Posted by Craig Myers on September 25, 2013 at 13:52:33 from (75.48.225.124):
I just picked up this beauty Monday for $2200. It is a 1955 IH 300U w/3056 original hours. It had a loader once but manual steering and steering is tight, front end is tight. Good oil pressure, 12V conversion and TA works great still!
Now for the questions ...
1. Hydraulic fluid is leaking everywhere around the loader hookups. I want to keep the live hydraulics in the rear so I am thinking of removing the outer front valve, moving the "cap" from that valve to the inner valve with 4 shorter bolts. Then run shorter rubber lines to elbows where the manifold feed hard lines run now. I can then also remove the loader manifold block. Will this work?
2. It came with a 3-point adapter that is a hoop that has an integral toplink mount ... but ... the tractor already has what appears to be a toplink mount? I am thinking now to just get 2 Fast Hitch to 3-pt prongs. Too many options and I am confused!!! straight, bent, Cat 1, Cat 2 ... I see the traditional ball eye but how would I hook it up since the Fast Hitch does not move outboard? Wouldn't the quick hookup prongs work much better? Looking online, it appears I have the larger Fast Hitch (300-up). Do I need straight, bent, cat1, cat2?
The plan is to use the tractor on our small hobby farm. I plan to run a brush hog, back blade for snow removal, post hole digger and someday hay equipment. I don't have any implements yet, so the expensive journey begins! :-)
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