IH Blood 1206

I tried the copy link and it didnt display a picture. How did you do that?

Tractor is pretty much wrapped up. Will post pictures when I can. If you are on Facebook, I posted some to the Farmall Restoration and Repairs group.

Don't know what the problem is with the pictures but I hope they figure it out soon. Probably have to pay for more storage or something like that.

Of course the site would have picture problems when I'm ready to show off my sheetmetal.... Should be putting the finishing touches on the tractor this coming week.

I wondered if the tank has a safety valve like that. We will try and see what happens.

No problem. Thanks for your help. Just wanted to make sure someone was aware!

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Having trouble posting pictures and have noticed that profile pictures and pictures from previous posts are gone.

I have tried numerous times to post a pic and cannot.

I came across a 706 Diesel Wheatland with a hand clutch a few months ago. I would upload a pic but it isn't working for some reason. Serial number was around 3800.

Water pump impeller changed and new packing installed. The old impeller was pitted bad enough that it wouldn't seal. Sourced a NOS impeller, in the original box even, along with new bushings for it. Installed a hydraulic pump I acquired a couple weeks ago. I put new seals in it and transferred the drive gear over from my M&W pump. Plumbed up the lines temporarily. Still fine tuning the sheetmetal and should have it in primer over the next few days. And it pulled out of the barn today under its own power. What a good feeling. It's got the typical IH whine in the rear end but its not too bad. Stumbles a little when I give it throttle. I have the regulator and carb settings where they should be according to the book, but it acts like its starving for fuel. Im just running it off of my BBQ grill tank so maybe thats causing it? Don't know but I'll keep tweaking it. Ran great down the road at idle or about 1/4 throttle. Beyond that it starts talking back. It was a great way to end the day! EDIT: I've tried to attach some pictures but I keep getting a server error. Will try next time.

This day was a long time coming. Hood is prepped to fill some weld imperfections and a couple small dents and low spots. Hood was painted but it needed help. Getting closer.

Awesome haul of LP tractors. Its a shame they were stuck that bad. Good luck!

This is the confusing thing. The W-9, 600, and 650 gas engines turned the same way as the diesels because of the gear arrangement under the timing cover. I found a pump off of a 450 diesel that should work.

Yes it does. I ended up putting hy-tran in the tractor. PTO is planetary type and it will get it as well. Got it all put back together today and will switch focus back to the 650. Got the 460 rear rims and hardware painted today also. Used the Ironguard IH Aluminum paint. Seems like good stuff. It was a little thick for my liking, mix was 8:1:1.

Says you can use either actually. Depends on if the tractor has a T/A. I guess im just thinking that since it doesn't, gear oil would be better than hy-tran. I don't know.

Have a 300 utility that I'm changing the fluids in. It had some water contamination from sitting for several years. It has no T/A. Would it be better to run 80w-90 gear oil in it or go with Hy-tran. I'm just thinking about going with a thicker oil to maybe prevent some leaks from seals. What would you use?

Another followed me home. 300 Utility with I believe 1900 original hours. Price was right, about equal to one rear tire. Wouldn't go into 4th or 5th gear so I had to perform some surgery. Gears slide nice now so back together it goes. Had some pretty water contaminated fluid in the back so it was drained, flushed, and cleaned out. Runs and drives nice. Has some of the straightest sheetmetal I've seen on a utility. Looks like it may be a little cooler this week so some 650 metal might get some paint.

I've never been so excited to paint something I'll never look at...the back side of the grille. 460 Utility LP gets new back tires installed tomorrow. Things are starting to happen around here. The previous owner of my 650 has me working on his M. Its a '47. Steering needed some help. Needs a universal joint and a new bearing on the worm gear shaft. Looking at getting my 650 grille emblem re-chromed. Not sure yet.

Been a while since we had time for the 650 with all of the 460LP utility work. 460 ended up with a new clutch and a few other odds and ends. All back together now and with a valve adjustment, runs and operates very well now. And the decision on paint looms in our future. It's my son's tractor and he is undecided at the moment so we will see where it goes. It will definitely be at a show or two in its work clothes this year. Got the 650 dialed in with adjustments to the governor, carb, and set the timing. Runs nice and starts right up. One of the reasons that we hit a snag on this tractor was the hydraulic pump. After some trial and error I realized that the current setup was missing the auxiliary M&W hydraulic tank to allow for the appropriate feed of oil to the M&W pump which has inlets on the top instead of the bottom. The stock hydraulic fluid tank sits below the inlet to the pump so I was concerned about starving the pump of oil. So I've decided to install an original style pump on it, and am working on acquiring one. New pumps are $1000 and I'm trying to avoid that much expense. I think I have a used one tracked down so we will see what kind of shape it is in. These pumps for the W9, 600, and 650 turn opposite direction from the more readily available pumps on most of the other gas tractors, so getting the right one has taken some time. Started getting the final prep work done on the hood and grille today. Contacted FP Smith for a few parts I need to finish. They have been great to work with, as they have had several little things here and there to help us get this tractor done. Picked up this 300 Utility a few weeks ago for next to nothing. Less than 2000 hours on it. Straightest sheetmetal I've ever seen on one. Was sitting for 12-15 years and with a clean fuel supply and a good battery, it didnt take long to have a runner!

This 460 came from NW Ohio. The 650 has been fun. Hope to have it out of the barn this summer.

The rear hubs weren't too bad. We had to use a puller on one. The other one slid right off. One of our hubs was replaced at one time and one axle was pretty worn.

Funny where things take you. So we have been sticking with the 460 instead of the 650. Swapped a bunch of parts from the 504 into the 460 rear and reassembled. Very happy with the rear end and axles now. Went through brakes and everything and put everything back together. Planetary PTO was next. I've never seen bearings this bad. They were all trashed so we rebuilt the PTO completely. Got it back in and took the tractor for a drive. Everything felt and sounded good. Some PTO noise from the planetary when in the off position but is silent when engaged. Getting ready to pull it back in the shed and there it was, a leak from the center section weep hole. All of our seals and work on the back looked good, but we didn't get into the center. Today we did and have a couple seals to replace. It never ends.

This originally is a LP engine. I just noticed that it has regular gas pistons in it now so someone swapped them at some point.

This isn't a conversion. I understand it will run but was just wondering about performance.