Sickle identity help please

[Farmall Rookie]

I just purchased this 1949 Farmall Super A . It needs some work, fluids changed, etc. The sickle is missing the outer shoe and needs a blade or two. I would be grateful if someone could identify this model number of the sickle. I will try and include a photo.

 

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[khouse6]

oh, wonderful, you have a I- A. an industrial. the mid mount mower was used by governments. the mower will mow in a upright position or a horizontal
position.

 

[F-Dean]

I assume the "Bar' is missing the outer shoe. The outer shoe on many IHC sickle bars are the same.
IHC sickle sections are fairly common at most farm stores.
Get some rivets and a big ball-peen hammer and replace the sections yourself just like your grandpa did!

 

[Farmall Rookie]

(quoted from post at 17:08:19 09/09/17) oh, wonderful, you have a I- A. an industrial. the mid mount mower was used by governments. the mower will mow in a upright position or a horizontal
position.

Thank you! I don't think there has been much done to this tractor for about 8 years. Fluids, filters, and tune up this season and I have a 2 1/2 acre lake to trim up. The sickle works but needs maintenance as well. For its 70th birthday I'd like to do a good clean up and paint job. There's just something special about the look of the older farmall tractors. My only wish - that the sickle was longer! LOL

Thank you so much!

 

[Farmall Rookie]

Thank you! I appreciate the direction! I plan on doing as much as I can myself! Tires will be fun! Hopefully that's next year!!

Thank you!

 

[teddy52food]

I have a 7 foot bar in mid Mn. Where are you?

 

[Farmall Rookie]

(quoted from post at 20:46:16 09/09/17) I have a 7 foot bar in mid Mn. Where are you?

Columbia, Missouri

 

[Jim Becker]

It is an AI-23 Highway Mower. The outer shoe on these is totally different than one on a farm mower.

 

[Farmall Rookie]

(quoted from post at 21:46:30 09/09/17) It is an AI-23 Highway Mower. The outer shoe on these is totally different than one on a farm mower.

Thank you, yes I've picked up a manual for the AI-23 Highway Mower. It appears I am missing the Outer Shoe and Outer Shoe Stopper. I have the 5' sickle.

Any suggestions on where I can purchase the correct shoe and stopper? As you pointed out, it appears different even from the 6' and 7' versions. Will it hurt anything to use the sickle without the shoe?

Thank you!

 

[Farmall Rookie]

What I think I need....

 

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[BarnyardEngineering]

The outer shoe keeps the outer end of the bar from digging in, so yes, you need it.

You're only going to be able to find the correct outer shoe for that mower on another identical mower. Parts like that are not available. There weren't that many of these mowers to begin with, and IH stopped making the mowers 60-odd years ago.

Maybe you could adapt an outer shoe from another IH mower.

 

[Farmall Rookie]

(quoted from post at 05:05:47 09/14/17) The outer shoe keeps the outer end of the bar from digging in, so yes, you need it.

You're only going to be able to find the correct outer shoe for that mower on another identical mower. Parts like that are not available. There weren't that many of these mowers to begin with, and IH stopped making the mowers 60-odd years ago.

Maybe you could adapt an outer shoe from another IH mower.

The bolt pattern on this style looks correct. However it just looks a lot heavier then the one in the illustration.

 

[Jim Becker]

This style shoe was designed to minimize plugging in trashy mowing rather than to carry a big grass board.

I take it the entire shoe assembly is missing, including 3 major parts: shoe M2612, sole M42147, and stop M42146. I would guess that the entire assembly from nearly any IH cutter bar would bolt on and work. I don't think the stop is required for the mower to cut.

There were some later mowers with 5ft bars (e.g. 110) that had a similar shoe assembly and even used the same sole part. If you find one of them it would be closer to the original than the typical farm-use shoe in your picture.

Parts Depot has the shoe and stop, but not the sole. The sole would be the easiest one to make, if you had one to use as a pattern. The shoe and stop from the Depot would probably put a big dent into a hundred dollar bill.