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Restoring two tractors I bought
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:36 pm
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:36 pm
Ought to be a fun project. One is a 1958 Farmall 560 diesel. It runs good, all hydraulics and pto works. Only possible mechanical issue is it has some white smoke and I see they put a new cylinder head on it my guess is they didn’t make sure the cylinder liner was the proper height and the head gasket didn’t seal tight against the combustion rings so i may need to redo the head gasket. No knocking or signs of engine damage and compression is good. I think this one will be mostly cosmetic, new paint, seat, guages, decals, etc.
The other is a Farmall M LP (butane). This will be a challenge. Supposedly it runs but I haven’t gotten it to crank. Compression is good and it turns over, I replaced distributor coil and resistor but still no fire to the plugs. Think I need a whole new distributor the points are pretty worn gonna replace that and plugs/wires. Needs hood and grill and a lot of work but I think has potential
I was at a farm auction for a catfish farm going out of business and they had a ton of these old 560s and Ms. they were almost all being bought by scrap yards and it broke my heart knowing they were gonna be chopped up. They don’t make them with that quality anymore. So I decided I would spare two of them from the grave and try to restore them
The other is a Farmall M LP (butane). This will be a challenge. Supposedly it runs but I haven’t gotten it to crank. Compression is good and it turns over, I replaced distributor coil and resistor but still no fire to the plugs. Think I need a whole new distributor the points are pretty worn gonna replace that and plugs/wires. Needs hood and grill and a lot of work but I think has potential
I was at a farm auction for a catfish farm going out of business and they had a ton of these old 560s and Ms. they were almost all being bought by scrap yards and it broke my heart knowing they were gonna be chopped up. They don’t make them with that quality anymore. So I decided I would spare two of them from the grave and try to restore them
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:42 pm to deltaland
Very cool. Please keep us updated on the progress
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:44 pm to deltaland
When I was a teenager my dad bought an old Farmall to mow the yard. It was the old smaller one with the off set engine.
It was such a good tractor, though my experience with tractors is very limited even though I currently have a Deere.
It was such a good tractor, though my experience with tractors is very limited even though I currently have a Deere.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 1:46 pm to deltaland
Old farm equipment is so cool when fixed up, and I always am shocked at just how cheap some of it can be had considering what it probably cost to get one looking and running nice.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 2:11 pm to YOURADHERE
There’s a rabbit hole you can go down with them. Also some guys are going to the older Deere’s for their simplicity.
Posted on 10/30/26 at 2:31 pm to YOURADHERE
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and I always am shocked at just how cheap some of it can be had considering what it probably cost to get one looking and running nice.
It’s not too costly. Parts for old farmalls are cheap as frick and they’re incredibly simple to work on.
What amazes me is how simple and effective the engineering is on them. Little things that made so much sense I wonder why they no longer do it that way. I have new JD 5065Es that all the hydraulic remotes froze up within 3 years. Yet the 1958 farmall I bought they still work just fine
Posted on 10/30/26 at 2:34 pm to KemoSabe65
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Also some guys are going to the older Deere’s for their simplicity.
There’s a pretty big demand for old tractors nowadays due to the outrageous expense and poor quality of new tractors combined with the inability to work on new ones yourself. Farmers find it cheaper and more reliable to just buy old tractors and rebuild the engines
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