Super C Dipstick?

[Lfdfireman]

Just curious what this dipstick might be exactly? This is my 1953 SC and I am not sure what this is exactly. I have seen other SCs but none with this dipstick. (It is about 2 long). Thought maybe it was a factory thing but no one seems to know. Any thoughts?

 

[Charlie M]

My Super C has petcocks. Mine is a first year production.

 

[Lfdfireman]

 

[Lfdfireman]

Mine has petcocks as well.

 

[Rick Remmert]

My Super C is a 53' also and has petcocks.

 

[formerly ny bill]

Super C's had petcocks on the oil pan. But I have one Super C that has a dipstick on the engine. Must have had a different engine installed sometime in its 70 year life, maybe from a power unit or newer engine. The 200s had dipsticks on them.

 

[formerly ny bill]

does the engine block have a majorly different casting code from the rest of the tractor?

 

[Lfdfireman]

It's the original engine according the farmer I got it from who had it for 50+ years. He wasn't sure where it may have come from as he never used it and being so short, it never registers any oil on it.

 

[Lfdfireman]

Casting codes across the tractor, are Y - 1954. The S/N for this tractor is 182740, which would be a late year production 1953. The engine is a Y as well, showing as a 354898 R2 block.

 

[Lfdfireman]

Y - 1953 I mean...sorry for the extra reply!

 

[used red MN]

As others have reported the IH parts diagram does show a dipstick for the Super C. There is a possibility that the pan was swapped at some point for one with level check petcocks. The petcocks were associated with distillate engines that would gain oil level during operation due to a certain amount of unburned fuel passing by the pistons. After a certain time of use the operator would drain down the oil to the lower level petcock. Then fill with new oil to keep the viscosity and lubrication properties of the oil correct to operate between the recommended change intervals. Of course most if not all regular Hs and Ms were equipped with the petcocks oil level checks regardless of fuel the model was designed to use. Maybe at some point your dipstick got grabbed by the crankshaft somehow and became a little short.
CNHI Super C ..C 123.. block parts diagram

 

[wore out]

(quoted from post at 14:46:32 07/16/22) Just curious what this dipstick might be exactly? This is my 1953 SC and I am not sure what this is exactly. I have seen other SCs but none with this dipstick. (It is about 2 long). Thought maybe it was a factory thing but no one seems to know. Any thoughts?

Lots of things can happen in 70 years, likely the engine was swapped at some point.

Power units used a dipstick in that location. Either someone stuck an odd/short dipstick in there or it has broken off or been cut off at some time, it should be quite long, if functional.

I used to have a Super ''A'' that I installed an engine from a windrower in, and it had the long dipstick in that location.

Note the LONG tube, Key #1 in the drawing, the tube extended almost to the bottom of the oil pan and there were two sets of markings on the dipstick, one set for checking the oil while it was running and another set higher up for checking the oil while it had been sitting stopped.

 

[fastfarmall]

i have a 123 engine in a B, the block number is 358318R1, 7-2-X,that has a Dipstick,It was suppose to be a stationary engine,i was told!!

 

[Jim Becker]

Looks like that dipstick has had a rough life -- on both ends. As you said, your tractor serial number is from 1953 (September). What is your engine number (stamped into block below #1 spark plug)? With that chassis number, the engine number should be about 191,500 plus or minus a hundred or so.

The engine may be a replacement, most likely a later version of the tractor engine.

Could be a previous owner just drilled the block and added the dipstick.

 

[DeltaRed]

My guess is it has a replacement engine from a power unit.The original engine probably took a crap and was replace with one from a power unit.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

That dipstick looks like it was gnawed off short.