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    How would one vacuum out a diesel fuel tank?

    If you can get down to the outlet of the tank, you can rig up a loop of fuel line, through a big plastic filter then to an electric pump, then run the line back into the tank and let it run, swishing the return line around. When the filter gets pretty full, replace it with a new one, repeat...
  2. M

    Big shoulders to turn a M

    The dairy farmer we used to partner with on hay and oats had a 3020 gasser that we took great joy in embarrassing with out 706D's whenever we could. He had 3 big 10 ft wide 4-wheel hay wagons with the big racks for his kicker baler. So we let him hook up to one with a 706 and haul it over to the...
  3. M

    Changing oil

    I just had to make a couple road trips with the '01 F350 7.3 4x4 dually, so just before I did a service, oil n filter, put the big air filter back on, and rotated tires etc. I picked it up with the forklift by the trailer hitch, pulled the outside duals off and put half the lugs bck on, sat it...
  4. M

    International T340 Capabilities

    One thing to consider if you want to grade roads- if you don't have good track loader skills, better to get a small dozer. You can make a pretty good mess with a track loader if you don't know the tricks
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    O.K. I give up.

    There used to be a local infamous watering hole & grille that a group of about half a dozen of us tended to hit after work to unwind, where we were known as "The EOB"- End Of the Bar gang. We had an (un)official rule, no ties in the bar- and you would get a warning and chance to take it off. We...
  6. M

    6V vs 12V problems tally sheet

    Bingo. And I can now keep one spare solenoid for all my Ford stuff, and a Mopar ballast resister that will work on almost anything
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    6V vs 12V problems tally sheet

    Yep, purist vs practical. I switched my 8N and 850- the 850 had been boogered by the previous owner running it 12V neg when it was still 6V pos, so needed work anyway. The original system on the '50 8N quit charging, so needed work. I did both the same way, 12V alt kits from this site, with my...
  8. M

    Caterpillar 977 Bucket Pin Removal

    I used to work for a guy who had a K and an L, and had learned to be fanatical about greasing those lower pins twice a day as they lived right in the dirt or asphalt and concrete chunks. When he would pull up in his pickup, you would see him turn up his hearing aids so he could listen for the...
  9. M

    Pulling a 706 Diesel questions?

    Boy howdy on the different tracks- around here we have a few that are pure sand, and with a high HP rig, are a PITA to get moving on. We run a Pro Modified pulling truck with a 672 ci 460 Ford- honks pretty good. We just ran in pulls at Sacramento and Santa Rosa on the 1-mile horse/ motorcycle...
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    Pulling a 706 Diesel questions?

    When we first got the '63 706D Demonstrator, it was of course turned up a bit, with 18.4-34s loaded and four sets of weights. It was matched to a 5-bottom Steerable plow, as IH was selling them as a 5-bottom tractor. It would pull it pretty well in Southern Tier NY dirt in L3 with the TA ahead...
  11. M

    Hey Grandpa….

    I just use one of those little 12V box fuel pumps, a hose out of the tank with one of those opaque 3/8" Fram inline fuel filters, into the pump and a length of hose back to the tank with a couple feet extra so I can swish it around in the tank. Put a gallon of fresh gas in the tank with a bottle...
  12. M

    Jungle Gym Loader On An 8N 6 Cylinder Funk

    Pretty sure mine has the cast iron pan. I don't think I would try adding the stress of a Wagner loader to it
  13. M

    What was your longest tractor ride?

    Longest is a relative term- when I was 14, and it was planting time for the beans, so you know it was dawn 'til dusk 'til it was done time. I was still in school, so grams would pick me up after school and take me up to whichever farm we were working, and Saturday and Sunday were our big...
  14. M

    What was your longest tractor ride?

    About 10 mph tops, and planetary steer :cry:
  15. M

    What was your longest tractor ride?

    About 15 miles on an International 91 combine. If you've never driven a 91, you wouldn't understand. Thought it would never be over :sleep:
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