TD18 question?

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That would be the magneto that is missing. It has to be for a gas start diesel, they turn opposite of regular gas. If the transmission is in neutral it should turn by turning the fan blades. It looks very nice shape.

I believe it’s missing the magneto. How about the little TD-6 or 9 I see off to the side? That would be the right size for pulling your disk.... you might even ask the lady if the magneto is laying on a shelf somewhere. I’ve know many IH owners to have a spare head on hand as well, as many of the TD gas to diesel tractors were prone to cracked heads if not properly cooled down after a long day.
We all knew that ONE tractor wasn’t enough! LOL. JM

I believe it’s missing the magneto. How about the little TD-6 or 9 I see off to the side? That would be the right size for pulling your disk.... you might even ask the lady if the magneto is laying on a shelf somewhere. I’ve know many IH owners to have a spare head on hand as well, as many of the TD gas to diesel tractors were prone to cracked heads if not properly cooled down after a long day.
We all knew that ONE tractor wasn’t enough! LOL. JM

One tractor is NEVER enough 😂

The one next to It is about the same size as my D2, and I’d like something bigger that doesn’t struggle as much as the D2 in the soft sand. The back half of my property is extremely soft sand.

So here’s the story... my dad sold our old D7 ripper to this gentleman about 25-30 years ago when I was a young kid. He’s always regretted It, so I thought I’d stop by his place and see if he still had It. Unfortunately It wasn’t, and his widow knew nothing about It. I happened to see this TD18 and noticed It was about the same size as our old D7, so that’s what made me interested. I didn’t happen to see anything laying around nearby, but I’ll look online and see if it’s possible to get a magneto. Im assuming there’s no way to see if the head is cracked?

I am still have a magneto F6 for this machine

I like the way you think 55! ONE tractor is never enough!!! Back in the day, we only had 3 tractors to farm with; one IH 544 being the primary workhorse. We wasted a lot of time swapping implements during the week, if not daily to get the tasks completed. When my brother retired from “active farming” he had a tractor for each implement owned. No more switching around. He would simply hop on a different tractor.
You came to the right place. We will all help you spend $ and acquire more iron....

It looks like a TD18-A series , The 18 had the exhaust on the same side as the intake ,the A series is newer updated heads . Exhaust on opposite side. Nice machine to run but no Johnson bar, but not a problem unless using dozer blade . I had an A series 30 some years ago, think I still have a new rear head for it.