Hello all,
I need help with an IH 966 tractor. It belonged to my Dad, who recently passed away. I want to sell the tractor but am concerned it has something wrong with the hydraulics. The tractor has a loader on it and recently I noticed that the bucket seems to move up and down slower than it should. Also, if I push the bucket all the way down, it won't lift the front of the tractor and I'm almost sure it used to. A neighbor is telling me that the hydraulic pump is going out and that the tractor will need to be split to repair it. That sounds like the kind of repair that is much more complicated than I can handle so whatever is wrong with it will need to be repaired by whoever buys it. I am trying to determine how much a repair might cost, so I can price the tractor accordingly. What I need to know is, does my problem sound like the pump going out and does the repair require splitting the tractor? I don't live anywhere near a tractor repair shop, so am unable to take it in and have the flow and pressure tested. Is there some other way to rule out the pump as the problem? The cylinders on the loader leak so I was thinking that might be why it raises and lowers slowly. I hooked a post driver to it the other day and unplugged the remote hydraulic lines that control the tilt on the bucket. I couldn't get any of the hydraulic controls on the post driver to work, so again was wondering if my problem is the pump. The 3 point lifted the post driver just fine, but wouldn't drop it. Thanks in advance for the help
I need help with an IH 966 tractor. It belonged to my Dad, who recently passed away. I want to sell the tractor but am concerned it has something wrong with the hydraulics. The tractor has a loader on it and recently I noticed that the bucket seems to move up and down slower than it should. Also, if I push the bucket all the way down, it won't lift the front of the tractor and I'm almost sure it used to. A neighbor is telling me that the hydraulic pump is going out and that the tractor will need to be split to repair it. That sounds like the kind of repair that is much more complicated than I can handle so whatever is wrong with it will need to be repaired by whoever buys it. I am trying to determine how much a repair might cost, so I can price the tractor accordingly. What I need to know is, does my problem sound like the pump going out and does the repair require splitting the tractor? I don't live anywhere near a tractor repair shop, so am unable to take it in and have the flow and pressure tested. Is there some other way to rule out the pump as the problem? The cylinders on the loader leak so I was thinking that might be why it raises and lowers slowly. I hooked a post driver to it the other day and unplugged the remote hydraulic lines that control the tilt on the bucket. I couldn't get any of the hydraulic controls on the post driver to work, so again was wondering if my problem is the pump. The 3 point lifted the post driver just fine, but wouldn't drop it. Thanks in advance for the help