I love your videos and it's such a weird coincidence I have the same ford 961 as you it was my grandfathers and have watched your videos on it many times and what's really wild is that I just bought a 1966 gleaner E about 3 weeks ago from my boss. At 19 years old I'm so proud to be starting my little farm and I can't wait to see more videos from you!
Like the JD 490, 494. or 494A plate planter. Was around several of those as a kid. Excellent machines. Do yourself a favor and pull the main gearbox, unbolt the case halves and drill and tap that case for a grease zert. That gearbox does not have any seals whatsoever on it so when it gets just a whisker of wear the oil runs out and then destroys the gearbox. Grandad and uncle broke several gearboxes till we started installing a grease zert and giving that gearbox a few pumps of grease everytime we used it. No more problems ever over decades of use that way.
@@rivervalleyfarm482 I may be calling it the wrong name. Follow the 2 shafts that are driven by the wheels. Where those 2 shafts meet in the middle of the machine is the box I am talking about. I believe it serves as a pseudo differential for the 2 shafts and also how to put the machine in neutral to travel short distances. About the size of a kids nerf football if memory is correct. Yours may be newer and maybe JD improved the design
So my D17 with the 226 gas engine leaked and burned terrible amounts of oil. The engine was worn out and is now in pieces as I rebuild it; but the majority of the leak was the oil pan more so than the rear main. All the gaskets are still available as are many of the hard parts.
Good to see you back making videos mate, have missed your adventures. As far as old headers goes I have one that might interest you, it’s an old “Sunshine “ header, one of the first self propelled machines ever made. It’s on steel wheels, the motor is a Wisconsin petrol driven unit, cabs weren’t invented in that day, you sat on a steel spring loaded seat under the stars. I thought it might make a good retirement project, but it’s probably too far gone, and I’m definitely too far gone 😂. Regards from Down Under.
@@rivervalleyfarm482 A long way to come, maybe I could send you some photos. If you ever pay a visit to the land down under you’d be most welcome to visit me. How do I go about sending photos?
Never hand an opportunity to be around any old Gleaner combines. I always like them though. The only borderline bad thing I ever heard about Gleaners from that era is they had a tendency to split soybeans and sometimes a little extra trash in some crops. Otherwise people I knew who had em loved em. As for the red ones I know you meant IH. My uncle and granddad had an IH 303 and they hated it. I was too little to remember it other than playing in the cab of it. They switched to the other red ones and as far as I am concerned MF does not stand for might fine. Not sure how that IH 303 could have been worse than the MH 82 and MF 510 that followed it.
This is my first experience with a gleaner or anything much older than the early 90's with a combine. All I know is the price was right and it fits the bill for the job I'm doing. As far as red combines yes I was looking for an IH. I was hoping for a 615 as they are supposed to be good machines. They are rare though. I found a 315 fairly local but way to much money, my uncle had one of them when it was new and was also happy to get a massey Ferguson after it.
