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Does anyone have a paint code for the yellow industrial or highway range of International tractors - like the 2350, 2450, 3434 etc? Thanks

Hi - i've just pulled a cracked liner from an IH 444 and found the the water galleries around the liners is half packed with rusty sludge. My options are to try and pressure wash as much as I can from the block, or pull the remaining 3 liners without damaging them to thoroughly clean the block...

I have now exposed the Leylands warp core

What's the best way to deal with badly ovalled wheel nut holes in a tractor rear wheel rim? I was thinking of welding the hole closed - then re drilling the wheel stud hole with a mag drill and broaching cutter - then putting the taper seat back in using a chamfer countersinking bit. Getting...

Hi - whats everyones thoughts on applying a sealant to an old style metal faced head gasket? If so - what sealant do you use?

Does anyone know the belt size for a Kidd Barber 33 topper? I've just shredded one and its too destroyed to get a size off it. Thanks for any help.

Hi - my 444 has an AC Delco glass sediment bowl and i'm needing a replacement rubber gasket. Its approx 67mm OD and 49mm ID and 2mm thick. I cant seem to find anyone that has a gasket this big - most other tractor sediment bowls are much smaller. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi - is the IH serial number stamped anywhere on the older IH tractors , 434, 444 etc - other than the aluminium plate rivetted on the side of the gearbox? Is there a way to match engine numbers to serial numbers as well - or is there a date stamp somewhere on the engine block? Any IH experts...

Hi - i need to sort out the roadways between some sheds in a field. - its heavy clay soil and when it rains the ground becomes the somme with huge muddy ruts. It dries out eventually and a run with the roller and harrows in the summer levels it. Its had some bags of type 1 put down over the...

What should the gap be - between the hammers and the side of the spreader? Thanks

Hi - 2 of the the quick release couplings on the back of the tractor (IH 685) are dripping steadily when they are connected, but dry when not. I can see a rubber o-ring inside the connector which i suspect has become hardened or deformed over time. Can i just pull the o-ring out with a pick...

Right This started off as a quick job to bleed the brakes as the pedals were almost at the floor to stop the tractor. Checked the hydraulic oil level and topped it up Tried to bleed brakes - but was using the car technique of opening bleed valve, pushing pedal to floor, shutting bleed valve...

Hi does anyone know what position the control rods should be in on the metering rings? There seem to be multiple points to hook the two rods into that come from the control handle. Thanks

Hi - part time smallholder and newish to farming so looking for some advice on when to sell 3 x 20 month Holstein bullocks. I have Hay and Silage to keep them through the winter but not sure if i should sell now, or in the Spring when they will be 25 month or just keep and try to fatten. The...

Hi - one of the saucers on my Vicon Discus mower has become rattly and i was wondering if it was possible to replace the top bearing without having to split the mower bed apart? Thanks

Does anyone know how to adjust the tension on the drive chain that goes from the hydraulic motor to the turntable? Managed to snap the chain and have a new chain to put on - but its too tight to get it on and adding a half link makes the chain too slack. The old chain is about a quarter link...

Given the current weather the hay looks ready to 'make' at 3 days when normally we give it at least 4 days from cut. The forecast is still looking good - so should we just leave it another few days to make sure - or does it lose something from 'overdrying'? I'm aware that continual tedding...

Hi - i have a load of hawthorn hedging thats not been touched in over 20 years with the result that its grown tall (up to 25 feet in places) with all the greenery mostly on the top and just trunk and straggly branches for the bottom 5 feet. Is it saveable? If i cut i down to 5 feet with the...