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Originally Posted by rotorwrench
Gleaner Baldwin model A, R, NA, & NR pull behind combines were equipped with "off the line" engines as Ford assembled them but those engines came with no serial number. Gleaner used a "G" prefix on their own serial number to ID them and stamped them in the same place Ford did so folks can tell they didn't come from a Ford car.
This link has a Photograph
https://www.fordgarage.com/pages/gleanerbaldwin.htm
It's been a while since I looked at one that my uncle owned. They had a conventional type distributor so they didn't use that stud for an ignition cable like the Electro-Lock. They had a control panel that was mounted on a post on the left side of the engine. The coil was mounted on top of that post and overhung the cylinder head a bit. They likely used that stud for a stabilizer strut for that control panel that had the coil on it but my memory isn't good enough to confirm that.
Most tractors used in that era had no PTO drive built in so they had to have a power plant to run the cutting and threshing systems on those combines. There were self propelled combines in that era but they were expensive and they weren't as reliable as later self propelled combines. The pull behind units were used quite a bit and even after the war for a good bit. My Grandad used the Gleaner Baldwin combines till he retired in 1948. My Pop used them until he purchased his first Massey Harris model 27 combine. |
Now that you mentioned it I looked back through some of my pictures and found one that shows two of the studs (#4 & #5) being used for the control panel and the #8 stud for the radiator support brace.
Wonder if Gleaner specified the longer stud or just utilized a still "standard" longer #8 stud.