Case International 856xl rebuild

[RichIH]

After owning it for a couple of years some restoration has always been on the todo list just never seam to have the time, then this summer a loud knocking appeared and she's was parked up until winter for what started out as a partial engine rebuild for now but is turning into a complete front end restoration.

More pics to follow but is only letting me upload one at a time for some reason

 

[RichIH]

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[Flat 10]

Nice. What year? I had a digi dash 40K er as my first student corn cart tractor

 

[Lofty]

Got to love an 856! Have you got a workshop manual for that engine?

 

[SuperTwo]

1985/86? last of the sidedrives before the case facelift by the looks of it.

 

[Flat 10]

1985/86? last of the sidedrives before the case facelift by the looks of it.

Good detective work. After I had moved on up from the 856 to a 5130 (another nice tractor with a particularly good engine) and baler my replacement managed to knacker the bearings supporting the centre propshaft and do quite a bit of damage. as I recall this was blamed on the fact that it was 40K and 4wd was activated as the brakes were pressed.

 

[RichIH]

Nice. What year? I had a digi dash 40K er as my first student corn cart tractor

Its a C reg 86 so right on the change over I'll try to get a few pictures of it in one piece put up

 

[RichIH]

Got to love an 856! Have you got a workshop manual for that engine?

No I haven't got a workshop manual for it yet, looking for one tho if you know of any good ones? Manage to find original dealer parts manual for the tractor as a whole and an independent one for the engine alone along with an operators manual.

 

[Claas80]

Think I go mine from agri manuals on flea bay
Very handy when I bought a e reg that threw a leg out of bed
Also doing up a p reg one at the mo

 

[RichIH]

A bit more done tonight

 

[RichIH]

Found the source of the knocking

 

[RichIH]

Thoughts on the fly wheel skim or replace?

 

[Claas80]

Looking a good job there
Your middle picture never seen the water cooler next to the oil filter on any of mine there again mine were a e reg j and p reg only seen it on our 885 xl

 

[deere66]

Its a C reg 86 so right on the change over I'll try to get a few pictures of it in one piece put up

Long gear levers or short?

 

[Lofty]

Long gear levers or short?

We had a red B reg 1056 with long levers. Syncro range change, pressure lubed gearbox with Hyran. Would think this the same.

 

[RichIH]

Long gear levers or short?

It’s on long gear levers

 

[deere66]

We had a red B reg 1056 with long levers. Syncro range change, pressure lubed gearbox with Hyran. Would think this the same.

That's a rarity, never seen a red one with long levers. I thought the order was
Red/Tan short levers up to C reg
Black/Tan short levers, C reg
Black/Tan long levers, C, possibly D reg
Black/Grey long levers, new nose, D, E reg onwards