Such a great no BS channel! Thanks Pete for this.

Can't wait to see the MD run

Hi Pete, maybe you have some unused egg cartons lying around...? They are great for temporary storage of small parts in projects like this. Nothing rolls away and off the table anymore 🤩👍

I love watching you rebuild this MD!

Hi! I'm, Pete. Never gets old.

Boy....I sure could have used your help 4 years ago when I restored my 53' Super MD. When i purchased it, I had no clue about the diesels....gas h's, m's and supers, yes...but not diesels. I told my buddys about it before i bought it..they said,... hell yeah!!... they'll help me with it... until they found out it starts on gas and switches to diesel? Then you find out who your friends really are!! Ha ha! Had to learn it all on my own! Keep up the good work sir! I'll be watching! And Thank you.

Professor Pete is teaching. I'm observing and learning.

@donbright3340

3 жыл бұрын

Way above my level,but I still enjoy mechanical engineering.Good technology based on previous research and experimental study.All advancement based on previous successes,study of modern tractor evolution.

It's neat the way they incorporated the pony motor into the diesel engine as one complete unit. Probably costs less than adding a separate starting motor to the engine. Start the engine on gas and let it warm the diesel motor then switch over to diesel to do the work. Interesting technology for sure. What's amazing is your finding parts for that old girl.

If I recall, that secondary tube you weren't sure the purpose of, is to equalize the pressure in the fuel bowl to prevent it from flooding the carb by drawing too much fuel through the main orfice.

Great job most complete break down I've seen. There should be no issues with that I'm beginning to see your train of thought 100% and understand. I enjoy your videos thanks your hard work. Have a great day

Old Timey Tractor Fuel Systems 101, good class.

You definitely were not kidding when you said that you like to do it right. Many people would just spray carb cleaner all over that carb and blow it out with compressed air, and call it done. Nice job

Thank you for the time it takes to make the video and the detail.

Hi Pete Would make sure to use some high strength Loctite on your butterfly plate screws. Not a good day if one of those came loose. In the future if you ever have to remove them, just apply a little heat and the Loctite will let go. Keep up the good work. Cheers Willy

The butterfly bolts were pinned from the factory, it's to be sure that the bolts don't come loose and run through the engine.

@martinmills8458

3 жыл бұрын

@@JC-uq5gi good question, but I think I would pin them again.

@devon6313

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, and I don't know if it was completely necessary to take them out, but I guess he just wants to get it super clean

@martingardener90

3 жыл бұрын

By pinned do you mean what we would call Peined in the UK - in other words the end of the screw is mushroomed slightly with a Ball Pein hammer? ( sometimes spelt peen )

I love watching your channel Pete. Especially the ones about the tractors. Like I mentioned before I have a new found interest in the Farmalls. The MD and how it operates is really intriguing to me, makes me want to find my own.

I'm guessing your going with a distributor ignition. Glad to see you revitalizing this old workhorse!!!

That is a fairly complicated system! I am very impressed with the engineering behind it - how completely they thought everything through. A lot of mechanisms, but well engineered. Thanks for doing such thorough breakdowns of everything!!!

Enjoying your videos Pete, when I'm working on a carb. I like to have a cookie sheet under it to catch the small parts that will get loose

@wearne6

3 жыл бұрын

I put an old towel on the cookie sheet, keeps the parts from rolling and bouncing.

Holy cow Pete!! I really enjoyed this segment. That carb/manifold is really involved!! I can’t wait to see it going back together. I just happen to be rebuilding the carb on my Oliver 88 at the moment. I have it soaking in the same carb cleaner at the moment. Great video!! Have a great day Pete!!

You are great instructor, I like how you go through the theory of operation and explaining what every part's purpose is! It interesting to me how you eat this elephant one bight at a time as well, a daunting project that you break up into manageable pieces. Thanks for rebuilding this engineering marvel and sharing this experience!

Most in depth rebuild video I’ve seen! Been watching You well before this rebuild but now I can’t wait for each new episode to come out!

Really enjoy watching this process come together

Nice video! Thank you very much taking your time to explain this all to us. I don't have a tractor at all but I find this so valuable

Great explanation as always Pete. It gives me a great source of information for my Super A project I am about to start. Cheers

just started watching your stuff yester day and i've bee really enjoying watching or listening to your videos while i do stuff!

You needed a small left handed drill for that broken screw. Use the dremel to make a dimple right in the center and then drill through. My experiences have usually shown the screws will back out at some point in the drilling, and it could be possible to salvage the original threads. Might have been too hard to get to it though.

How about refilling butterfly bolt hole with JB weld and then drilling/retapping. You can keep the same size screws that way.

@grandunionnews2510

3 жыл бұрын

Beat me to the exact same thought! I’ve used JB weld in rotten heads, threaded inlets, etc many times without failure.

Really enjoying this series, 👍

Love the channel and this series. Excellent work, sir! That fuel inlet tube, I suspect it works the same as opening an old can, you make a large opening with the can opener, then make a smaller opening on the other side so air can come in, it makes the can pour more evenly. I think that fuel inlet is the small opening to let it flow smoother. -Steve

@SKEvolved

3 жыл бұрын

@@JC-uq5gi Well put. I was guessing based on how it looked and how he explained it. I am curious to know for sure.

Thank goodness I have a gasoline powered IH Super M-TA instead of a diesel! Great video!

As said by many, another great video, really enjoy the content, keep them comming, I am more impressed every time I watch another of your videos

really doing a great job on this. a true labor of love.

Looking good Pete. I am a lot farther along in my assembly of the MD that I am doing but still learning things I should have done. If you need any parts sources or tricks to save money just let me know as I am happy to share what I have found.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brad! Good to know I have another resource.

It always amazes me that heat works as well as it does on sticky/rusty fasteners.

Great video Pete. You are far beyond my repair skills which are limited to jiggle the wires, kick the tires and swear at it.

Awesome video, Pete. You have amazing attention to detail. Very impressive! This is going to be a great, old tractor, that might actually run.

I believe the second pickup tube is for feeding the fuel when you choke it. It sucks it directly thru that tube

I think an H4 magneto would look great on there when your done!

Looking Good Pete!!!!

As always, great video Pete. I would be so intimidated by dismantling all of that intakes do having the confidence of get it back together. Even with a video to follow.😨 love watching you work.

Thank you for the education, sir.

Progress and I'm learning as u go too thanks for sharing

Wow, that is a lot of tegus work. As always, I like the way you talk through the part your working on step by step. Thank you for sharing Iowa 20 degrees :)

Good stuff Pete you would make a good instructor

Another great video. You never disappoint.

Really enjoy your channel! Keep it up!

Love seeing the progress. Wish you could have got some shot from the machine shop!

Nice video, things seem to be coming along. I really like your content.

Thank you for sharing.

Excellent video

Great video!

great video pete!

I just finished rebuilding my 51' Super C carb and I lost that little detent ball and had to make a new one! Great video, I love the farmall ones as a fellow farmall man myself.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

I've done that too Isaac! Or the spring goes flying across the room when you take it out!

One vote being cast for keeping with the magneto. They start a little better at low speed in the cold. My H with a distributor did not start very well in the winter vs my H with the mag on it. Both are kept in tune & I run 10W30 in them. Can usually source NOS coils for the mags with no problems. Always keep a few on hand. Also haven't had much of a problem with the mag coils going out. It's the coils for the distributor system that give me grief. Regards!

Good morning Pete

Looking good.

you explain very good

On carb shaft, instead of going over size on screws, get keen serts . Unlike heli coils these lock in n are very solid. These are much better than other types. Used in industrial applications for years. Allows you to maintain original size.

Love watching the channel, I gotta say u sure are persistent!😂

The small fuel inlet tube going to the choke area is probably a fuel enrichment system

Thanks Pete I like the videos.

Wowser! Only thing missing, besides the kitchen sink, were the dad jokes. . . .sigh! Great video of "old timey" machinery. Funky, but it worked for all those years so the basics were observed. Thanks, Pete!

Wow, lots of parts! I am not sure I would get them all back together lol

Hi all! I just realized that with such a complicated assembly one should invest in a Go-Pro and document the process just like Pete. You will then have a guide for re-assembly!!!

great vidio pete

Hi Pete, When I was a teenager I worked for a neighbour who had a McCormack WD6 with gas start. always wanted to know how it worked. Thanks

Shimming up the "plate" helps to improve the fuel and air mixture. You might NOT want to return it to "spec" with today's modern fuels. I can tell you from experience with my dad's TD6 dozer that we had better results with the shimmed carb than without them. (the dozer is another gas over diesel engine...pretty similar to what you have on that M) Any way ya go tho, it's neat to watch!

You should try and find a m&w power steering kit for it..that would be neat..

What was the reason for this engine to start on petrol sorry I mean gas then go on to diesel. Was it so the engine would start a lot easier in cold weather just interesting to know.

Wow this looks a little more complicated that what it maybe really is. It makes me appreciate the pony motor on Dads John Deere R. (I know it's green, not red but it's what I grew up with, color never much mattered to me). Afterall we have that Farmall 560 that blows Fram oil filters off 😆

The fuel inlet tube you pointed out appears to be ported to the side of the choke plate. When choked, the extra vacuum would siphon fuel there, enriching the mixture. It's probably needed with the odd fuel well + mixing chamber design of the main jet, which I would guess lacks enough flow when choked to provide more fuel.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

See my other reply below...I assume it has something to do with the choke, but it seems to be it's located on the wrong side of the choke.

@rhekman

3 жыл бұрын

@@JustaFewAcresFarm I can understand where you're coming from thinking it's on the wrong side not being downstream of the choke where the vacuum is. I'm certainly no carburetor expert, but the key to fuel mixture in a carb is not just the presence of vacuum, but also flow. By placing a port just upstream of the choke, air velocity increases past the blades as it is closed. The greater the velocity, the greater the pressure drop, increasing fuel. In effect, a rudimentary venturi. When the choke is off (open), the fuel inlet sees near atmospheric pressure and reduced air velocity, reducing or eliminating the "extra" fuel. I've seen similar designs with fuel ports in lawnmower engines. I guess there's some truth to the old saying about carburetors just being "calibrated fuel leaks" ;-)

Awesome!

I’ve made my own gaskets from thin cardboard like from a cereal box, separating layers with a razor blade if it’s to thick and I always try to remove and painted or printed layers so I have plain brown paper stock. Then I just try my best to copy the original.

You got more patience than me, thats alot a little parts.

I love this video! Could you tell me where I can get a carburetor kit for an Md?

Try turpentine for cleaning your parts. Works better than carb cleaner I use it on small engine parts. Works great.

Does packing = bushing in this context? Or a seal of some sort?

I`m see you from Sweden

If you go with the Distributer, instead of magneto, will you switch the grounding mechanizism to turn on/off the coil?

Hello Pete! A set of ratcheting combination wrenches from Hardly Freight would be a great addition to your toolbox. I use mine all the time. Got them with a 20% off coupon. Best chinesium steel available to mankind. Cheers! Whipple

I had no idea that the carb on an MD was so different.

Plumbers Packing might work you might have some already !! Y might have to make your own gaskets !

Nice intro 👍

Did you double up on that carburator kit? One for Henry, later down the road.

Why do you run rosters with the chicken

Maybe that tube was an idle air bypass?

Why do you seal the tin of cleaner

I got your chanel a shout out on welker farms live stream

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tyler!!

Where did u purchase the carburetor kit?

Very well explained!!

Give a guesstimate on amount of pictures you have for this project so far. I would have hundreds of them by now.

I guess he knows what he’s talking about 😳 cause I sure as hell don’t 😊

You could use an helicoil to fix it and keep the same size screw

Hey Pete I'm restoring a 1947 co-op E3 I was wondering were you get your paint? I struggling to find the right paint.

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jake, I use Crossfire paint from NAPA. Usually they can look up the color you need.

@jakepratt5243

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you I have the old codes it's finding someone that does the PPG paint thanks again for responding

Wow, what a strange carb. It seems so complex compared to the carbs on my Farmall Cubs. What brand of carb is that, or did I miss it when stated? Great video and narriative. Greetings from Alabama

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Stanley, the carburetor was made by IH.

When you're pulling these intricate little pieces apart, I'm surprised you don't keep better track of where they came from, and their orientation. For example, I'd guess those two butterfly valves would work best installed in their original sides of the manifold, same edges out as they were originally assembled. Did you keep better track of that than it appears in the video, or you just assume they're identical, and it doesn't matter.. ?

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

The parts book's exploded diagrams, along with a photo record give me the information I need. In the case of the butterfly valves, I can tell which belongs in which port by the marks I made removing them, and which side faces out can be seen by the wear marks left on their faces. That may or may not be important, and I'll find out when I test fit them in each port before final assembly.

Hey Pete, where did you find the carb rebuild kit? Thanks!

@JustaFewAcresFarm

3 жыл бұрын

McDonald Carb in Georgia

About your dilemma, distributer vs mag: Always come down on the side of "keep it original".

@frankdeegan8974

3 жыл бұрын

No, cash is king. Farming by the way legal gambling. Magneto vs distributor no question there, authenticity is not the issue after 1951 it would have a distributor anyway, it is a farm tractor on a small family farm.

So complicated...was a German involved in this design?