Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 02, 2007 at 18:40:33 from (209.226.106.55):
In Reply to: Re: Get Me The Gun! posted by Allan In NE on December 02, 2007 at 17:59:48:
Allan: The trucks, pickups and panels worked great, I know, I was running IH 6 cylinder trucks and pickups in those days. My only disappointment ever with an IH tractor was the 504 gasser, exactly 2/3 of your engine.
When I bought the 504, it came with farmland I was buying, and at the time, it was away having it's first engine rebuild, at IH dealer, and at 1,500 hours since new. The vendor wanted to operate the 504 a few days when it came back, wanted to be satisfied he got value for money. We hitched him up to my NH 460 haybine. After 3 days, he said, "Don't keep that 504 any longer than necessary, I never did like the tractor and they haven't made it any better." I decided I best trade that 504 on my new 1066 rather than my old 300. IH dealer was happy, he allowed me $3,000. more than our 300 deal. He got the tractor with 3 point hitch and I kept the usable horsepower.
Just to be sure I was doing this right, I took the 300 and 504 to a field along with 3x16 trailer plow. The 504, fresh off a rebuild after about 25 minutes in 2nd gear started missing, as if the plugs, points, etc. were breaking down. I plowed the rest of the day with 300, mostly low in 3rd gear, and ocasionally letting the TA lever foreward. I thought to myself, this old 35 hp 300 is 2,000 hours into it's 3rd set of pistons and sleeves, and it's doing better than a new rebuilt 45 hp 504. I guess I best heed the advice given. Both tractor had 13.6x38 at that time. So much for post 1958 IH gassers, they were clearly truck engines.
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