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John_PA
03-25-2008 06:35:12
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My brother just picked up a NH 975 with a 13 foot flex and a 4 row wide corn head.
The engine is tired!
It has so much blow-by that you could swear we were sending smoke signals.
I want to know if anyone has found a cross reference for the 240/300 engine. It's a 300 straight six looking engine, but officially I think it is a 240. We put tune up parts on it from a down-and-dirty search for 300 parts for a 1971 ford truck, at an auto parts store. I don't know of a listing for the 240 engine. I think the combine was built in 1970 or 1971. CNH books say the engine is a 240. I just can't find a general auto parts reference for the parts. what truck had the 240?
I got to run th ecmbine for about 45 minutes on Easter Sunday. I put the grain head on a cart, and hooked up tot he corn head. We were planning on driving it 23 miles to home, with the corn head on teh front. The brakes are TERRIBLE. They seem to be a disk/band set-up. I am not familiar with this combine. It is too old of a NH for me to have been around.
I would like to know what I could cross reference the engine with. My brother lit his beard on fire when it backfired, trying to get it running. now that it is running, it is reallyh hard to start, and has a bunch of blow-by. I would like to put some marvel mystery oil down the cylinders and let it soak. I think the rings might be stuck, but the previous owner says it has been this way for a while. This 'bine has only done about 600 acres a year, so it hasn't been totally abused. I could drop a 300 straight 6 from a ford truck in it, I guess. getting it 11 feet in teh air will be the problem, there.
Otherwise, it runs great, has duals on the front, very stable, fast hydraulics... WOW! It feels great! I would love to do about 10 acres of oats, and probably 50 acres of corn in the fall with it. I have 3 other combines that I will wax nostalgia with. They will probaly take on the other 30 acres of oats, and 130 acres of corn. It all depends on how fast this thing can shell. I heard that it will outrun 3 gravity boxes in corn, when running 2 miles back to the farm. I am not sure what it will do for us. I just want the motor to be tight!
In order for ht emotor to be tight, I need to know where I can get parts for it. I know the cylinders walls can't be egged out. it hasn't run enough for that. I think the rings are stuck. If anyone can cross this motor to a truck or other ford vehicle, that would be great. Thanks!
John
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