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Bought this 3288 as a last minute end of year purchase. Its a pretty straight low hour tractor actually but desperately needs paint. Other than a few leaks its pretty mechanically sound. Had to replace the valve cover gasket and send the injection pump in due to it leaking externally. I have started working on painting it.

Fenders are back on as well as the band on the back of the cab

Got it back on all fours. The front tires were mismatched and one was worn pretty bad so put a new set of four ribs on. Started working on the interior. The seat suspension had quite a bit of slop in it so I changed it out with one from K&M

Got the roof and the frame painted the last few days. Also have the fenders done and the wheels.

Busch light powered lol

Well, that looks like fun! In my younger days I dreamed of an Allison XB 2003 with 225 Merc. pro max. Probably a good thing I never got one, might have died on the water.

Yeah Ol Runner is so busy at his work anymore when a good looking blonde with a short skirt and rather large chest comes in he just hangs his head and keeps working. Poor Ol Boy i hope he gets caught up someday

I don't know one darn thing... (you knew that would eventually come, right?) Time to clean out my files a little. I hope I'm not posting too many photos that you guys have already posted. I have a hard time keeping track of things I've put on, or haven't put on. A horse pulled "Left Hand" McCormick Binder. They were available, but pretty uncommon. Farmers doing some kind of corn harvest with a (McCormick-Deering?) tractor and horses. Boys selling vegetables in a city off of a horse team pulled wagon. Farmers in town sitting and visiting in Texas. Buying cigarettes in a hospital. Supposedly settled patients down. For you youngsters. It used to be this way when I was a kid. The couple for the American-gothic-models Nan Wood Graham and her dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby pictured in 1942 recreating their original poses! Nan Wood Grahams's sister painted the photo. This North Dakota farm couple may have been told by the photographer to say "cheese?" But I see optimism and a bright outlook in their faces. I don't have an "after" photo of them. One of the first goose neck trailers. The Adams Motor Bungalo. A ca 1922 Model T Ford Roadster getting gasoline in the 1930s. My Dad used to say, when I picked him up in the field with my Model T, 1 to 2 miles from home, "A poor ride is better than a good walk." Roger, I can't figure this photo out. It looks like a 1926 Model T Coupe with extra cost optional balloon tires, that has had a roadster top put on it? A 1938 D Model IHC truck with "pickers" (dunno what?) from a different state. An early IHC engine at a modern tractor show. I hope these are all three IHC Type C tractors coming up? That is how I had them listed. A big 30-60 Case gas tractor is busy threshing. A lady is driving an IHC Titan tractor and another lady is riding the plow. I wonder if this could have been a result of WWI, and men gone? An 8-16 IHC tractor plowing and sporting a steering device. A Fordson tractor is pulling a binder in the grain field. I believe this Fordson conversion is winching logs in the woods? The operator has his Model T Ford Roadster parked nearby. The turtle deck is removed and a box for his supplies has been added. A McCormick-Deering Farmall F-20 is pulling a threshing machine. I can't explain this photo of this F-20, McCormick-Deering, but it is purportedly pulling "listers." Somebody can explain this, I'm sure?!! This McCormick-Deering Farmall F-30 is pulling a McCormick combine and dumping grain into a Chevy pickup-truck. An Adams Road Grader with McCormick-Deering diesel engine, as used in the TD-40s and WD-40s. I'm no Caterpillar authority. I would guess this is a D-8 though? Pulling five "cylinder plows" Diskers, one-ways or whatever they are called in your area of the world. A McCormick Standard W-6. Charlie Reef's International-New Farmall dealership in Gasport, New York, 1940. All Farmall A's in front row, All H's in the back row, except for one Farmall F-20, 30 or something at the far end. An IH Farmall H "Annie,' Farmall M "Toot," and McCormick-Deering Farmall F-12 "Johnny." All IH Tractors on a Montana Farm! Gary😉

It works! Still need to pin the sleeve to the original shoe and install a stopper bolt in the fork pivot mount to act as a pedal stop, I’ll post pics of that tomorrow. It’s timE for a cold snack!!!

Thanks J&C, there’s still lots of thread to go! OK! Here’s the release sleeve! Still needs to be pinned to the Fordson release shoe but it’s in place and we’re bolting the Detroit up for a clutch test now!

Hank, does the same thing. Wife got him a plush bed for his kennel, threw it away the next day. Looked like that bear, no stuffing left!

Took the interior,seat,and suspension out today and started cleaning it out. What a mess! No pics, forgot to take them. Also ordered a new headliner, and material and foam for the rest of the cab, gonna try something different this time, I ordered burgundy vinyl and all the foam, I'm going to try to put a bit of a custom twist to it, and make my own interior kit... not sure how it will work, but if it does work out, it should look pretty sharp. Also going to put kilmat down, I'd like it as quiet as possible in the cab.

Finally had some time to finish the hoods with a couple coats of 2150 red. Not perfect but I'll let them harden for a couple months and then shoot them again. I was having trouble with starting in cold weather so I added a ether assist kit available from case Ih. Dealer had one in stock. I wired it to the factory dash button that was for a horn. Works perfectly. I mounted the canister behind the front grill by drilling and tapping two holes. All the wiring is finished, LED lights work great as always, oil pressure gauge fitted into the old glow plug gauge housing. Ed had some weight brackets that were made to mount on each side, with a pair of steps for each side also, with KM steps on the main side, I had to move the weight brackets forward and built a support frame to go between the two. I picked up everything used to put a two piece straight drawbar on this Tractor too. Just something I wanted to add because pulling with the fast hitch was always sloppy even when mounted in ridged position. I love how this tractor turned out. Thanks you to everyone for the compliments. Please is you have any questions, ask away, I want to help anyone I can. This can be a very nice project if you take the time.