iowaboy1965

I see 2 ropes in the first picture.....spose they went to gear shift lever and brake? Pop it in nuetral and pull break? Or maybe rigged to pull clutch somehow?

Hang in there Troy. Gotta get better soon!

Hang in there.....and remember to not overdo physically. Get help when needed.

Sounds like both pastors had sum good advice. I think i would follow it....... Nobody needs this kind of thing.... hang in there and do your best to keep your cool. Hard to do but you will look so much better if you can. Good luck.

Pics? I would have to reread a book i have on mags but there will be a condenser in there too that could be bad. Also i think you will want a soild core plug wire? Idk if points spark im thinking coil, condenser are working. At moment i would lean towards cap or wire....or the rotor or button it touches...

Lol

Not good. Hope he moves on soon and out of your hair. Too bad, his parents are not doing him or the rest of the world any favors. Sorry you have to deal with it.

Sounds like the kids parents need to give him a good old fashion butt kickn.....

"Hot " might be a relative term. Depending on the manual. IT manual defines hot as warmer than 70deg or something.like that. In other words dont set em at 20 below with engine cold in those cond. Ok to set at room temp 70 or warmer iirc.

On a lot or maybe most tractors with turbos a lot of the sound is dampened after going thru the turbo.

Cant have 2 many. I have 5 for 24 acres lol

Ive never been around the 86 series but wanted one myself for a number of years. With patience you will get er done. Good luck and hope to see pics of it in action!

I believe most were switched over to hytran instead of 80w. As for your hydraulics the 300 - 450 left a bit to be desired compared to more modern tractors. Expect it to be somewhat slow till fluid warms up. Also there is a brass screen in these( at least my 400 has one, assume yours is the same). There is no bypass in these and not uncommon to get covered with slimy snot and reduce flow more. I would suggest you change fluid and clean screen. On a 400 the brass screen is behind a round cover in bottom of hyd resivour. Not sure about 300 utility.

You might have a lil more luck getting some reponses in the general forum. Idk but i think the one under the head might be more important to worry about first. Jmo tho.

Im with howard i would guess a ww2 thing due to shortage of rubber. Weather done by ih or dealer using/ making a conversion. Nice thing about steel is you never have to worry about flats . If its not going to see a lot of use i would think about leaving it or at least hanging on to them in case you ever eant to put it back to the way it spent its whole life thus far...

Got harder from Napa and mixed with vansickle part when I painted grandpa's hay rack running gear 15 or 20 years ago..........don't know if paint is different now then then but has held up fine

Very nice job.