30+ years ago, my neighbor had an IH "H" that got left out in the field with no can on the exhaust...for several years. My dad and I always had to put up wood during the winter and he saw it and bought it from the neighbor. I was fresh out of automotive mechanic school, so it was my job to get it running. A couple of the cylinders were full of rust and mouse nests and the dry sleeves came out with the pistons. Not willing to leave well enough alone, I bought some high dome pistons for it, did a complete overhaul and put it back together. I even had this bright idea to do some redneck engineering on it and, with the help of a local machine shop, converted it over to a spin-on oil filter using the same filter that fits early V8 Chevies. The machine shop ground the crank so that the bearings were tight, a lot tighter than the book preferred and would peg the oil gauge every time it starts up. It still has a very high oil pressure, but drops a little bit after the oil gets warm. Dad put many hours on that H and my mom still has it, complete with a front-mounted buzz saw. My dad really liked that tractor because of the road gear.
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