1950 IH McCormick W6 Standard

[@gonerydin4225]

Very cool tractor. My grandfather had a W-9.

[@sterff89]

@@gonerydin4225 Thanks! A W9 is on my wish list!

[@tyfrank3427]

Nice tractor. The rear axle seals leaking are often symptoms of water getting in the rear ends, as the oil level is lower than the axles normally. I would check for that. It's crucial to give the outer axle bearings lots of grease. The rear light is supposed to be mounted on the bottom of the left fender at the back. What's the serial number. It would be an early 1950 as it has the old style dash as the first of the 1950s have the old style charging system. The later 1950s had a fuseholder in the dash.

[@sterff89]

@@tyfrank3427 Thanks, I did check the rear end oil and it did have water. I drained about two gallons out. The oil was low too. I did see the light should be mounted to the fender but, I haven’t tracked down the light bracket for it yet. The serial number is 33832.

[@Biggestfoot10209]

That’s a decent looking tractor. Sounds really nice. Are you going to put it back to work where it belongs or will it be a show piece. You said you were from Pa. I’m from Pa. also, Armstrong County to be fairly exact. What part of Pa. are you from if you don’t mind me asking.

[@sterff89]

@@Biggestfoot10209 Thank you. I plan to fix it up mechanically so it is usable. Mifflin county is where I’m from.

[@nigelgwillim644]

had farmak a wd6 wd9 and super wd9 but in farmals now english made farmal bmd different engine diesil only engine and 6 inchs longer tractor than md . a beter one than the usa version i think about 39 hp kept in uk also have mf 97 oliver 1800a 1900a fordson major e27n with p6 and mh 555 diesil

[@sterff89]

@@nigelgwillim644 That’s neat. I like all sorts of tractors too!

[@jamesolson9423]

I am surprised to learn from your video that your tractor does not have a distributor & coil, instead of a magneto. It has been my understanding that 1946 was the last year of the magneto ignition system. Also there is no hydraulic system on your tractor. By 1950 hydraulic systems were pretty much standard equipment on most farm tractors.

[@sterff89]

@@jamesolson9423 I believe the magneto was an option up through the 60s. The casting codes on this W6 are all from late 1949 so it would be an early 1950. The other possibility is that it could have been changed to a magneto at some point. A lot can happen in 75 years. I do believe hydraulics could be added by either a front crank mounted pump, or after around the 50 model a pump could be added off the distributor drive.

[@jamesolson9423]

@@sterff89 My Father had 1946 W-6, & it did not have hydraulics. But it was a good very durable tractor.

[@sterff89]

@@jamesolson9423 That’s neat! I am really liking it so far. I’m going to look for an old rope trip plow for it at some point.

[@tyfrank3427]

Not so much on the W-6s. The reason for that is in 1950, trailing implements were still rope trip, and the standard tractors were later getting hydraulics than the row crops. But in the 1950s, most W-9s and WD-9s had hydraulics, and a few W-6s had them. We have W-6s with hydraulics. But a W-4 with hydraulics is a rare find. All of the standard tractors used live hydraulics.

[@tyfrank3427]

@@sterff89 All the W-6s that had factory hydraulics used the distributor/magneto drive.