Posted by fixerupper on November 20, 2015 at 10:09:21 from (100.42.82.100):
In Reply to: Cold weather 1086. posted by notjustair on November 20, 2015 at 08:40:56:
A 1086 with good compression will start down to 20 degrees or a little lower unassisted if outside but you will be putting some wear on the starter if it's below 32. In a shed it will start fine when the temp is 20 or a little under this time of year here in NWIA. I was leery of making my 1086 a loader tractor because of the shifting and clutch but now after using it awhile I don't mind it. I just don't let the clutch out in neutral if I can help it and, yes, sometimes it will butt gears. I bought this thing new in 1978 and it has 17,000 hours on the clock so I am fairly familiar with how it acts by now. LOL The clutch and shifting are admittedly something IH could have improved on but you get used to it. New cab mounts helps some with the clutch, but mainly keeping it throttled down is the trick with the clutch. Spending a little money to have the shifting linkage rebuilt every ten years or so helps and is worth it.One thing the 1086 is not really the best at is the gearing when you do repetitive passes like pushing snow. High second works well pushing snow but reverse second is a bit slow if you have to back clear across the yard to make the next pass. I do like the shift levers on the left and hydraulic levers on the right though the engineers require us to have five foot long arms to reach the levers. I extended the hyd levers and that made using them much, much easier. There are so many neat aftermarket updates for the 86 series cabs but I haven't seen hydraulic lever extenders offered yet. The 1086 could have been engineered better but it isn't the dinosaur some guys make it out to be.
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