or lose the blade and get an aftermarket 3-point? My important question...The tractor will not go into 5th Gear...Was this gear locked out on early model M's? It shows on the shift pattern that there is a 5th gear. Right and down is where the 5th is supposed to be... If the 5th is locked out, and I think it is, what do I need to do to make 5th usable? It has the Heisler Hand clutch mounted on the left side of the tractor behind the clutch, it seems to work great as well as the other 4 gears too. Last thing....I've never seen a 1939 M restored... Are they rare?? Or at least to an extent rare??

Thanks to everyone in advance...

Jared Jeffries
Jasper FFA Advisor

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