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Help with old harrow

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I enjoy this site but seldom ask for help but here goes.
My brother is trying to repair our grandfather’s old Massey Harris off set disc. There are no name plates, model number, serial number etc. It was bought
new with a M H tractor about 1949 or 50.
It is a 12 disc harrow (6 front and 6 back). The only identification marks are an M H on each of the disc spacers and opposite the letters are the numbers 482-437-M(1 or I) followed by possibly an emblem that he said looks like a uppercase P laying on its side. Disc were probably 22 inch when new. It has a weird axle system that I won’t at this time try to describe.
Any idea of where we might get parts would

I have added pictures. Hope it works. I didn’t take one of the entire axle but the last picture is of one end. The axle goes through the outer shaft and the blades and spacers slip over that shaft. Each blade has a small pin that secures it to the spacer on each side and the entire assembly turns on the axle inside of that housing. I think we can easily have square shaft blades cut to fit the housing. Spacers are another thing. Thanks for responding and sharing this with me.

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Implements of that age are gonna be harder than tractors to find original parts for.
Salvage yards and fence rows are the best place to find them. Sometimes finding something that "will work", has to.
Depending on what parts you need new blades, bearings, and spacers can be fitted with little or no modification.
You will have to find a place with a very experienced parts person. A micrometer and very precise bearing measurements will be helpful. Your will need to know the axle size, length, and circumference if the disc spacers.
Here is a write-up on one I rebuilt. The color may be different, but the parts sources mentioned will have what you need with a little imagination.

You may want to give this guy a call.
The only thing is you may have to pick or pull your own parts.
He loves cash.
Austin Farms Salvage
Route 4, Box 291, Butler, Mo 64730
660-679-4080 Office 660-679-6488 FAX
Implements of that age are gonna be harder than tractors to find original parts for.
Salvage yards and fence rows are the best place to find them. Sometimes finding something that "will work", has to.
Depending on what parts you need new blades, bearings, and spacers can be fitted with little or no modification.
Thanks. I am going to try to load some photos
You will have to find a place with a very experienced parts person. A micrometer and very precise bearing measurements will be helpful. Your will need to know the axle size, length, and circumference if the disc spacers.
Thanks much
You may want to give this guy a call.
The only thing is you may have to pick or pull your own parts.
He loves cash.
Austin Farms Salvage
Route 4, Box 291, Butler, Mo 64730
660-679-4080 Office 660-679-6488 FAX
Thanks. Will do but pulling the parts would be a challenge. My brother lives in north central Florida. 😪
Implements of that age are gonna be harder than tractors to find original parts for.
Salvage yards and fence rows are the best place to find them. Sometimes finding something that "will work", has to.
Depending on what parts you need new blades, bearings, and spacers can be fitted with little or no modification.
Thanks. Just taking it one day at a time.
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