frozen in time 560 up date.

i removed the glow plugs and give it some mystery oil in the cyl's . turned it over with the belt pully by hand back and forth a few revolutions then some forward revolutions and everything felt good. pulled oil pan drain plug , no water and oil is clean. must have been changed prior to parking. pulled fuel filter drains and caoght some fuel. no water either nor dirt. good sign. changed filters . cleaned sediment bowl.bleed the fuel ststem. put a battery in and give her a few cranks. well now is the moment... warmed her up and away she went like it was shut off last night not over 1/3 a century ago. a few magpie sticks came flying out the exhaust pipe, as it was sitting under a giant nest in that shed. it was really lazy on the acceleration and when de-cellerating it to idle it would stop. i pulled sediment bowl and gave it 4 fingers of dipetane fuel treatment and put it back on. pulled primary fuel cover and gave it some in there also. bled the system and fired it up and let it run at a fast idle for a while. took it for a ride down the road in 5th gear and went from idle to max to make the pump inards work. once i could see the grey haze on acceleration i knew the medicine did the trick. came on yard and she idles great and accelerates snappy as it should be. starts with one revolution. i have noticed also that these 282's that are not played with are some of the easiest starting units. this one is basically new, and starts like it. still has the original ground strap and fan belt also. i also did a little polishing to get rid of the pink look.

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Looks like you found a keeper!!!!!

I think you may have struck gold, or at least RED! I hope you continue to get it working well for you. I have to wonder about the back story, why would someone leave a tractor in that good of shape to simply sink in the mud for that long of time. It leaves me scratching my noggin. But then I guess that's human nature. I'm glad you got it before it was too far gone.

That's awesome. Love to see one come back to life!

The 560 is my favorite Farmall tractor. Glad that it started right up. I wish my projects were in as good of shape as that one.

That's great news all right. You should have a good tractor. Might want to change the oil. When oil sits all that time it will settle out, and look good. Stan

Boy, you really got yourself a nice tractor there. Clever idea with the stepping stool.

Awesome! Glad you got it running so easily.

I do often think about equipment, farms, and buildings that are neglected and left to decay and wonder what the story is behind them. There are many reasons this can happen some which are understandable and some make no sense, a bystander may never know the story behind the actions. Myself as an example in the 1980s we had an old milkhouse that needed a new roof. We didn’t use or need the building and the job was way low on the priority list and it just never got done and the roof eventually caved in and finally tore it down a couple years ago.

Did you pre-pressurize the lube system? I had a rocker arm shaft gall on me once running dry because it takes so long for the oil to get up there.

yes i did by cranking it and watching the oil gauge come up.

since the oil was clean i pulled the plug and checked it for water and sludge plug was clean, so i want to drain the oil hot so the suspended solids come out . after running it the oil is still clean. and yes it will be changed.

from what the son told me is that the grandfather and father did not trade anything in when getting new stuff. he said his father always wanted things under cover. the son is now cleaning up the yard site and pushing the old buildings down. he said he hardly remembers this tractor but they used it for making chop and on the post pounder. he said he was glad it was going to a good home and not the scrapper. i did not ask if his father was still around as that could be another reason and that younger guys dont want old tractors. plus they have no interest in them . i saw he had john deere tractors and thats what we used to get it out. he said there was a ford jubilee sitting there also in a shed and one neighbor got it.

ya, no rust on this red tractor. oops other than battery panels and front rims that were left sunk in the dirt. but that will give it character. i will be buffing it out and put some clear coat on it .

That needs to be wet color sanded with 800 grit and then with 1500 grit Then Buff.