Looking at a 826

It will only start with ether. Hot or cold.
Just a touch of blowby. Not smoking other than a second after revving the motor. But the motor sounds strong.

The power steering is not working, I guess after using the big 800 pound blade on front.

The right brake seems to grab when steering with the brakes. And the tractor rocks a little after stopping, is that a bearing, seems like it could be low air in rear tire also. The left needs a pump but works smoother.

Can't seem to stop the pto's is that a valve close the shafts? hooked up to a rope with a bunge cord to hold it up.

decent tires, clutch and brake pedal pivots got a lot of wear, shifter is worn but grabs all the gears good, no sound that I could see.

He wants 3750. I am planning on pulling a big disk and middle buster around 60 acres of semi cleared land.

Should I go for it? tractor vet?

This is a normal thing.

Allan

The only problem is if I go much over 5000 I'll have to buy a new Mahindra. And these old IH's aren't very plentiful in Texas. Gettin' tired of waiting.

If it'll pull a big disk around for 100 hours then I can put some money in it.

That right brake is the only spook for me. when the brake grabs and it does grab good it seems there is some play inside the rear end the tractor kind of rocks back and forth a little. what is the worse case fix if there are bearing problems 1000? 2000? 5000?

There isn"t anything on the pto valve. Just a rope with the bunge cord to hold the valve up. The valve was down when the engine was running and i pulled kinda hard on the rope which lifted the valve but the pto"s didn"t stop. maybe i didn"t pull hard enough.

The tractor is kinda rough, but for 3750 i might go for it..

Power steering problem is probably low pressure in the steering system. This can cause the brake problems also since oil left over from steering is sent to the brakes. The same oil used for the brakes is also fed to the TA for operating pressure and then for TA lube. Anything left after that goes to lube the differential. The steering need to be checked out first before you worry too much about the brakes.

Not quite sure what you mean on the PTO. The PTO control valve comes out of the top of the PTO housing on the left side. The opergating rod pull on a cam lever to pull up the valve. Adjustment on the top of the valve stems determines the operating pressure. PTO brakes are spring loaded apply, pressure release. If the valve stem is not going all the way down there may be enough pressure still bing applied to keep the springs from applying the brakes. Otherwise the brake pads are worn out on the brake pistons.