Posted by mkirsch on October 11, 2011 at 08:11:32 from (64.80.110.75):
In Reply to: Which manual posted by farmallmaniac on October 10, 2011 at 13:07:47:
Different people will have different ideas of what "very well described and illustrated" means.
If you're looking for a cookbook step-by-step Time Life book series style procedure for things like installing spark plug wires or changing oil, that's NOT in the owner's manual. It's not anywhere, in fact.
Back in the day someone taught you how to do those things. If you were an IH mechanic, you received on-the-job training. If you grew up on a farm, Dad or Grampa showed you how. It was never really documented like we would expect these days, with step by step instructions, including diagrams and complete materials lists.
The manuals help some but they were written around the same time as the tractor was built. They expect you to have some mechanical aptitude and the ability to figure things out as you go.
For example, the TA replacement section in the I&T manual is little more than, "split the tractor, take the old TA unit out, put the new TA unit in, put the tractor back together." That's the SERVICE manual, and its far more detailed than the owner's manual.
If you're diving into this headlong with no guidance, my advice is to get ALL the manuals, and take LOTS of pictures as you go. Learn the basics about multi-cylinder gasoline engines, and how they work. Things like timing, firing order, etc.. With some basic conceptual knowledge under your belt a light will go on inside your head, and it will be almost like you KNOW how to do a lot of the basic maintenance.
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