I just finished binge watching the MD rebuild and couldn't get enough. I found your channel completely by accident and love it. I grew up in a small town in MD that was surrounded by small farms. I worked on most of them when I was a kid.
Wow you did a wonderful job so far. To see your father's smile while driving the tractor after all these years makes all your hard work and time worth it .
Talk to your neighbor with the bean field across the way... Maybe he'd let you plow it after beans are off... I know that'll be a while , but sooner then dragging fire wood around field in middle of winter
hi Pete gary here from Michigan I really like all your videos tractor collector here well I guess I should say I was at one time Health and financial problems ended all that grew vegetables on seven acres I sure do miss the home Did quite a lot of antique tractor pulling you name it I pulled it one day found a 1939 M And after a little work it was really unstoppable first place pulling tractor just about everywhere 6500 pounds class Well anyway keep your videos rolling best thing for me now days once again thanks gary
Hi Pete I have just found your channel ' and trying to catch up with your vidios I have to tell you I know nothing about farming but I have found your vidios so interesting that I can't get enough of them,.you have such a professional manner your presenting skills are great .thank you from John in the UK
I have watched the whole series of videos that you have posted on the restoration of this tractor. I take my hat off to you. It has been an very enjoyable experience following you on this task. You have got for me the right amount of doing and talking about it. I would buy this tractor in a heartbeat if it were not 9000miles away. And for sale. Very enjoyable.
If any of your neighbors are dairy farmers, after wheat they may be going to till up the wheat stubble and plant alfalfa. Might offer to do some tillage for them, to break in the engine.
I'm a collector of old tools. I recently picked up a tire "spoon" with wood inserts on the handle. I have no idea the age, but it was a piece of gold at the scrap yard.
I've learned so much from you Pete on the MD. I remember back in 1990 at a farm sale I was age 25 and saw my first MD up close, I wanted to buy it but didn't have the cash at the time. Fast forward to October 2021 I came across a 1953 Super MD on a Iowa sale and made the purchase. Now it's sitting on my farm in Minnesota. Then I found you on UA-cam and enjoy every minute. Now I know what to do to get mine running again. Thank you, Daniel
It must feel good to have the MD engine all "buttoned up" so it doesn't have any leaks. It will be nice to see and hear the engine working under a heavy load.
I was taught this repair from my shop master as a young apprendice restoring my 36 chev Master that had a gas tank with a half dozen small leaks in the tank. Drain the tank, remove it from the vehicle, fill tank with water then solder all the small leaks with the acetylene torch. Worked great and all the leaks were stopped and nothing blew up!!
This was so cool to see!!! I couldn't help but smile when I saw you riding around on it. And.....so cool to see your Dad driving it after all these years!!!
Really enjoyed watching this Pete. As a hobby with a good friend of mine, I'm in the process of doing a 1954 Super MD with T/A and I find your videos very helpful. I too had the ammeter go to the discharge side and realized my tractor is one of the few with a 12V POSITIVE ground system.
Just bought a Massey Ferguson 270 from my wife’s grandpa. Needs a paint job, I hope it looks half as good as this MD when I get the sheet metal painted! I have absolutely loved this series. God Bless your hard work.
Had a handful of the same problems when I restored my MD. The diesel bowl leaking. The radiator hose being trimmed. I got lucky with a new diesel gauge from Steiner so far it’s been good. Good job
I just found your UA-cam channel. I have been watching all your past videos. I have really enjoyed them. I was raised on a farm and after getting out of the Marines I have returned to it. I raise pigs goats and a couple beef cows. I also have a market garden that I enjoy doing. Just wanted to let y'all know I enjoy watching you and have learned quit a bit. Have a good day and keep posting.
I don't understand half of what you were saying about restoring the engine, I just like listening to the way you say it. LOL. All of your videos are kinda soothing, informative and no nonsense. Thank you.
If there is no leak that means there is nothing in it ! it is normal you just check fluid levels as you should . Just remember and never forget you are a Farmall expert . you are the best ! I just can't say it better than that! Thank You!
Hi Pete. I am from Australia and found your video's a couple of months ago. I enjoy your down to earth explanations of small farming and especially your tractor repairs. Looking forward to seeing the MD with it's new paint job. In my teens I was a farm labourer and did some time in dairy farming. I know the demands of looking after cattle, especially dairy. Cheers.. Larry
Thanks again for another video! I am posting this right after this segment of with your carburetor so I don't know if any one of the commenters mention what I am about to! One of the symptoms with high idle can be air entering the fuel system not through the throttle body. I would light up a cigar and get a hose and blow smoke through the carburetor to see if you see any smoke coming from the fuel system downline.
Wow Pete. You’re a super intelligent guy and I really enjoy your videos. I’m 54 and dream about giving up my 35 year career (working for a corporate company) for farming. Until then, I’ll be living vicariously through Just a Few Acres. Thanks.
Mr. Pete You can build you a load stand area by placing a anchor deep into ground and giant log and attach tractor by heavy duty chain or straps and power load you engine that way. Hope this helps ya.
I used a silage blower to break in 656. But i found in my search for heavy pto work that a simple grain auger works pretty good. But i also find a rotary mower instead of your sicle mower use a 7 ft pull type rotary mower it works the 656 in really tall heavy stuff. Just some ideas.. your channel is a daily fix thank you fur your time and effort mr
Ask around your neighboring farms they may have a small grinder mixer mill that would be a steady load like a dynometer they may let you grind feed for a few hours to break the engine in
I know what you mean about a tractor you grow up with. I grew up on the fender of a 6600 Ford. My dad had to sell it and I wasn't able to buy it from him. It had some unique modifications my dad did to it. If I ever see it, I'll make an offer.
If you want to work the tractor you could put a heavy load on a couple kicker wagons of yours and tow it up a hill or something. Pulling a big plow or disk is what we have always done to freshly rebuilt tractors in the past and it works good but you would have to have ground to work with
Great review on the MD and your history of this tractor. I am very impressed with your knowledge and talents on your work with this tractor, and your work and knowledge of your farm operations. Looking forward to the future use of the MD and future teardown and the rebuilding of the rear end and total repainting and the end result of a new tractor!
Thanks for the update! I’ve really become intrigued by the MD and how it operates as well as the early McCormick Deerings that operate off of gas and diesel. I’d love to add one to my collection one day.
Wow that was a lot of different issues and a whole lot of money to get it to where it is at now. I would be in over my head if it was me. Keep up the good work and hope that the rain lets up before things get really ugly.
i have a 1986 mustang that has a amp guage that does the discharge show but it does raise when first starts but it has been doing ok for 20 years so i don't worry great to see it ready to work, and history about it
You are correct that the plow is the best way to work it; just find a neighbor that can use some plowing. Sometimes if a guy is putting tile in wheat stubble, you could run your disc over the tile lines.
When my dad and I rebuilt my super H we put a couple hours on it first and then we hooked it up to our feed grinder mixer and and poured the corn to it to put a load on it to help get it nice and hot to break it in
I think you should run it on the haybine. Maybe you could put the h 's belly pump on the nd and use that. Or just use the MD's. You're gonna go through it any ways so that's what I would do. Thanks for the update. Hope you can send some rain out west to us. Sure is dry in Minnesota.
I've had a few fuel tanks and oil pans leak in the past, and I let them drain well for a day or two, sand the outside clean and shiny with some 80 grit, wash it all down with some carb clean, and apply a coat of JB weld just like you would a thin coat of Bondo. Let it sit a day and throw the fluid back in. I've had great luck doing that, and there's no need of adding anything to the inside of the tank. I repaired an oil pan over 20 years ago in a dump truck where I would have had to pull the engine to replace the pan, , and it's still dry.
Would you benefit by hitching up one/both of the grain bin trailers for the chickens and towing them around? Or, put your bride on a second tractor and tow another tractor around? Do you have any local "tractor pull" events you could enter it in?
Another really good IH related vid!With regard to giving the MD a good workout, a PTO driven centrifugal fan is ideal for applying steady consistent load. By simply restricting the air intake of the fan with a sheet of plywood, you can regulate how much power it consumes.
You've cured me of wanting to undertake any tractor restoration in my future. Your depth of knowledge and experience on this is amazing. I am curious to hear how the ammeter situation turns out.
Larry Ginter here enjoyed you narravitives through the winter on restore this MD as many things there are always things that become a nuisance after all the effort you put in and having to wait so long to get the engine back from shop > It looks good and I hop[e you can eventually get those things goi9ng you way n. Great Job
We recommend at the dealer ship either plow or grind feed maybe talk to a neighbor see if you could do one or the other both work well Nice info on the MD . Chris
I've used that POR-15 gas tank kit on an International SCOUT II and a '63 Chevy truck. 20 & 15 years and not a single issue. Sadly the floorboards rotted out in Scout but tank is still holding strong
She looking good but I do like to see a tractor in her working clothes hopefully she will give ya Meany more years or work take care and stay safe with this horrible viruse going round.
It’s possible you have a bad battery cell or weak battery. Also, for test purposes you might try installing a diode in line with the alternator wire going to the ammeter. Internal voltage regulator may be bad in alternator. Diode will eliminate AC feedback.
Any tractor shows in the area? Many have demonstrations that they could use a tractor to power. Plus people would love to see the tractor and hear your story
Thanks for the update on the MD tractor. Pete I don't know if you have any trade (Vocational) schools near you but you might ask them. The trade school I went to had a dynamometer in our trade shop. (Yonkers, NY)
Another great video, i am looking to start a small farm in the future and your videos have taught me alot of stuff, Knowledge/Experience is the most valuable thing you can pass onto another person thank you pete!
Talk to your neighbors and see if anyone needs some plowing or disking done. If you have any tractor clubs around they may have a baker fan which would do the same job loading down the tractor. Just some ideas.
Pete, you asked for ideas to load the MD so I suggest rocks! I live in Connecticut and it’s very rocky due to glaciation. I don’t know whether the area where you live in New York has similar geology but if it does, you could use the tractor to move some big rocks and build a beautiful stone wall somewhere on your farm.
How heavy is the manure spreader? Fill the spreader really full and just pull it around for a day or two to give it a workout. Don’t spread the manure, just haul it for weight if it isn’t heavy enough, wet it down. Once you load test is over, take the spreader back to the manuer piles and let it fling the crap back into the pile, yes, you may need the front loader to clean up a bit, but you will get the job done……just a suggestion!😀
This guy is so impressive. U can tell he's a very smart man capable of doing whatever he puts his mind to...
I agree 100%
He thinks things through . He is very inspiring.
I just finished binge watching the MD rebuild and couldn't get enough. I found your channel completely by accident and love it. I grew up in a small town in MD that was surrounded by small farms. I worked on most of them when I was a kid.
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Wow you did a wonderful job so far. To see your father's smile while driving the tractor after all these years makes all your hard work and time worth it .
Talk to your neighbor with the bean field across the way...
Maybe he'd let you plow it after beans are off...
I know that'll be a while , but sooner then dragging fire wood around field in middle of winter
Was the first thing that came to mind.
Matt has the right idea. If not the bean farmer, perhaps some else in the neighborhood has work for your MD.
Nice to get an update on the MD, looking good Pete.
How did I missed your channel. I love it. Now have to binge watch🙂
hi Pete gary here from Michigan
I really like all your videos tractor collector here well I guess I should say I was at one time
Health and financial problems ended all that grew vegetables on seven acres I sure do miss the home
Did quite a lot of antique tractor pulling you name it I pulled it one day found a 1939 M
And after a little work it was really unstoppable first place pulling tractor just about everywhere 6500 pounds class
Well anyway keep your videos rolling best thing for me now days once again thanks gary
You're a good man with your tractors. You are good to listen to.
Hi Pete I have just found your channel ' and trying to catch up with your vidios I have to tell you I know nothing about farming but I have found your vidios so interesting that I can't get enough of them,.you have such a professional manner your presenting skills are great .thank you from John in the UK
Great to see the MD doing well but, What no jokes ***
Here’s one “Who invented fractions? Henry the 1/8th. Have a great day.
I have watched the whole series of videos that you have posted on the restoration of this tractor. I take my hat off to you. It has been an very enjoyable experience following you on this task. You have got for me the right amount of doing and talking about it. I would buy this tractor in a heartbeat if it were not 9000miles away. And for sale.
Very enjoyable.
If any of your neighbors are dairy farmers, after wheat they may be going to till up the wheat stubble and plant alfalfa. Might offer to do some tillage for them, to break in the engine.
That’s going to be a work of art once completed! Awesome 😎
I'm a collector of old tools. I recently picked up a tire "spoon" with wood inserts on the handle. I have no idea the age, but it was a piece of gold at the scrap yard.
Thank you for sharing, much appreciated. I can't wait until this fall to see the continuation.
I've learned so much from you Pete on the MD. I remember back in 1990 at a farm sale I was age 25 and saw my first MD up close, I wanted to buy it but didn't have the cash at the time. Fast forward to October 2021 I came across a 1953 Super MD on a Iowa sale and made the purchase. Now it's sitting on my farm in Minnesota. Then I found you on UA-cam and enjoy every minute. Now I know what to do to get mine running again. Thank you, Daniel
Congratulations on your "new" Super MD Daniel!
Thanks for the update Pete!
Looking 4ward to the finished paint job😁 & seeing Henry drive it around😎
It must feel good to have the MD engine all "buttoned up" so it doesn't have any leaks. It will be nice to see and hear the engine working under a heavy load.
It's a good day to give us an update on the good old MD, it is looking good for the age, well done
I was taught this repair from my shop master as a young apprendice restoring my 36 chev Master that had a gas tank with a half dozen small leaks in the tank. Drain the tank, remove it from the vehicle, fill tank with water then solder all the small leaks with the acetylene torch. Worked great and all the leaks were stopped and nothing blew up!!
vacuum leak causing the high idle? it sounds like air is leaking in somewhere. Beautiful work you've done on the MD.
I love the MD Pete. Keep on cleaning her up
This was so cool to see!!! I couldn't help but smile when I saw you riding around on it. And.....so cool to see your Dad driving it after all these years!!!
Love the channel ❤. Love your content. MD is a sweetheart.
Really enjoyed watching this Pete. As a hobby with a good friend of mine, I'm in the process of doing a 1954 Super MD with T/A and I find your videos very helpful. I too had the ammeter go to the discharge side and realized my tractor is one of the few with a 12V POSITIVE ground system.
Wow! Pete you are one smart farmer
Just bought a Massey Ferguson 270 from my wife’s grandpa. Needs a paint job, I hope it looks half as good as this MD when I get the sheet metal painted! I have absolutely loved this series. God Bless your hard work.
Had a handful of the same problems when I restored my MD. The diesel bowl leaking. The radiator hose being trimmed. I got lucky with a new diesel gauge from Steiner so far it’s been good. Good job
I enjoy your Farmall videos. Interesting. Can not wait till you tackle the rest this winter!
Really enjoy the video with all the little problems that pop up after being run, we all have those and thanks for sharing.
I just found your UA-cam channel. I have been watching all your past videos. I have really enjoyed them. I was raised on a farm and after getting out of the Marines I have returned to it. I raise pigs goats and a couple beef cows. I also have a market garden that I enjoy doing. Just wanted to let y'all know I enjoy watching you and have learned quit a bit. Have a good day and keep posting.
Always a pleasure to see an MD update Pete keep it up 👍
I don't understand half of what you were saying about restoring the engine, I just like listening to the way you say it. LOL. All of your videos are kinda soothing, informative and no nonsense. Thank you.
Thank you B Hu!
Good job Pete. Always love an MD update.
If there is no leak that means there is nothing in it ! it is normal you just check fluid levels as you should . Just remember and never forget you are a Farmall expert . you are the best ! I just can't say it better than that!
Thank You!
Hi Pete. I am from Australia and found your video's a couple of months ago. I enjoy your down to earth explanations of small farming and especially your tractor repairs. Looking forward to seeing the MD with it's new paint job. In my teens I was a farm labourer and did some time in dairy farming. I know the demands of looking after cattle, especially dairy. Cheers.. Larry
You did a hell of a job on that tractor cannot wait for the winter to come to see the other half rebuild.
If possible put on a grinder mixer, that should warm it up! Thanks for all your time spent on letting viewers watch the farm life.
Thanks again for another video!
I am posting this right after this segment of with your carburetor so I don't know if any one of the commenters mention what I am about to!
One of the symptoms with high idle can be air entering the fuel system not through the throttle body. I would light up a cigar and get a hose and blow smoke through the carburetor to see if you see any smoke coming from the fuel system downline.
Wow Pete. You’re a super intelligent guy and I really enjoy your videos. I’m 54 and dream about giving up my 35 year career (working for a corporate company) for farming. Until then, I’ll be living vicariously through Just a Few Acres. Thanks.
Thanks! Love your patience and perseverance.
Mr. Pete
You can build you a load stand area by placing a anchor deep into ground and giant log and attach tractor by heavy duty chain or straps and power load you engine that way.
Hope this helps ya.
Loved watching this again.
My daddy has 7 old tractors they all run ! But he’s out working on them all the time.. it’s his hobby!
I used a silage blower to break in 656. But i found in my search for heavy pto work that a simple grain auger works pretty good. But i also find a rotary mower instead of your sicle mower use a 7 ft pull type rotary mower it works the 656 in really tall heavy stuff. Just some ideas.. your channel is a daily fix thank you fur your time and effort mr
Ask around your neighboring farms they may have a small grinder mixer mill that would be a steady load like a dynometer they may let you grind feed for a few hours to break the engine in
I know what you mean about a tractor you grow up with. I grew up on the fender of a 6600 Ford. My dad had to sell it and I wasn't able to buy it from him. It had some unique modifications my dad did to it. If I ever see it, I'll make an offer.
Love that tractor and all your stuff 🐔🚜👍
Great work! Can’t wait to see the end product once the restoration is complete.
If you want to work the tractor you could put a heavy load on a couple kicker wagons of yours and tow it up a hill or something. Pulling a big plow or disk is what we have always done to freshly rebuilt tractors in the past and it works good but you would have to have ground to work with
Great first season Pete, will look forward to season 2!
I can't wait to see that hood get painted it's going to look great
The grille should as well
As always you are teaching and so informative along with great entertainment. Great job Pete
Great review on the MD and your history of this tractor. I am very impressed with your knowledge and talents on your work with this tractor, and your work and knowledge of your farm operations. Looking forward to the future use of the MD and future teardown and the rebuilding of the rear end and total repainting and the end result of a new tractor!
Thanks for the update! I’ve really become intrigued by the MD and how it operates as well as the early McCormick Deerings that operate off of gas and diesel. I’d love to add one to my collection one day.
Sometimes they suck air from somewhere and idle high. Beautiful tractor
Wow that was a lot of different issues and a whole lot of money to get it to where it is at now. I would be in over my head if it was me. Keep up the good work and hope that the rain lets up before things get really ugly.
i have a 1986 mustang that has a amp guage that does the discharge show but it does raise when first starts but it has been doing ok for 20 years so i don't worry great to see it ready to work, and history about it
Definitely a labor of love. Can't wait to see it all finished!
Wow just read some of the comments! Pete you have a small army out here on your farm team!
You are correct that the plow is the best way to work it; just find a neighbor that can use some plowing. Sometimes if a guy is putting tile in wheat stubble, you could run your disc over the tile lines.
We are getting a lot of rain here in Louisiana too. Seems like it will never end. Good video as usual👍
I used to work on swimming pools, we could never get a good gauge for the filters. Love the tractor, I just bought a 1956 300 utility.
You needed a pressure differential guage. They're available in the gas and oil industry. Pneumatics industry too.
Thanks for sharing the update on the MD. Great work on that BTW. Fine job, done correctly.
If the ammeter has a coil to measure the magnetic field, take it off and switch it 180 degrees.
You are a very knowledgeable person .that tractors going to be awesome would love to see that thing pull your hay bine
Great video! Restoring fun, using them is even more fun! Keep up the videos!
Greetings from Lapeer. I just discovered your channel and I enjoy watching. We're going to try to get to the Ithaca farm market.
When my dad and I rebuilt my super H we put a couple hours on it first and then we hooked it up to our feed grinder mixer and and poured the corn to it to put a load on it to help get it nice and hot to break it in
Be patient till 2022 to plow with the MD or find somewhere to plow. Best wishes to you and yours!
I think you should run it on the haybine. Maybe you could put the h 's belly pump on the nd and use that. Or just use the MD's. You're gonna go through it any ways so that's what I would do. Thanks for the update. Hope you can send some rain out west to us. Sure is dry in Minnesota.
Very interesting. You know a lot. Couldn’t usually follow you but had fun trying. Thanks.
I've had a few fuel tanks and oil pans leak in the past, and I let them drain well for a day or two, sand the outside clean and shiny with some 80 grit, wash it all down with some carb clean, and apply a coat of JB weld just like you would a thin coat of Bondo. Let it sit a day and throw the fluid back in. I've had great luck doing that, and there's no need of adding anything to the inside of the tank. I repaired an oil pan over 20 years ago in a dump truck where I would have had to pull the engine to replace the pan, , and it's still dry.
Great looking tractor! Great quality videos as well+
Gotta love the super c's!!! we run one everyday as well for trailers and such.
Would you benefit by hitching up one/both of the grain bin trailers for the chickens and towing them around? Or, put your bride on a second tractor and tow another tractor around? Do you have any local "tractor pull" events you could enter it in?
Thank's for the update.
When you change the oil it would be interesting to send it off for analysis and then again the next oil change.
Leaking starting enging gastanks are a common thing. I was able to save one with TIG weld. But for that there needs to be zero fuel fuems inside.
I think You did a Great job Pete.
POR 15 tank sealer is really good stuff. If you get any on you, get it off quickly or you will have to wear it off.
Another really good IH related vid!With regard to giving the MD a good workout, a PTO driven centrifugal fan is ideal for applying steady consistent load. By simply restricting the air intake of the fan with a sheet of plywood, you can regulate how much power it consumes.
You've cured me of wanting to undertake any tractor restoration in my future. Your depth of knowledge and experience on this is amazing. I am curious to hear how the ammeter situation turns out.
Larry Ginter here enjoyed you narravitives through the winter on restore this MD as many things there are always things that become a nuisance after all the effort you put in and having to wait so long to get the engine back from shop > It looks good and I hop[e you can eventually get those things goi9ng you way n. Great Job
Can not wait until next Winter, when the rear half gets redone.
We recommend at the dealer ship either plow or grind feed maybe talk to a neighbor see if you could do one or the other both work well Nice info on the MD . Chris
I've used that POR-15 gas tank kit on an International SCOUT II and a '63 Chevy truck. 20 & 15 years and not a single issue. Sadly the floorboards rotted out in Scout but tank is still holding strong
Yup! Farmer Pete certainly has that "tractor factor".
She looking good but I do like to see a tractor in her working clothes hopefully she will give ya Meany more years or work take care and stay safe with this horrible viruse going round.
It’s possible you have a bad battery cell or weak battery. Also, for test purposes you might try installing a diode in line with the alternator wire going to the ammeter. Internal voltage regulator may be bad in alternator. Diode will eliminate AC feedback.
Any tractor shows in the area? Many have demonstrations that they could use a tractor to power. Plus people would love to see the tractor and hear your story
Axle seal leaks will generally stop or slow considerably if you grease the end bearings thoroughly
Thanks for the update on the MD tractor. Pete I don't know if you have any trade (Vocational) schools near you but you might ask them. The trade school I went to had a dynamometer in our trade shop. (Yonkers, NY)
Another great video, i am looking to start a small farm in the future and your videos have taught me alot of stuff, Knowledge/Experience is the most valuable thing you can pass onto another person thank you pete!
So impressed with your rebuild, good job
We always have taken a rotary mower and run it low to the ground and leave it belch as much black smoke as it can for 3-4 hours
Talk to your neighbors and see if anyone needs some plowing or disking done. If you have any tractor clubs around they may have a baker fan which would do the same job loading down the tractor. Just some ideas.
You’re doing good Pete we’re trying to get our MD going but it is hard.
Good luck. I just pick away at it, one problem at a time.
Pete, you asked for ideas to load the MD so I suggest rocks! I live in Connecticut and it’s very rocky due to glaciation. I don’t know whether the area where you live in New York has similar geology but if it does, you could use the tractor to move some big rocks and build a beautiful stone wall somewhere on your farm.
How heavy is the manure spreader? Fill the spreader really full and just pull it around for a day or two to give it a workout. Don’t spread the manure, just haul it for weight if it isn’t heavy enough, wet it down. Once you load test is over, take the spreader back to the manuer piles and let it fling the crap back into the pile, yes, you may need the front loader to clean up a bit, but you will get the job done……just a suggestion!😀