As an older farmer. I really enjoy the way that you tackle your problems. You work slow and steady. No need to be killing snakes. Thank you for explaining things as you proceed to the next step. Thank You ☺️
Life is good when I wake up on a rainy morning, sitting in my recliner drinking coffee and watching Pete disassemble his tractor. Puts me in a great relaxing mood for the rest of the day.
As a former Air Force aircraft mechanic, with all of your hardware that you are removing. I suggest getting parts (screw bags) with strings on them to attach to the components. Just saves time finding them for cleaning and installation. 40 years of working on aircraft. Love the videos.
I was sitting here and watching you take this apart. I thought: what a talent you have! And then I thought: who was the brains behind all this design and construction?! So interesting and enjoyable Pete, keep it up!
Remember, tractors started simple and were improved/modified as the needs increased. Was watching a video about the guys who developed aftermarket accessories. 9 speed transmission for the Farmall M. Their kit would install with just one hole drilled in the case! This enabled the end user to select a gear more suitable for the job being done. Yes fantastic people/minds with creativity have brought tractors where they are today!!!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hats off to the editor on this production. The number of camera angles and closeups clearly show how well planned every detailing shot consideration was given. It would be difficult for an average viewer to grasp what effort it takes to produce a seamless and well timed production on this advanced level. You are one heck of a director/ editor and personable narrator. 👍👍👍👍👍
Man grandfather was a similar man, watching these videos brings me back to being alittle boy helping grandad tear apart his internationals. He forgot more about those tractors than I ever knew, but I wholeheartedly agree that his knowledge and way of speaking lessons of what why and how are enjoyable to listen too!
I'm about as mechanically inclined as a monkey, but I LOVE watching you do these videos. SO incredibly interesting and educational. The engineering involved in making and designing these is truly amazing. Thank you Pete.
Thank you for another great video. I put new bolts in a 686 ring and pinion 30 years ago. Was changing the trans oil and a sheered off nut fell into the pan.😮 . 5 of the 13 bolts had sheered off. No damage to ring or pinion.. remember that the bolts cost me $45 back then. I was complaining to the dealership about the cost. He took me back to their shop and showed me the same model tractor only the owner didn't catch the problem soon enough. $3800.00 in parts. He laughed and said shut up and give me $45 for your new bolts. I smiled and did just that.😊
My mechanical skills are limited to oil changes and brake jobs. To see someone so completely disassemble a vehicle then repair it and reassemble it amazes me every time.
Thanks for the genuine spirit you are what makes RU-vid good . We the viewers get to experience your farm as if we were your best friend . You talk to us in a way that's honest and from the heart. Thank you Pete!
Having very little mechanical ability, and not understanding what you’re talking about when you name all these components, I still watch you restoring these tractors. I’m 81 and it’s so nice to see the complexity of these machines that built America. They may not have all the technological gadgets that modern tractors possess, but people like you, who have mechanical knowledge can restore them without having to resort to hooking them up to computers to troubleshoot a problem. These machines were built to last, where quality was job #1.
Hi Pete, I've done a few of these type tractors and still do from time to time. The spring hook looks like it's from a shift detent arm hi/lo rev and the other scrap iron is probably from the sprag clutch in the TA those parts are light enough they can migrate to the rear section I don't think it could have possibly come from the upper draft/hydraulic mechanism. Looks like someone updated the park pawl with the spring like the 86 series very good especially if you have hills.
Huh. The detent springs were fine. I wonder if one had broken previously and was replaced. I guess I'll look at the TA as best as I can when I pull the bottom cover off to replace the trans brake. I just can't figure out how parts would migrate all the way back there without chewing up a bearing or getting caught in the trans filter.
Wonderful video peat. I’m 14 years old and manage a small farm in WV. I really enjoy your in-depth explanation on how all these parts and pieces work together. Your restoration of the MD gave me the courage to rebuild the engine in one of my old Fergusons. It’s been done for a year now and it’s gratifying going out seeing the work you’ve done and how it pays off. The gratification when you finish this one will be overwhelming!
You have great knowledge of these tractors amazing as well as a great teacher. I will never rebuild a tractor but respect how they operate and how brilliant the early manufacturing was to the farmers needs.
I love the way Pete persevered through injury to complete this video. Looks like he sustained a cut above his right eye. Hope all is well. Thanks for the upload, Pete!!
@@rodroper211I feel responsible as I laughed at one of the Dad joke's in the last week or so. It was the first that had caused this response (perhaps worldwide). One is generally too many.
Pete, when I work on something and discover a tool I'm lacking (providing I dont have an immediate need)I will give descriptions and links to my wife or children. On fathers day, birthday, or Christmas it gives them ideas and they appreciate the ability to give useful gifts.
There are only so many springs in that rear end, so I would refer to the parts catalog for every spring you can't put your eyes on already. This gives you a short list of possibilities. I would then start with the ones with an easy to remove access cover and just go through the list until you find the broken spring. The hunks of metal are maybe the tips of a gear or a control rod.
At about 6:30 . The 4 speed selector casting. Same concept in many motorcycle transmissions. When used in them,it is a rotary scroll case that forces the gear selectors. Really interesting to see the same concept expressed in a very different fashion. Some very smart mechanical engineers made use of a common idea,reworked it,and voilá,a strong gear selector where weight is not so important as a motorcycle has. Interesting.
Thanks for tackling the questions about tracking and organizing parts and order of assembly/disassembly. I love diving into unknown territory, but a little insight never hurts. Keep up the great videos!
An extremely valuable video/video series. Thank you. I know there is a lot of work involved to bring it to my screen. Not only the wrenching but even moreso, the filming and editing. Much appreciated!
Your ability to strip these machines down to nuts and bolts, remember where everything goes, identify problems and make the replacement, then reassemble, and have everything work is absolutely AMAZINGLY IMPRESSIVE! Books or no books I would be in the weeds for sure. Stripping a machine is common sense mostly, “this bolt holds this part on, take it out the part comes off.”, reassembly is different animal all together.
Hello Pete, I love watching ALL your videos, Thanks for taking the time to show us all you do. I have a thought, you said someone was in that rear before, so I would suspect someone replaced the broken small parts and just left the old parts they couldn't find down in the oil. Maybe? Keep warm and have a great day !
The level of engineering in these older tractors is amazing! I have new respect for my dad's ability to fix many things on the farm. He farmed from the late 1940s until the early 1990's and he could fix almost any piece of equipment.
The hooked wire mystery part is looks very much like the end of an extension spring. Possibly 387413R1 - "sensing arm return" spring? Messick's has two draft control diagrams. One shows it as ref 71, and the other as 52. A busted spring seems consistent with the broken off ball end set screw.
At the 15:20 mark in the video I saw what looked like a spring just to the right of center in the video. Could that possibly be the one you are referring to?
@@rickkucharski3211 I think it probably is. Pete said in a following video that he believes it's from a shifter detent mechanism and made it's way into the rear compartment. I hadn't considered the possibility that it had migrated from elsewhere.
@@rickkucharski3211 I think it probably is. Pete said in a following video that he believes it's from a shifter detent mechanism and made it's way into the rear compartment. I hadn't considered the possibility that it had migrated from elsewhere.
@@rickkucharski3211 I think it probably is. Pete said in a following video that he believes it's from a shifter detent mechanism and made it's way into the rear compartment. I hadn't considered the possibility that it had migrated from elsewhere.
absolutely brilliant work as usual Pete, very inspirational with your depth of knowledge and common sense approach to all aspects of your work on your Farm.
I really enjoy these mechanical videos. (I like the others, too!) I was interested in the draft control system on the 856. Years ago I knew an old farmer who at one time worked for a Ferguson tractor dealership, He claimed that Mr. Ferguson invented the original system (in England) and others i.e.Massey & Ford copied it without paying any royalties to him. Not sure if this is correct but he sure was an interesting guy. Thanks for taking the time to publish your videos.
You mentioned several times "someones been in herr before". I wonder if those broken parts were left by the last guy? I would think you would notice something wrong with whatever that spring went too. I love these videos.
Scott here from Oklahoma and I have been a electrician for 44 years but I do not have mechanical skills like you possess. It's truly amazing watching you break down a piece of equipment and even more amazing being able put all those pieces back together. Thank you for taking the time to explain the process and its really enjoyable watching your videos.
Your work is just amazing and your explanation of how the parts work is just great . We are in the middle of winter here in Montana your channel makes winter not so long with your restoration. We so enjoy them . Thank you
Pete, I continue to be amazed at your knowledge and courage in restoring these old tractors. I love watching your restoration projects and anxiously await the next one! Please keep up the great work!
Pete, your knowledge of the tractor's systems flows so naturally throughout the tutorial that it makes me wonder where it comes from. It's as if you were an engineer at international in your past life. Seriously. I've viewed your past restorations and the experience that progresses through the model years shows acquired knowledge, but there must be more to it. I presume you study the literature for the machine, but wow, what a memory! Is there some secret we viewers don't know about? From a very intetested and impressed viewer in Verona NY.
Wow Pete, What a video Legacy you are creating, (and you're not really old yet!). I'm older than yourself and see the falling levels of skills among the mechanics about. You just top it up like an oil can... and teach newbies how to tackle such work on their own. You are a gem, and I'm sure future generations will come to the same conclusion. Its all a question of how to approach a problem in general. You wise old goat. (Greatest Of All Time)👋
The wire sort of thing looks like the loop on the end of a stretch spring. Like you said, " the parts catalog is great" to help locate the, "what the heck is that?" I rebuild older, whatever, sort of stuff. So far three jeeps, one IH flatbed and two mid sixties Ford trucks. It fun to work on equipment that doesn't need a Master in Electrical Engineering to troubleshoot. I'm still amazed at the engineering, that built the world we live in, before our addiction to electronics. Thanks!
Thanks Pete. My thinking is along the same lines as yours, based on what you showed, but ive not been in one of those. Almost looks like that bolt bent the arm it was against when it sheered... Makes me wonder what somebody was tryin to pickup lol
I noticed the arm is bent too. I wonder if the jam nut vibrated loose on the bolt and it gradually worked against the arm and bent it, until the bolt finally broke.
One thing I learned from this video . Old sheets and curtains from the kids room make great rags lol I for one love watching you tear down and then explain how something works together Great video !
Very interesting to watch you take apart the tractor ! You are very knowledgeable about your machinery! Thanks for the lesson in repairing a vintage tractor!
I consider this high value content. I don't own a tractor but back in the day well, we were Ford brand on the farm. I always loved the Internationals though. I felt there was just some kind of magic with those red beasts. The genius in design that has no fear of being big and heavy and Durable. Fixable. And to us, a thing of true beauty when restored or even still in relic condition. Ah.....small scale farming. It is an American blueprint. It makes me feel good to even just see it here
Pete you never cease to amaze me. In college the engineering students who grew up on a farm or ranch showed a mechanical aptitude that those of us who did not - did not have. I have always appreciated your explanations while disassembling and assembling equipment. Keep up the good work - job well done. Cheers
"I like the peace and quiet of a ratcheting wrench" Tranquility, it helps one think before reacting. You use the manuals, what a novel idea! "It's written in mechanics speak, no fluffy language." You make this mechanic by trade laugh because it's exceptionally true. Best on you Pete, keep up the great work! An ounce of preventative maintenance keeps haying season headaches away.
Imagine the engineers designing each little part as it will relate to the next part in line. How many things must work just right to make a tractor work as hard as they do? Very interesting, especially when you get into the larger tractors with multiple transmissions. Love it. Thank you, Pete.
As a kid, I enjoyed taking all kinds of things apart. That was so much fun!! However, putting them back together not so much 😊. My father was a genius when it came to fixing things. He repaired a TV set with parts left over. It worked better for several years afterwards. He was even his own tailor.
Enjoy all of your videos Pete, but I have so much love for the 856 tractor that this series is has me beaming! Thank you for taking us along. Love the detail you provide on the parts. One more thing the blanket keeping, the dirt out of the tractor 😂😂😂😂 GREAT! I use what ever I can find as well!
Love watching you working on this stuff. What I actually am looking for is if anyone in the comments knows what those pieces went to. I mean think about it that whole tractor and someone would know what they went on.
Enjoy all your videos Pete. I grew up around Farmall Cub tractors, my grandads , I remember driving it at 6 years old. Your knowledge of these tractors is nothing short of AMAZING!!!!!!!!
Ahhhh how will I ever get all those part back where they belong ?😁 I won’t miss a minute so I can find out . Great video Pete .You do such a fine job of explaining everything you do .
love watching a person that eally enjoys his hobby and he explains every part and doesnt rush in explaing im 82 years old and his site is the best he covers alot Keep us updated on all your repairs and fixes great way to fill the wintr recess lol
I love the variety of your channel. I've learned a lot about the animals , the business, and marketing of the farm, and your ability to explain the breakdown and repair of the equipment. I appreciate the work you put into your videos.👍🏾
As impressed as I am with your self learned knowledge, I am also impressed with the engineering of this tractor and the people who designed it. Thank you for another great video Pete
I work for a tractor service company and we mainly work on IH tractors. I would like to say the head of the spring probably came from one of the shifter covers. Normally we find them in the hyd. filter canister
I occasionally watch Squatch253’s channel but his work ends up as a hobby “trailer queen”, it’s much more interesting to watch tractor repair on working tractors which function as intended instead of pretty tractors
Sir ,I can not help but to say a HUGE thank you . I drove many of that very tractor in the openness of Oklahoma in the 60s n 70s . Thank u for teaching me what I never seemed to care about in my youth , except to make the rows straight to wind row and the fence post .. thanks . Luv it .
Pete you have a gift, a way to explain as you go to me that transmission system looked extremely complex but now after seeing you go through one I understand how it works. Thanks!
Pete, as a first thought you missed your vocation in life as a teacher, but then I realised you are expressing knowledge through years of experience at the coal face> But sir you are a good narrator and a clever man and then.. and this is contrevertial (in a nice way) I noticed you appear to be left handed?As I was growing up, I was told Ambidextrous people were super human, Left Handed people were very clever, right handed people were, well Basic! I sit here watching you and type a comment with a finger from both hands, but I cannot do what you do so well! Keep going.
Really excited that we're now getting into the nitty-gritty mechanical details. Appreciate your informative explanation of what each part does as you're taking it apart!
Oh what a relief. Someone is dismantling a tractor and using 'both' hands, not like the showmasters who always hold the Gopro 10 in one hand AND, all removed screws end up in a container (plastic box) first and are not scattered randomly over the workpiece AND, work is being done on a clean workpiece AND there are no tools lying around anywhere on the tractor. Looks very professional (for me as a German amateur 😁)
Hi Pete. I have a 856 myself and had to rebuild motor and did a paint job. Nothing like yours . Love my 856. I'm going to try sending you a picture to see what you think.
Pete yet another great video. I very much enjoy all of them. I just want to leave my 2 cents worth of what I believe those pieces you found when you drained the oil. The 2 flat pieces look the be the flanges out of the steel disk in the TA clutch pack. Just look it over really good if you take the trans brake cover off. I wish you the best and keep up the great work. We all really appreciate what you are doing.
Pete, I am astounded by your knowledge involving tractor repair. I cannot help but wonder how you will put it all back together. Perhaps you could film that part as well. And, if ranching ever gets boring or too much work, you could probably make a very good living as a tractor repair man. You are to tractors like some guys I know are into baseball and baseball statistics. Enjoying these vids in the winter time =)
Enjoy watching the overhaul videos, always inspires me to go out and work on my 20 year old x5s. Appreciate immensely the time you put in to editing: it's a lot of work, and it makes the viewing much more enjoyable. Thanks Pete.
36:48 project is off to a great start. When I used to turn wrenches I had a similar style of organization of parts. I did very well as long as no one came in and moved things around. I had a long bench and would lay everything out starting at one end.
Never knew the PTO is a self contained unit! I have a 656 hydro identical to yours. On super hot days working the PTO a lot mine will start slipping occasionally
the debris you found is nothing to worry about , i would say its a spring and whats left of the rollers in the range cover , when it was shown , i see lots of new parts in the range shifter , i have been into a lot of these , a lot LOL , and it was good to see someone else doing the work , except for the DONT DO IT LIKE THAT moments ,and there was a couple LOL , one last thing , put the new style bushings in the torque tube when you put it back together , you will not be sorry ,
Hi, what are the new style bushings? I looked up the part number at Messick's and they show what looks like a "regular" bushing for a whopping $70 each.
