International 5288 Tractor- Back From The Dead - Part I 

Love that tractor. Great that you got a good deal on it. I think I was 5 years old when we got our 3288 brand new. It was a great tractor - did all our plowing, disking, and ran our 781 harvester.

Triple R Tractors has pretty much everything you'll need for this. 80% of the cab is the same as an 86 series, including that bent fender, which were much more common. However, the window you need is slightly different. I restored a 1086 last winter and it was pretty easy to do the cab. The shifter setup on those 88s is much nicer than the 86s. Depending how deep you want to get, the cab lifts off with only a few bolts. The Sentry units were the usual sources of trouble. If you get sick of it let me know and I'll give it a good home in NY 😉

She’ll buff with a little love. It will be a great tractor on the bailer.

Going to be a good tractor it seems ! Hope so anyway! Enjoyed watching!

Makes me sick to see such a fine tractor finish in this condition. I was at the dealership when the first of these arrived at the dealer.

Good tractor

Great tractors. I ran a 5488 for quite a few years on a 500 bushel grain cart and it did a great job. DT-466 engine is a great engine and quite efficient on fuel as well. Defenitely an early model you can tell by the round tube front axle the later ones had a square tube. Also you're spot on with how the transmission works regarding clutching and powershifting. rear floods should be on a rocker switch either next to the light switch or on the dash panel itself. Make sure to open up the hood vents and blow that cavity out, they have a tendency to fill up with material since the fan actually blows air out the front instead of into the front.

You forgot to tell us to make sure the park brake lever on the left side is in the down position to shift. I bought a 5488 mid December 2023. In central ND. It is hard to get into gear if not warmed up and then it is not quite right. I think it may be out of adjustment or worn linkage. It shifts ok with the engine off. Read the instructions carefully if you are going to change the Hydraulic filters. One spin on is easy but the two others cartridge filters Fleet Guard number 6054 there is a bolt or cap screw to turn out on the lower left side of the back filter so you will only drain a gallon or two of oil. Don't ask how I know

raise your throttle to start

All States ag has replacement windows, reasonable prices. First hand experience, don't ask, lol. We have a 52 and 54, good running tractors.

we were going to buy a 5288 in 1993 dealership brought it over for me to test sticker price $18k i put it on the jd3800 chopper w/1000pto i liked the engine hp responsive steering because of weights engine never got hot no matter how hard i pushed it power shifting during chopping corn a must absolutely beautiful tractor looked factory new inside/out think it had 3000hrs but dad did'nt like the 42" wheels said any tractor with tires that big in our rocky clay transmission would be junk 1 season ended up buying awful 1370case with 8700hrs $14k 10yr loan 12% interest nothing but problems $45k in repairs all the years we had it always in a shop not here one could make an argument that case drove our farm out of business. when you have a mortgage bank owns everything and all their everything has to be in working running condition or its violation of loan agreement whether one can afford repairs or not decisions make/break a farmer

I almost bought one of these new in 1986. After the merger they were trying to clear out old inventory. It had sat on the dealers lot for a few years and corporate bosses offered a great deal! Unfortunately the extra la nd I had leased got sold out from under me the day before I was to sign the paperwork on the tractor, so I had to forget the new tractor.

Mechanically and electronically it's strong, just needs a window and clean cab and some repairs on upholstery

In the last year we got a 54, 52 and a 5088 all 2 wheel drive and all three have tilt wheel. Probably going to flip a few of them

Little bit of work to it and you will have a good cheap tractor.

I have a 6588. Jen sales has a window. Redrunright is also a good source

Rear floodlights is operated by a rocker switch either on the bottom left of the upper dash or the middle of the lower dash depending on model year.

Transmission is synchronized from low-med and med-high also from 2-3 and 4-5 power shift 1-2, 3-4, 5-6 only clutching is in and out of reverse. Well, clutch but roll for synchronized parts

We had the internationals in the 70s and early 80s and next thing you know they were case international, guessing its a 1981 model, we had a around 1976 international 1086 with the turbo

They start better when you push the throttle handle up to the L cut out!

Bird's nests seem to be a problem for the 5288 . A local one burned after a bird's-nest was on exhaust manifold and we removed a nest almost every time we go to start ours

Not going to start with your throttle in the off position.

Nyssa tractor salvage not to far from you. They will have parts you need.

Would’ve started easier if you pulled the throttle lever out of the kill position 🤣🤣

Need cab serial number for correct quarter window. They are different from serial number breaks. I have five 50 series like them.

Have you seen Hamiltonville farms videos. Their hilarious, those two guys don't know how to bleed a diesel and they try to do rescue videos.more than once they couldn't start the tractor because of no fuel.And they load them up with either. Not smart.ruinning nice machines. Check them out.😂😂😂😂😂