INTERNATIONAL 1466

Thanks for sharing Eric! Always enjoy your pictures and IH lineup.

Thanks for all the compliments y'all! I love the farming pictures, so I figured I would share some of mine.

45 miles north of Sioux City.

So we have moved a few combines this way. That 1660 was on a farm auction. We did not go for it at all, but when they got ready to sell it the auctioneer said it developed an engine issue on the way to the auction site. Needless to say they couldn't get a bid. We bid a couple times and owned it. It is being parted out if anyone needs parts. Complete IH chopper which we already have on a pallet. Anyway Ace, we have 6x6 tube that has a cross piece at the front en with two ears that we bolt to the side of the frame near the cleaning fan. the tube we just chain tight under the axle and frame. Hitch on the 3 point and raise it up. High 4th and let er rip. That particular trip was 85 miles. We hauled the 1456 to the combine and then set it all up and roaded her home. It really works well.

Her name is "Fat Amy" that is painted on the side of the hood. Not a late model, had a paint job way before we saved her.

Only one I have currently.

Well yes and no. Certain tractors always do the same job and sometimes it is more which one we want to use. They do all get used though.

Both 1680's and a 4586.

He has risen indeed! Happy Easter!

You did well at $500. Asking prices are much higher as stated. They are out there, but finding them with wedges and bolts is very hard to do. Without those they need to pay you to take them!

Center hood is a cab thing. Year A round and Hiniker both were that way on the first 66 cabs. It is not an IH thing, they redesigned the cabs later so that hood didn't need change. Have had a few of those here over the years. Were likely other cabs that did the same.

Well I never remember not loving IH. Red tractors were life. The 826 Dad bought was my favorite from four years old until he bought a new 1486 then it was my favorite. My all time first love though didn't come until I bought my first 1466. She has been at the top ever since.

May God bless you and your family. Praying for a full recovery as well as peace and patience. God is in control even when we do not understand why.

Pretty sure he was making all the lands for them to start at. Maybe his farm. It is irrigated so not heavy black soil like some country. Don't think he plowed all day like that, but he clearly made a few passes that way. If he was worried the ole 10 wouldn't take it he wouldn't have gone all the way across in H2. You can see him in the background and he still appears to be haulin' it H2. Black smoke and red power, gotta love it!

They don't seem any older now than they did years ago I agree. Here is Cruella, she is our only '75 model. Not nearly as pretty as Eric's 10, at least not yet.

1486 has had a bad reputation of rear end trouble and such. It however was not the fault of the tractor at all. How many other 145 HP tractors at that time could be turned up to well over 200 HP in less than 10 minutes? And then four 20.8's, two or four full of fluid and an implement that should have been pulled by a 4586 and expect it to hold! It was operator failure to use them like intended. We have a 1486 that Dad bought new. Was our tillage tractor since new. Not sure it was stock 145 HP even when it came to the farm. When I was in high school I turned it up a couple turns. A few years later we bought a new field cultivator and I turned it up some more. It ran like that until OH time as it broke a ring and started drinking oil. I overhauled it and we ran it not even a year and and lost the drain plug while disking and ruined it. One of us clearly didn't tighten the drain plug, expensive mistake! We then put a 466 3LM set up in it. It has over 335 on the dyno. Nearly 17,000 hours and we have never touched the rear end. Never had fluid, weights only the first few years and on four 20.8's since new. It has not been babied either. 28 foot field cultivator, 25 foot 496 and such. Hauled hundreds of loads. So at least one 14 has held the test of time. The weight is the killer in my humble opinion. It is not the tractors fault, just how some were run. I think one of the best tractors IH built. One thing I always thought funny as well was the 1466 doesn't get the bad rear end wrap. They are the same you know. By 1978 farming was growing fast, many 86's were pulling a lot larger equipment than the 66's did. Just my humble experience with now nearly 45 years of a 1486.

More proof that International Harvester really did have it all! Very cool!

Have always preferred the 14 over the 10. Only ever owned one 10, but ran plenty. They just never seemed to have the git up and go of the 14. I will take the 14 every time. They are like stated pretty much exactly the same except for the engines. They will both run like blue blazes if you tune on them!

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Danny, great project. You will get it done. However, there is not enough length to fit the 466 with the factory crank pulley and wet bolster. We put a 414 in a 706, ended up lengthening it. Turned out really nice and most people never notice. I don't like it though because it looks too long even though it is minimal. We are going to be putting a 436 in an 826. Our goal is not to change length and exhaust out the factory hole in the hood. Crank pulley is a problem, simply won't work. The boys did some research and found there is a crank pulley from the truck world. A four groove if I recall, that guys have had cut off in a lathe to leave only one groove. Then the whole outfit works. We have yet to procure such pulley though. I hunted for hours and hours trying to find a single belt factory IH one. Do not think there is such an animal. Everything else is easily overcome with the welder and such. Machine off front cover and back plate and cut down the fuel tank. Keep up the pics!

Not today, but this fall.

Never get an open bay in our shop. From one project right to the next.