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    Alternator conversion for a 3414

    Yes the Hitachi alternator is a good choice.
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    A Loooooooooong threshing video.....

    When I was young Dad had that same McCormick Thresher only it was on steel wheels that Dad preferred as it was parked in a shed for 50 weeks of a year and no flats when you went to use it. Used it up until the late 1960s.
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    Alternator conversion for a 3414

    Look at the Lucas or Bosch Alternators that were used on the IH 444 or 384 the last series of these IH Bradford, UK, made tractors. The Lucas and Bosch have a smaller foot print than the AC Delco 10SI and they will fit under the hood.
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    424 Diesel doesn’t run right

    Check that there is good flow out of the fuel tank at the input of the lift pump also check the lift pump, the older lift pumps used to have a fine screen to filter the incoming fuel. The screen could be cleaned by removing the top cover off the lift pump.
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    New 684 tach runs at half speed

    Usually it is the 90* gear drive that fails in the Tach drive mechanism that goes into the front of the engine and is driven off the timing gear. There is a spacer that keeps the gears meshing properly and eventually the spacer wares out and the gears start not meshing and Tach speed starts...
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    2500b diesel 1975 year wiring

    Hi, I have attached a wiring diagram in PDF format for the IH 54-74-84 Series Ag tractors that the 2500 is based on. Who knows what modifications that IH Industrial group performed. Usually the wire on the Start terminal goes to the Clutch Safety Switch then to the S-terminal on the Starter...
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    Pulling wood logs with my te20 Ferguson and 8n

    @rrlund very correct also skid logs from the smallest end and lift the end of the ground as force to pull a log is proportional to the friction produced by the area of the log contacting the ground. Use a 3PT skidding winch if can afford it, as they have a feet or some other structure that will...
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    Odd Dealership Activity

    Some very large farming operations order directly from the factory bypassing the local dealerships. I believe the Poster lives in Canada because he mentioned Delta Power Equipment and that company operates 16 dealerships, 10 Caseih and 6 NH in Ontario, Canada. Usually any good used equipment...
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    1957 international B250 PTO issue

    Make sure the PTO engagement lever is not bend and is locking into the holes in the side of differential case. See this video it is for a B414 but B250 is similar except no constant running PTO. Check the splines on the front PTO shaft (Counter Shaft). If your B250 does not have the constant...
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    Help identifying my Ferguson 35-series tractor with Selene 4WD conversion

    MF TO-35 and MF 35 PTO Lever positions, read below, see description of PTO Lever Down Position. The Two Stage Clutch, all the way down is to: 1)Engage or change position of PTO Lever or 2) STOP the PTO when in PTO Lever is in UP position. Be very CAREFUL when using the PTO Lever in the Down...
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    Help identifying my Ferguson 35-series tractor with Selene 4WD conversion

    Welcome to YT. Question to operate in 4WD mode do you engage the PTO lever in the Ground Drive position? I do remember those Ferguson/MF TO-35, 4 Cyl Diesel tractors, they were built in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The neighbor's brother worked as a salesman for the local MF dealer and he would...
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    Post driver hook up on IH 584…

    IH 584 is an Open Center hydraulic system.
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    Long 350 won’t start

    There is probably a clutch and possibly transmission neutral safety switch in series with the Start position on the ignition switch. The clutch pedal has to be held down and the transmission gear shifts in Neutral. As a test, you could bypass directly from Start term on Ignition switch to the...
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    Top link pin for 484 ?.

    Photos below: #3 - 528081R1 PIN; PIN ASSY, upper link cat I - If using Cat II implement this pin and end of top link go on top link hole on rear of tractor #18 - 528084R1 - HITCH PIN; PIN ASSY, upper link cat II - If using Cat I implement this pin and end of top link go on top link hole on rear...
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    484 stuck in reverse

    Was it stuck on the main shifter shaft #12 in the parts diagram or in the Range transmission?
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