Anyone used a IH 990 moco?

Bobg

Thanks,
Bobg

I hooked my M up to it to test run it a couple weeks ago after I put all new guards on it but since my lift-all doesn't work I won't be able to use it to mow with till I get the pump rebuilt or a junkyard version .

If it has rubber on rubber rolls it should last a long time , if rubber on steel check the spirals closely for welds coming loose . Be prepared to replace the teeth on the tine bars and maybe the tinebar bushings and guide bearings , the guards , the sections if need be , check the drive pin for tightness on the sickle head , the auxilliary drive bearings and re-adjust everything per specs ( manuals available at case/IH ) . It's a super simple machine to work on but some parts are not available anymore . I had to reset the sickle register and getting the wobble box loose was a chore but once I got it to move I took it out and checked it and all was good so I don't know what that's like to rebuild . Just get the set bolt underneith adjusted right because the lower bearing rides on it . The manual explains what I mean . These are most of the wear places and just need checked out .

Sorry for the long post . I like the 990 but it's the only moco I've owned . I've looked a deere's and new hollands and hestons but this one APPEARS to be the simplest of them to work on and it can swath and windrow which some of the others can't . And for that price if it isn't totalled it'll make your money back in a season or two . If it were me I'd go for it . ...Randy

Manual states "30 horse power minimum" for both 7 and 9 foot models.

HTH
Myron KY