Re: 826 gear drive

Posted by K.B. on August 04, 2003 at 17:43:31 from (209.163.43.45):

In Reply to: 826 gear drive posted by JW on August 04, 2003 at 16:07:39:

You are lucky. I doubt that there are more than a handful of 30 year old tractors with such low hours. That 358 in your 826 probably isn't even broke in yet! You have many trouble-free years to look forward to. We have three tractors with the 358 German, a 826 gear with 7900 hours, turned up and turbocharged; a 786 with 7500 hours; and a 3088 with 1800 hours. The 826 and 786 still run just as good as the 3088. We just got the 826 back in June, so I don't know how it will do in the winter yet. 786 and 3088 have higher compression, and start ten times better than the older German diesels. The one area I would consider to be a problem on the 826 is the charging system. It has a Delco DN externally regulated alternator. This system wasn't used for very long, and no one knows much about it. Ours had some charging system trouble. I had the alternator tested by the Case-IH dealership, tried three different regulators, and had the Case-IH dealership out to look at it twice. Finally, they figured out that there is a diode in this alternator that can go bad, and still allow the alternator to charge. It just wouldn't allow the regulator to take control of field current. This made the alternator look good when it was bench tested. To make things worse, the dealership also figured out that their whole last shipment of those darn external regulators were junk right from the factory. If you ever have any electrical problems, re-wire the tractor and switch to a Delco SI internally regulated alternator. It will save you headaches. Other than that, they are very exellent tractors, one of the finest IH's built. If you have any other questions, just ask.

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