Another Rescur from the Scrap heap

[fitzy]

Had a mate ask me if I wanted another of his unwanted toys, he had two one for parts and one not far from it, had a stuck hydraulic shuttle on the top of the gearbox and drives like a bought one after it got some love and lanolin.

Case 970, they race them ion the US, not sure how the Missus would go if I entered it in a tractor drag in Oz as a stock standard tractor and got her to drive it, be good entertainment though, for a 40 year old tractor that is known for gearbox issues it sure dose have some grunt and size to it.

 

[nashmach]

Do they have a powershift gearbox fitzy?

 

[ex cw]

i think they were built before Case bought David Brown and got the powershift gearbox

 

[fitzy]

Gday,
yes they have power shift, the pump on the running one seems to have been replaced not long ago took a bit to get it to go but seems to run well, I have heard many horror stories about them so im glad I have spare parts,

 

[DaveR89]

One under a bush here... the back ends were troublesome... our one has a custom bellhosusing and mated to a zetor back end.. it was done to her in the late eighties when we bought it... was an animal of a tractor and a 399 or bigger wouldnt get a look in with it for sheer pulling power..

 

[fitzy]

Gday, interesting mod to the back end, with the big long stroke slow revving motor they would just power on all day,

there is a tractor pull in about 12 months in town and I think I should have the bugs out of it by then, in the mean time its going to work with a set of 24 plate drags to get the cobwebs out of it.

 

[Arthur]

No diff lock in them.

 

[fitzy]

not sure if they do, need to have a look around and se what all the other leavers do, its been in the weather for a while and no signs left on it

 

[fitzy]

had some success with the monster, No it dose not have difflock and it has had a roteryhoe on it for about 20 hours on it and is running fine, found a little shinny stuff in the gearbox oil but nothing outside the norm, lowdown grunt is awesome and leaves the 125HP orange Jap thing next door for dead. Its getting a new coat of paint and a clean up now that it has proven to work fine.

 

[fitzy]

Another old ford 4000 put back in to service again, found this one propping up a shed and gave it a clean up a few new parts along with a new coat of paint.