1953 McCormick Super W-6 Overview

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An overview of my 1953 McCormick Super W-6. The Super W-6 is the standard tread variant of the Farmall Super M and features an identical power train. Like the Super M, The Super W-6 was also built in 3 stages. The first stage, like the Super M featured the power train upgrade including a larger engine, different transmission with increased speeds in second, third, and fourth gears, and disc brakes. Stage one tractors have the serial numbers 501-3950. The stage 2 features sealed beam headlights, new engine controls, channel iron frame rails and 18" front tires. Stage 2 tractors bear the serial numbers 3951-9084. Then came the Super W-6TA tractors which had optional live PTO. They start out at serial number 10001. I go on to explain casting date codes and show the various locations they are located. 3450 Stage 1 tractors, 5134 stage 2 tractors and 3006 Super W-6TA tractors were produced.

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@PhilTgaming11 Год назад

My grandparents have one of these on the farm. It sits, now behind the shed. I have dreams of fixing it back up to its former glory. Thankyou for the video

@tyfrank3427 Год назад

You're very welcome. Hope you can get it running again!

@PhilTgaming11 Год назад

@@tyfrank3427 will certainly try!

@PhilTgaming11 8 месяцев назад

@@tyfrank3427 I've just realised, that it's not just a w6. It's a w4, with Louvres. So, the tractor I thought was sort of common, is actually quite rare. There isn't a stamp on the clutch housing, for some reason.

@johnviney7919 8 месяцев назад

Nice Tractor!! We had a W-4 on the farm - also a great workhorse! Have a nice day! 😀

@tyfrank3427 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching. I also have a W-4, that's heirloom. Still use it.

@cdjhyoung Год назад

Thanks for all the new information on these tractors. I too was not aware that the major castings had build dates on them. We had a stage one (that is new to me also) tractor we thought was built in September of 53. I'll need to check the castings now to confirm that. It was our primary tractor until 1987. We figured we put 38,000 hours on that tractor with one engine upgrade in 1964. My dad put an M&W sleeve kit in it, upping the displacement and also the compression ratio. Turned it into a whole different tractor as far as pulling power. One thing about these tractors, they were pretty tough on fuel. Ours burned 6-7 gallons an hour pulling a 4x16 plow. You could only go about four hours before it was time to refuel.

@tyfrank3427 Год назад

They are an excellent tractor and tough. But they do use a lot of fuel when you work them hard. The diesels, though, use less than half the fuel.

@allanpickel2439 7 месяцев назад

We used to have a super w6 and a w6. We used to have the super 6 on the blower to fill the silo. We had an 80 foot silo and the super 6 had no problem on the blower.

@tyfrank3427 7 месяцев назад

They are most certainly a well built and mighty tractor. A comparable horsepower new tractor doesn't even come close!

@FarmallFanatic 3 года назад

I like the kill switch up high

@tyfrank3427 3 года назад

With the exception of the stage 1 Super W-6 and Super M, all of the Supers larger than the C have that same dash. You can put that on your H and M. If you can find a dash off a Super H or later Super M, they will bolt right into the housings on your H and M

@donvoll2580 3 года назад

Good day from Ontario. Just came across video on SW-6. Interesting about cast numbers. Never knew that before. I bought SW-6 ta at sale , ta went & it was harder on gas than 52 SW-6. So i took front wheel off 18 to 16, but I didn;t know steering wheel on ta tractor was bigger diameter than dad,s 52 model was , that really steer hard. Thanks

@tyfrank3427 2 года назад

They usually use 3 spoke steering wheels on the early ones and larger 4 spoke steering wheels on the later ones. There must be problems with the one tractor as they usually steer very good. The early W-6 tractors did steer hard though.

@rubberbootedyukoner9259 2 года назад

thanks for the video hard to get info on those machines

@tyfrank3427 2 года назад

You're very welcome

@rubberbootedyukoner9259 2 года назад

would you know of any shops that rebuild the hydrolic pumps in western Canada

@tyfrank3427 2 года назад

@@rubberbootedyukoner9259 Is it leaking or just weak? The relief is set around 800 PSI. Therefore you may need to use a larger cylinder rather than repair the pump. You can buy new pumps but watch that you get the right pump. The gas and diesel pumps rotate the opposite directions (On a W-6 that is,) and therefore are not the same. Steiner carries them. PSI does rebuild pumps but I'm not sure about these. The factory systems use a Pesco pump. M& W also offered an aftermarket hydraulic system for them.

@rubberbootedyukoner9259 2 года назад

Thanks that helped the pump is too weak to lift the bucket it's the original cylinder for the loader too so I don't think it's the wrong one .

@FarmallFanatic 3 года назад

Weird how they are a utility tractor, but everyone put the loaders on the row crops

@tyfrank3427 3 года назад

It depends on where you're from. Here, very few Farmalls were sold, so the standard treads end up on loaders all the time. The Farmhand loaders were common on those tractors. I've seen them on Ms and W-6s, but they are pretty substantial. My dad used them well into the 1990s, but he always used a W-9 or WD-9 on them, and that's often what was used on Farmhands. Since row crops are not grown here, standard tread tractors were sold. These are a standard tread tractor, not a utility. The first true utility tractor IH produced was the 300 Utility introduced in 1955. They are a clean sheet design and have little in common with the Super W-4.

@potterfilmltd.216 2 года назад

I have a 1953 model serial 5709 Runs like a top. Where are the pto control on these?

@tyfrank3427 2 года назад

It's right next to the seat pipe on the left side of it right under the front of the seat pan. You push in the clutch and lift up the rod to engage the PTO

@keithwarkentin 4 месяца назад

Hi there I’m trying to find out if I can put a W6 engine in my Farmall M without any changes will it fit on the radiator motor mounts and without swapping the clutch or pressure plate or flywheel? I would really appreciate your advice. 😀🇨🇦

@tyfrank3427 4 месяца назад

I think you will have to change the timing cover as the motor mounts are different between the W-6 and M. You also have to pull the flywheel and change the plate on the back of the engine. The flywheel and clutch should be the same.

@keithwarkentin 4 месяца назад

@@tyfrank3427 Thanks so much I appreciate you taking the time to answer my question so quickly I appreciate your wisdom 😀🇨🇦

@zoebridgers 3 года назад

My international has a seriel #8889 ,so that means it is a Stage 2 tractor? Mine looks almost exactly like this one you are showing, mines propane.

@tyfrank3427 3 года назад

Yours is one of the last stage 2s and one of the very last 1953s. The first 1954 was 8997. Do you think your tractor is an authentic LP or a propane conversion? If It's authentic, it should say LP on the serial number tag.

@kurtiskoppdrums 2 года назад

Sure did learn something! have Grandpas McCormick w6 with an S serial number. 1949? So yeah my engine is stuck and I’m working on freeing it. Did I hear you right your engine was stuck when you got this 53? Thanks for the video BTW

@tyfrank3427 2 года назад

Yes the engine was stuck when I got the tractor. To free it I soaked with acetone and ATF and then used hydraulics to free the engine. The casting numbers for 1949 end in S. If the W-6 is a 1949 the serial number would be 28704-33697.

@Ro33ie19 2 года назад

Didn’t realise what that casting number was till now how do you date the letters please?

@tyfrank3427 2 года назад

I'm not sure about anything outside of American built. But up to 1950, it's 1930 plus the numerical value of the letter. 11-6-N means November 6, 1944. N is the 14th letter of the alphabet, so 1930+14+ 1944. Then 1951 gets complicated. It started using U-codes (1930+21) and then for some strange reason they skipped to W, and most 1951s use W-codes. Then X for 1952, Y for 1953, and Z for 1954. Then they start over with 1954 plus the numerical value of the letter. Eg A is 1955, B is 1956, H is 1962.