TE20 & TO20 has oil filter in center of oil pan, raised engine block casting numbers of Z120C500, rear axle housing to center rear end housing has evenly spaced nuts, and single gear shift lever. TO30 has oil filter on right side of engine block, has raised engine block casting numbers of Z129C500, rear axle housing to center rear end housing has extra nuts on bottom of axle housing not evenly spaced and single gear shift.
John Deere 2 Cylinder Muffler Colors
John Deere 2 cylinder muffler colors – most mufflers on waterloo built tractors prior to the 20 series were painted green, 20 series up were black. Dubuque built tractor mufflers were heat resisitant silver from the M series, 40 series, 320 & 420 to serial number 135025 thereafter they were painted black.
My tractor is sputtering fuel or electrical problem?
If your tractor is missing or sputtering and you want to find out if it is a fuel problem or electircal, simply pull the choke out, if it trys to run better it is fuel if it doesn’t help it is electrical.
Do you have this part?
Every day we receive emails asking if we have certain parts, we have decided to list these inquiries anonymously with hopes that they will help someone else. Some parts we have some we do not, and if we can tell you where to find them we will list that too. Good luck with your restoration.
For shipping are your crankshafts packed in a wooden crate, are they forged or cast steel, new or rebuilt? They are packed in a wood crate, cast steel and new.
We are looking for a set of front wheel weights for a IH 274. Do you think your IHS331 would fit? Only if the bolt pattern matches, our is 8 1/2″ c.c. bolts.
I am restoring a 1939 Farmall A, I have the front grill but need to replace the screen. Do you sell the screen separately? Yes we have the screen IHS208 and the clips MIS100.
I am looking for switches: two John Deere B’s: 1941 & 1947. The 47 doesn’t have the serial number plate on it so the number listed above is in the 47 bracket. Would like the magneto switch and light switches. Magneto switch is part ABC489 Lite switch is ABC398
Looking for a main adjusting needle for a Marvel Schebler carburetor TSX884 for a Massey 65. This is a special order and will be $50.00 + shipping
I have recently acquired a John Deere Rice Special 830 diesel and I am trying to find a chrome exhaust pipe that will fit on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Chrome straight 4″ x 24″ tall JDS449 Chrome curved 4″ x 24″ tall JDS450
I need a steering wheel for a 1959 jetstar with 11/16 – 7/8 shaft tappered and keyed. Part number MMS028 (in development) with out cap will be $95.00, cap MMS030 $49.95
Looking for front rims. I believe they are 3×15 and they bolt on they do not use the wedges. We have new not original look but works fine WHS033
I need a 12 volt regulator for my 600 series Ford tractor changing from 6 volt to 12 volt using 12 volt generator. Can yo please reply as to whether you have these in stock. We sell an alternator kit FDS249
I have a Harry Ferguson tractor serial number TO 139017, it is a continental engine. The raised engine block number is Z129A600, I think that it is a TO30. It is a TO30 the new starter is MFS135 new regulator is ABC152 no generator available, salvage yards only.
I need to find a new or used sediment bowl for my John Deere H tractor. I dropped and broke the original one. It was 1 3/4 inches high and 2 inches wide which is called a short one. It has straight sides and is not tapered. I think your ABC123 shows as a tapered side bowl. Can you help me out? Ours are 1.280 tall or 2.370 tall no one makes size you are asking for. Original should have been ABC124 2.370 tall you may have to buy complete sediment bowl to get your tractor going.
2 point to 3 point I know you did sell this hitch and I want to know if you still have this item IHS551? We no longer stock the item but we can special order it for you by calling 1-800-234-3280
Ferguson TO30 need 2 round gaskets for the hydraulic oil inspection plates 1 for left side 1 for right side. Also 1 PTO gasket. Side inspection plate gaskets ABC289 PTO Gasket ABC313
Do you have a steering wheel for a White 2-155 tractor? Yes OLS139 If tilt steering then you would use cap OLS137
Do you have a temperature gauge for a John Deere model AR serial # 273583 (white face) with a 3 foot lead? Yes JDS421
Do you sell the metal side for the International Harvester 881 seat? We have the brackets 3 piece set = IHS671 or separate pieces back plate IHS660, Left hand IHS661, right hand IHS662
Looking for a couple parts. Specifically the Left and Right Fron Heat Baffles for a 1066 International Harvester. I have the side panels already. Yes we have new IHS887R and IHS887l
I think I need to order JDS841. However your description says it replaces #L4111T. My parts book for this LA says that the OEM is AL4111T. Will the JDS841 fit? Yes it fits it is a misprint in the catalog.
I have an old tractor Massey Ferguson TEA20 1948 and need a starter motor 6 volt Lucas. Yes New MFS069
I am looking for a water pump for a International Harvester 340 diesel. IHS218 replacement # 601816C92
Looking for a exhaust manifold for a 124 continental flathead 4 cylinder. Manifold MHS006
Do you have a sending unit for a Massey Ferguson MF20C diesel? We can special order it please call 1-800-234-3280
And The Winner Is…..
At our 4th Annual Customer Appreciation Day there were plenty of winners, take a look at our list.
Youngest Owner
Aubrey Rosser
18 months
Newest Tractor Restoration
Chet Terry
Case 630
Restoration 2008
Most Distance Travelled
Dave Frick
1947 Oliver 70
Travelled 125 miles
Oldest Tractor Restoration
Lance Browning
1949 Minneapolis Moline
Rarest Tractor
Paul Birchmeier
Farmall Grader
Most Miles
Larry Bush
1951 Dump Truck
170,000 miles
Newest Tractor
Wyatt Rosser
2007 John Deere
Least Hours
Sanford Stagg
1944 John Deere LA
100 hours
Oldest Owner
(not pictured)
Kevin Lincoln
76 years young
Raffle Winners
$100.00 Solomon Horn of Lennon
$75.00 Dave Kent of Kinde
$50.00 Bill Hulbert of Morrice
This Is Their Story
Dealer Nate Girbach came in from Milan, MI pulling a trailer with his 1958 John Deere 320. Nate has 
been a dealer with Steiner Tractor Parts since 2004. When asked how many tractors he has restored he replied "too many to remember". Nate has an agricultural background as a 4th generation farmer, Great-grandfather Andrew, Grandfather Ernest and father Gary all farmed before him. Nate currently works a 50 head dairy farm along with 1500 acres of cash crop. It seems tractors are a big part of his personal life as well. He met his girlfriend Sarah when she lived on the section North of his family, they both enjoyed tractor pulls and according to Nate "she had a tractor but I had the trailer". They are pictured here by Nate’s John Deere but he tells us Sarah is an Allis Chalmers girl.
Father and son, Chet and Chad Terry brought in 4 Case tractors; 1961 model 
630, 1966 model 530, 1968 model 430, and a very rare 1964 model 431. According to Chad they didn’t know the find they had with the ‘431’ they bought it in 2005 with a blown motor and had to rebuild it not knowing that it was a very rare demonstrator model, and a first year diesel sent only for display at dealers. The family farms 40 acres and attend around eight shows a year within Michigan with their Case tractors.
Geoff Parmenter fell into tractors strictly by necessity. Geoff purchased a home in North Branch
Michigan on 3.4-acres and armed with only a push mower he decided to buy a tractor for mowing and other work around the property. Geoff chose a Ford because he said he has always been partial to Fords because to him they scream tractor. Geoff purchased his 1955 Ford model 860 in 2001 as the 3rd owner. He restored the tractor with his brother-in-law over the course of 2 years.
R.G. Whitford of Perrington brought his International McCormick to the show and says he has been 
restoring tractors for nearly 30 years and is hoping to pass his love of tractors on to his grandsons pictured with him; Trent 2, Blake 1, Brennan 10 months, and Landon 7 months. Whitford says "I am an International man, I love them". R.G. has retired from farming and has passed it on to his youngest with hopes it will remain a family tradition.
Dan Sager of Napoleon and Tony Moore from Grass Lake have been friends for 6 years and have been
restoring tractors most of their lives. Both men are members of the Jackson Area Antique Tractor Club, and take their tractors to around 6 shows a year. The Farmall B they brought with them has been a work in progress for the last 3 years. Tony will be restoring a John Deere B in remembrance of his Grandpa.
Gene Kurney of Juddville brought his 1957 Farmall 450 to the show. The 450 
was bought new by his father in 1958 and will be passed on to his first grandson Wyatt Rosser. According to Gene the tractor has around 3200 hours and the motor has never been touched. The only parts replaced have been the tires, seat and steering wheel. Gene has farmed his whole life and also owns a 1953 Super H that will be passed on to his son Justin.
How do I find out what year my International tractor is?
If the serial number tag is missing you can estimate the year by when the castings were made. The bigger castings such as transmission, rearend, clutch housings, rear wheel castings, front support casting, etc will have a raised letter barcode.
Example: 12-31-‘S’ = 1950 year Barcodes started with A = 1931, B = 1932 etc. in alphabetical order to Z = 1954 (The letter V was left out on purpose) 1955 then started with ‘A’ again thru 1958 = D after that many letters were dropped from the system making it difficult to verify the year.
Only 2 Days Left!
In 2-Days we will be hosting our 4th Annual Customer Appreciation Day! If you have not joined us in the past we have tons of fun, and would love to see you this year. We start the day out with a Charity Pancake Breakfast hosted by the Volunteer Firemen’s Association, we will also have many activities throughout the day including;
- Petting Zoo
- Used Parts Swap Meet
- Craft Show Vendors
- FREE Picnic Style Lunch
- Prize Drawings
- 10% Off Walk-In Orders (an additional 5% if you bring your restored tractor for display)
- Kids table with activities and a clown
- Drive-a-tractor
- DJ with Classic Rock & Country
- Tractor Judging
- Early History of John Deere movie screening
Check out our May 27th, blog entry for more details. We look forward to seeing you!
Ferguson Tractor Meter Combination
All 3 items for $227.85
- Tachometer with Brackets
- 48" Cable
- Tachometer Drive Assembly
By means of a special bracket attached to the right hand side of the steering column, the Ferguson tractormeter is mounted within plain view of the tractor operator.
What Case tractor do I have?
‘VA’ series used a foot throttle along with the hand throttle, raised letter casting numbers will start with VT. ‘S’ series Case has a sheet metal grille cowling, sheet metal air cleaner canister. ‘D’ series Case used a cast iron grille & cast iron air cleaner.
I have an Allis Chalmers tractor how do I know if it is a WD or WD45?
The WD right hand side of engine block will have a inspection plate the length of the block held on with 6 bolts, the WD45 right side of block is solid cast iron. WD gear shift lever is straight up to SN 127006, the WD sn 127007 & up and WD45 used a curved gear shift lever.
New Colors For a New Look
The new colors give a fresh new look and everyone here at Steiner Tractor Parts is enjoying the lift. 
Most of the work was done during working hours and the Steiner staff and painters worked around each other. The process took approximately a week and nobody missed a beat getting your restoration quality tractor parts out to you. Feel free to stop by and see our new colors if you are in the Lennon (MI) area. We always enjoy meeting our customers.
How do I polarize a generator?
Before starting the engine, momentarily touch one end of a piece of wire to regulator terminal marked ‘arm’ or ‘gen’ and the other end to terminal marked ‘bat’. A spark will occur when wire is removed this is natural. DO NOT TOUCH ‘fld’ terminal, regulator will instantly be ruined!
How do I test a fuel gauge?
Simply hook positive test lead to one side and negative test lead to the other, if the gauge needle moves it is good. Sometimes if a fuel gauge isn’t working it can have a bad ground, you can run an extra ground wire from gauge to sending unit.
Practice Good Receiving Habits
Steiner Tractor Parts, Inc. is committed to providing top notch service as well as quality restoration tractor parts, but sometimes we need your help to provide the best, most efficient service. We know that the average customer does not receive packages regularly and freight shipments rarely if ever. We thought we’d share some best practices when receiving your shipment so if an issue occurs we can handle the problem efficiently.
- If possible check package for outside damage before driver leaves. If damaged make sure driver notes the damage.
- Check outside of box for the packing slip, note any back ordered items on the packing slip.
- Open package carefully. Do not put knife all the way in the box as you can slice decals, cut seat covers and gouge emblems.
- Remove items and check off on the packing slip.
- Open items like headlights, lenses and check that they haven’t cracked during transit.
- Make sure to check inside of each box for additional items like knobs and boots stuffed into battery boxes.
- Look at items that are sold as left and right and make sure you have both sides.
- If all is okay, file the packing slip with your other tractor related documents.
If there is any problem, damage, defect or missing or incorrect product shipped contact us right away by phone 1-800-234-3280 or email sales@steinertractor.com The sooner we deal with any problem, the easier it will be.
LTL Freight Shipments
- Someone must be home to accept the shipment.
- The driver will present several documents. Do not sign before unloading.
- After you unload the shipment, look at what you’ve received. Are there any dents or signs of damage? Is the shrink wrap torn or partially removed? Are the pieces still securely banded?
- Now, look at the documents the driver gave you it should say somewhere on the document "Said to contain ____ pieces" or "____ Pieces" "STC _____ pcs". Make sure you have that number of pieces. The skid / pallet does not count as a piece.
- If all is in order and you have all pieces sign the document. If anything is out of the ordinary, damaged, possibly damaged or missing. Show the driver make a note on his document and sign. If possible, get him to sign also.
- Now, find the packing slip and proceed as above form step 2.
With your help we will be able to navigate through any issues that may arise with ease and you will be looking forward to another load of top quality restoration parts from Steiner Tractor Parts.
What weight oil should I use in my gas tractor engine?
If it has not been rebuilt recently use a straight 30 weight non-detergent, if it has been rebuilt recently you can use a detergent type oil.
How to Remove a Steering Wheel
How to pull a steering wheel off on some tractors with exposed steering wheel spokes. Take the nut off, soak the center hub (with penetrating oil) where the steering shaft goes thru. Tap the spoke of the steering wheel and if you are lucky it will start to loosen. If it doesn’t move you can use a torch (DO NOT — USE if it is close to your gas tank) heat the center hub up and tap the spoke of the steering wheel. On other applications with covered spoke steering wheels sometimes the center hub is threaded so you can use a steering wheel puller to remove the wheel. Otherwise you can hit the covered spokes with a hammer to break the outer covering and use a 3-jaw puller to pull the steering wheel. On tractors that have steering wheels held by a pin thru the hub use a punch to try to drive the pin out, if it won’t move you may have to drill the pin out, then tap the hub of the steering wheel to remove it.
How do I switch from positive to negative ground?
Reverse wires on coil, reverse amp gauge wires, reverse battery cables, and if you are still using a generator with regulator you will need to repolarize the regulator. If tractor is equipped with a fuel gauge you will have to reverse the wires on it.
How do I polarize a generator? Before starting the engine, momentarily touch one end of a piece of wire to regulator terminal marked 'arm' or 'gen' and the other end to terminal marked 'bat'. A spark will occur when wire is removed this is natural. DO NOT TOUCH 'fld' terminal, regulator will instantly be ruined.
Streamlined Shopping Update
Please be patient while we update our Steiner Tractor Parts website today with our new streamlined shopping. Much time and effort has gone into the updates being made to ease our customers through the ordering of their tractor parts. We hope everyone is happy with the changes as they will cut down on time and information required to process your order and most of all we hope to eliminate the error messages some customers are receiving during high traffic time. The changes should be complete by mid-day Friday, we look forward to hearing from you.
Massey Ferguson Sheet Metal Alignment Tips
We have some helpful side panel alignment tips for you if you have a Massey Ferguson TO35.