I did some extra work to the rod and pistons before instalation. The gains were more cyl pressure, and a strong low end torque curve that wont quit!
The ol 350 was found in a northern Indiana tractor salvage yard. It was lightly stuck, but ran last year. It was pretty tired, price wasnt out in left field, so it found its way here. Dad actually went up to buy a SM with a wide front, but came home with the 350 instead.
It needs the plastic gear in the distributor for the tach to work, that reads 1575 hours, so its either flipped over, or its low hours. TA works, but I think its noisy, it sounds like a dry bearing rumble. Has fast hitch, power steering. Just a nice worker! Im working on finding a fast hitch plow for it, I have a fast hitch IH sickle mower, I think its a 7ft.
Once we got the engine running, we had to go up town and work the tractor pulling track, we took the 350 and 14 or a 16 ft Kewannee disk. I was following Dad with thhe 856 with the water trailer, the intention was to use the 856 on the disk, but somehow we used the 350 instead,,,
Once we got the surface scratched up, the disk was able to go pretty deep in the wet heavy clay, and the 350 seemed to have no trouble pulling the disk in 3rd high and 4th low with ease! Dad was pretty impressed with it, I thought it ran real good! Later on I brought my Super H up to the track, and decided to hook on to the disk and see if the SH would pull it as easy as the 350 did. I had to put some weight on the SH to pull it, but the SH had all it wanted in 2nd gear, and its 43 on the dyno for sure. Both had 15.5X38 tires, the SH was around 5000# and the 350 was at 5800#, but a big difference none the less. The tractor pull was the next day, so I entered the 350 in the local class, I got 3rd with it, spun out, in first high, never even thought of shifting the TA it had good power! Took the 350 home after the pull was done, put it on the dyno, the pto isnt the best of condition, but seen 48 out of it before it started slipping, It was around 580 on the pto rpm when it slipped. I got the parts to rebuild the PTO, but have not made it that far yet. I do have a "3-16" pull type IH plow Id like to put back together. We had two of them, we cut one down to a 2 bottom for the Super H, and used the 3 for parts for the 2. Mainly it was the tail wheel that needed fixed, but still got everything to one day rebuild it. I know where there is a 4-16 pull type IH that we always borrowed from the neighbor that we pulled behind the JD 730, and I was thinking Dad"s ol Super M would be a good canidate to pull that one if I can aquire it.
I hadnt got the chance till recently to read the Red Power article on the huge plow day they had down in central Indiana last year, and ever since then, Ive been finding all the old tillage equipment dad had in the woods, found 2 #46 IH balers, new idea turd hearse, a pair of 7 ft IH sickle mowers, Found an old IH wagon gear, and still got to go over to the tractor row and see just exactly is out there and when spring hits, I will be taking a few of the "Pullers" off the track and put em back to work once they pass inspection. No sence in not knowing if something is broke, Id rather know its good to go. Pulling has been alot of fun, but they belong in the fields working, and I have enough of em to have a toy or two, and the rest be in working clothes.
Sorry for the longer post thats kinda irrelavant (spelling) But, might be interesting reading and good conversation,,,,, Soon, will go back to working the land we live on, memories of my Dad and I working late nights plowing the fields, me on my Super H and dad on his old JD 730, I dont know,, but feel I need to do something more these days, and that plow day article got me fired up. Have a good day. ChadS
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