Re: 1950 Farmall M

Posted by Randy as in Randy-IA on November 26, 2006 at 10:42:16 from (207.177.83.119):

In Reply to: 1950 Farmall M posted by craig aka oliver wendall on November 24, 2006 at 11:14:57:

Hi ! Congrat's on the M ! Some other pointers till your book gets to you . The oil check petcocks are on the side of the oil pan , you want oil to just drip out of the upper one so when you get a good stream of oil out of the lower one while you are filling close it and continue adding oil very slowly till it drips out the top one . A subject that is covered extinsively on the IH forum is leaking oil filter housings . If you change filters make absolutely sure that ALL old o-ring gaskets are removed from the base with a dental pick or small screw driver . Dig in there hard unless you are sure that the restoration was done perfectly . It took me about a half hour of scraping to get all the gasket out of mine it was so hard ! Don't worry , you won't hurt the cast base with a screwdriver or pick . Another point to check is just loosen the final drive oil drain located below the pto shaft , don't remove it so hold on to it as you loosen it up to check for condensation water in the gear oil . This should be done regularly before you operate it after it's sat for a few days . If you get a milky oil out of it then let it sit for as long as possible ( days or even weeks ) and try it again , hopefully the water will seperate from the oil . Otherwise change it ($$$) . 13 gallons of gear lube is what it takes , the book calls for 90w but I think 80w-90 works OK in mine . Look into the drain hole after it's all out with a flashlight and see if there are any chunks of gook in there . It's probably grease chunks from over greasing the axles but try and remove as much as possible anyway with a wire . The final drive and trany filler hole is the big plug under your right foot when you are sitting on the seat . Don't forget to grease the axle ends every couple of uses with a pump or two of grease . Fun tractors and not very high tech . Take care ...Randy

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