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I have a 1948 KB8 with a RED361 Engine, I am looking for a complete water pump, mine has disappeared, took it off to have it rebuilt and never got it back. Any help would be appreciated.

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Here she is out in the field, so far she's turned out to be a really good old tractor, should last me a long time. I have a few little corky things to fix yet, the fuel gauge is inaccurate for one and I have one SCV that will not go to float when its put in the float position.

Oh yes, always something interesting going on here. We used to do a lot of pulling fab but have backed off on that, the shop belongs to the guys I work for, I am very fortunate to be able to work on my own stuff here.We always have a truck project floating around also.

Thanks, the door panels came from Fehr Cab Interiors, the grab handles were the originals.

Making progress on my 886, I'm not as far as I wanted to be but getting there. Putting in a cab interior takes a lot of time if you clean everything up. I still am having problems with the 4 way flashers, I put a new unit in, that didn't fix it, the turn signals still worked. I put the old unit back in and the 4 way flashers and turn signals worked fine....then an hour later the 4 ways would not work again, but since I'm in there I have some dash lights not working so I have to fix them too.

Yes I am working on cleaning up the original paint, I use Meguiar's Products, the 1st pass with a buffer I used the Medium Cut Cleaner with an aggressive buffing wheel, then switched to the Fine Cut Cleaner with a smooth foam pad. After that I use a coat of Race Glaze polish/wax. I was tempted to use the Heavy Cut Cleaner but did not know how much paint was actually left on the tractor.

So I am putting new cab kit in my new to me 886 and cleaning her up a bit before I put her to work. I would like to remove the Seat so I can clean the inside up good, it is the hydraulic version. What does that all entail? Also my turn signals work but the 4way flashers do not, where would I start looking to remedy that problem? All the lights work as they should. Thanks.

Well here is what I ended up with, 6500 hours, I'm the 3rd owner. Seems tight, no blow by, starts good, shifts good. Had new A/C put on it a year ago and new injectors last week. Original paint, the cab interior needs some TLC, overall I'm pretty happy.

I've have been shopping around for a Tractor to run my round Baler, It's a John Deere 450M, I was running it last year with a 4230 John Deere, and I really liked the 4230, I thought I was going to get out of haying so I traded it off on a compact tractor last fall. Well since that time I've changed my mind and going to give it another try this summer. I have about 65 acres I cover. I have been looking at a couple of 886's, they seem to be plentiful around my part of the world and in my price range. I was around both an 886 and a 986 about 20 years ago on my grandparent's farm so I am familiar with them and that's kinda why I want one now. Now the 4230 I had only dynoed at 80HP but was supposed to be 100HP, but needed the pump rebuilt but still handled the Baler great, and I pushed it pretty hard last summmer due to the wet weather. My question is what should I be looking for when looking at an 86 series Tractor ? I know the 886 was offered with both the D360 and D358, and I'm not opposed to either one. I also may pull a 9 foot Deere MoCo with it from time to time, my other big Tractor is a John Deere 5100E, and I like mowing hay with that. I could bale with the 5100 but My help uses that to move bales since it has a loader on it. Just looking for some opinions, thanks....