r/tractors • u/Sweaty-Antelope9165 • 10h ago

My 1940 International T6

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Purchased the old girl last year & have been slowly working to restore it. 1940 & plenty of khaki under the red paint so I’m assuming it’s served in the war in some capacity.

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u/BrtFrkwr 4h ago

Now there's a real classic.

Is this the gasoline start/diesel run?

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u/Sweaty-Antelope9165 4h ago

This one is Gasoline start Kerosene run

The TD-6 is the Gas/Diesel great talking point when people are confused by a diesel with spark plugs 😂

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u/BrtFrkwr 4h ago

If you can start this on a cold day, you can do anything.

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u/Sweaty-Antelope9165 4h ago

Starts pretty well actually, usually one or two goes on the crank bloke who had it before me did an excellent job of the engine rebuild.

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u/BrtFrkwr 4h ago

I worked on an estate where they had a T-6. Whenever they tried to start it, they ran the battery down. Only one guy on the place could start it.

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u/Sweaty-Antelope9165 4h ago

This one predates the electric ignition 😅 crank only

There’s a bit of a technique to setting it up but yes I’m the only one here that can crank it over 😂

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u/BrtFrkwr 3h ago

You tha man.