Carl Hargreaves is an established collector/restorer of antique engines, tractors, farm & and industrial equipment in the U.K. featured in magazines and publications worldwide. The Hargreaves family open their collection/private museum to the public on set open days in aid of local charities
Bob cooper that 150 6lx still sounds very healthy it got the clock sound like the 6lw 120 when the engins tiking over remember Ower old s20 6lw when the enging wos running tiking over
Thanks for the information very interesting!! Actually I am a stationary collector but I love tractors:-) Some of my steam engines ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iyvqs5Fb4Oo.html
@peterhoughton1589 Yes, American M, I've checked the parts manuals, and rear end parts are interchangeable. All the bearings have "ihc Made in USA" on them in the BMD
@wolfroze9703 Hello, if you check out my other shorts, we got a farmall BMD (British M Diesel). I was originally just changing out the O-rings and oil seals in the rear end. But on further inspection, I found a broken bull gear and a cracked diff housing. Luckily, the parts tractor came up at auction just at the right time to save the BMD project.
My Farmall H is a 1940 but isn't electric start unfortunately. It hasn't even got a starter ring on the flywheel. I didn't realise Internationals fitted Fairbanks Morse magnetos to the M.
Hello, The fairbanks Morse mag isn't correct. But I can use it on my Allis chalmers M crawler to make that genuine and correct. The farmalls A, B, C, H, M used the ihc H4 magneto. That M what just arrived here is a Canadian import. I know the bloke who originally imported it years ago. It's been passed around a few times since.
Where did you get the bearings from, I need a PTO shaft seal for my Farmall H so may as well fit a new bearing too. I didn't realise SKF bearings were made in Mexico.
Wish I had the skills like you to use a lathe Carl, I've not touched a lathe since I was in secondary school back in the 1970's. You're doing a quality job on these tractors. 👍
My 2 older brothers had several Austin 7 and Morris 8 cars back in the early 1960's, they could get them for 10 shillings those days. They used to razz them up and down the fields until they were absolutely wrecked, then they would scrap them. If only they'd have kept one or two of them. 😀 Nice video Carl, thanks for sharing.
23ish mins in, working on the slip clutch with the tractor still running......... Im no HSE advocate but that's just pure stupidity, your clearly not agriculturally minded as even the old boys are not this daft. please for your own sake and more so the sake of any youngsters watching try and not be total fools! Its an exciting journey ad granted you have more too learn than this but not at the ultimate potential cost. get ya act together, you would be walked off any farm in the country for doing this.
@peterhoughton1589 Hello, The last one we did was in 2019. Then covid happened. In the meantime, my mum was terminally ill and sadly passed away. It just wouldn't be the same having one without her. Dad has been in and out of hospital in the last year since mum passed. With heart problems. So you could say we've had a rough time of late.
Great video 👍 Does your cousin deal in hay? Those baler knotters go rusty on the knotter beaks and that's why they won't tie properly when you first get them out after not using them for a long time. When you finish with them for the summer you need to either put an oil soaked rag, or a finger full of grease on the knotter beak to prevent it rusting again and it should be ok for the following year.
@peterhoughton1589 Hello Peter My cousin Lee mainly does mini excavator and compact tractor work. This is just a new idea he has had. The baler was bought recently from a farm sale, and he wanted to try it out before going out on a job with it.
By move that,s an old girl!it must have been very difficult to fit that modern engine!I use a MF 165 on my small stable with the Perkins 4 .203 engine ,this being the engine fitted at the factory of course.
Interesting video on the brakes and the big pulley, Carl. Is that pulley American made? Was it not the standard pulley fitted to British Super BMD tractors? I've just got my Farmall H out from the back of the shed, I've had it many years but not had it running for about 5yrs. I took the carburettor off to clean it and just never had chance to refit it. Hopefully I'll get it done and running again on Monday. It's not restored, it needs a few things doing to it first then I will probably have a go at giving it a respray, maybe next Spring. I've never sprayed a tractor before. Those 2 tractors of yours are looking great, thanks for sharing them with us. Regards. Peter.👍
@peterhoughton1589 Just blasted them, and I did the painting. X2 grey primer, Then I coated the tyre area with "Raptor" truck bed liner, Then x4 or 5 coats of silver 2pack. Then x2 coats of clear coat lacquer. All to try and hold the rust back.
From what I've seen on the net, there seems to be a few over in western Europe. I haven't yet seen a hi-clearance BMD or Super BMD. I'm sure someone on here can correct me if I'm wrong. I did find a picture of my Super BMD over in France on a forum dated November 2013. www.lestracteursrouges.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18814
That was a very interesting video, thanks for sharing your tractors with us. I remember my brother and I visited the IH Doncaster Factory around 1979/80, with C.M.Hesford Ltd., Ormskirk. They were our local IH dealer at that time . Look forward to seeing the next video showing your progress on the tractors.
It seems that the American front axle was an option, or so i was told. I have a B450 also in original condition like yours, would love to have a super BMD
That diesel engine sounds well, I have a 1940 Farmall H tractor with the twin V tricycle configuration front axle. I also have a Minneapolis Moline ZTU tractor just like yours, my grandfather bought it new in 1941. I'd like to start working on getting it going later this summer after I've finished a couple of other tractors I'm working on at the moment. Thanks for sharing this video, would love to see the other BMD on here when you bring it home. Enjoyed the video. 👍
I was more worried about the wheel wobble. Just been fiddling with it this evening after tea. The UJ halfway along the steering rods is as slack as anything. But the rest seems reasonable. With it having an American M front axle which it shouldn't have being a BMD. We are thinking about making it into a 3 wheeler ! We have x2 single wheel conversions in our spare parts. I bought another BMD that is more correct, but it hasn't been collected yet.
Great video. My father had one of these when I was very young… under 5 years old… I remember the smell of easy start & the revving up & down/hunting while ticking over. Keep up the good work.
Hi very good video. Im at one at the minute. The valves in the inlet ports that let the over fueled fuel leak out arnt one way valves are they i thought that they should be but the let air pass both ways . Where would you advise to get the vapouriser jet and the needle and seat ect . Thanks Wayne
Hello The little brass valves are one way, once cleaned up if you put them in your mouth you should be able to blow through them, but not inhale. They have a small brass flap that can sometimes fall out and make them ineffective. The parts you mention are available at (VTS) vintage tractor spares, or Cotswold vintage tractors. I take it you are in the U.K ?? Parts are more expensive since the covid pandemic. But so is everything else in life. All the best Carl.
The Ferguson system as implemented on the Ferguson T-20 and the Ford N9 and later models really are the tractors that drove horses off the farm. A successful farmer could afford one and the basic implements to go with it, and show a positive return on that investment in a single season. The drive train was little different than what the car in your driveway had, so if you could maintain one you could maintain the other. My Grand father bought six of Ford's 9Ns before WW II, one for each of his sons and hired hands.
