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A friend bought a super nice 986 a few years ago out of Illinois? Super low hours. All original including interior. I think he paid $30k? It's kept in a shed when not in use but he works it right beside his late model CASIIH and Kubota of similar size. He thought it was a bargain. He loves it. Not so much plastic and electronics.

Be careful. They are not all the same quality. I don't know anything about Jensales but some are great and some are... not. As around before you buy.

Dad suffered pretty bad with his.

At least optional from the beginning.

The 86 series should have had tilt wheel available as an option from the beginning.

If you know the specifications you can buy o rings yourself. Exact size, normally a dash size. Material Hardness Quality level. You can buy arrospace quality o rings of your willing to pay the price. Of course the challenger explosion was a famous o ring failure.

Cold front came through. Got a nice rain, 1.5 Inches total. Cooled off into the 90s. But it's back to Dalmatian weather now. Average high of 101 all week!

What are the specifications for the Tapered Reamer? I didn't understand the previous description.

I sometimes wear red underwear but in the warm months I go commando. It's cooler. In the winter, I strongly prefer red Long Johns.

A substantial percentage of the worlds oil and refined products (fuel) are not available for the world market because of the conflicts in the middle east and Ukraine. Additionally several large producers in Canada are down for maintenance. Supply and demand are at work and supply is tighter than Daisy Duke's shorts! (got some pics to load). Several countries are tapping their Strategic Oil Reserves to keep supplies up somewhat. We are blowing through them and they are only so big. If they slow the flow from these reserves for whatever reasons, the prices will go up substantially. Even if there is serious talk about slowing the supply from the reserves. An extended amount of time without flow from the Persian Gulf or Russia could result in $10 diesel. Exxon would make a killing.

I've never had it but did have the chicken pox. Dad had it. He was weakened from cancer treatments. It knocked him down hard. Said it hurt terrible. He was a WWII vet and old cowboy. He never complained about pain so it made an impact on me.

Yes. I have replaced the oil pan on my 1086 with the front bolster in place. Don't think the front end wishbone came off either but that's been a while. But I know for certain I did not take the front bolster off.

And as a side note. Most all 06/56/66 series IH tractors were open station or ROPS. 86 series was mostly Cabs but there were many ROPS. Even seen 5x88 and Magnum ROPS. Almost all 10&20 series JD were open station or ROPS. Lots of fender or ROPS 30 series JD but probably over half were cabs. ROPS were still common on 40 series JD but the cab was at least 75%. Ive seen 4960 JDs with ROPS. The IH 1x66 with 2 post ROPS are still very well liked for open station tractors. There's a sweet potato farm in Louisiana that runs over 50. Sorry, no pics for now.

I realize JD passed IH overall in the 60s. But IH did very well in Arkansas up until 1980s. They had a bigger dealer network and very strong sales, in Arkansas. I have no access to the actual sales numbers but a visual estimation at the time showed more IH to JD. After the mid 80s, it seems everyone except JD and CIH was all but gone from eastern Arkansas (crop area). Western and northern Arkansas is very different and has a different mix.

I'll play the devil's advocate. High fuel prices are hurting truckers and most of us in AG. But is it hurting the US economy as a whole? Since we are a major a major exporter of oil and oil products we are also reaping the profits from these high prices in other parts of the economy. Not saying I like high prices but i have some oil field friends who are making alot of money right now.

Oh, yeah. I'm replacing the water pump too.

Anything important I need to know before I replace the harmonic balancer on my 1486? Looks like it's going to be a pain working with the front holster on. Will a standard automotive harmonic balancer puller remove it?

I have been told by several old timers that IH substantially outsold JD before the 1980. The early 80s were a terrible time in Arkansas Agricultural. Too many IH dealers went out of business for various reasons. JD certainly outsells CIH in Arkansas now.

I have several 86 series tractors plus an 88. Running. 886, 1086, 1486. In need of various repairs. 886, Hydro 186, and (2) 1486. All are open center hydraulics. Guess I need a 986 and 1586 to complete the initial large frame fleet!

The 86 series sold like hotcakes in eastern and other crop growing regions of Arkansas untill 1980. The 66 series had been extremely popular too. People liked the 66 series and was glad to get the nice cab. I don't remember any real complaints about the 86 series when I was a kid in the 70s, except paying for them. Power shifts were suspect here in the 70s. Many of the early power shifts in the 60s gave alot of troubles with our hard use. TAs too. The JD Sound Guard cab came to the market first and is excellent but I like the 86 cab better. I remember sitting in the new 86 series cabs while dad was in the dealership getting parts. They were so nice! Then a few years later they started coming in with Western interior!!!

Don't think I've ever seen a chopper on an axial flow combine. I know they exist but they are uncommon here. I can't imagine cutting rice with one installed. It would have a very short lifespan.

I could use the info. I have two to do. Can you write up a good description ou make a short video? It would be very handy to have this as a reference.