Re: Does this sound like a good buy?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on November 04, 2004 at 17:36:45 from (64.228.11.105):

In Reply to: Does this sound like a good buy? posted by Brian in NY on November 04, 2004 at 13:29:46:

Brian: The 504 gas tractor was one of the first IH tractors not to have a sleeved engine. Problem is, after 2 or 3 engine rebuilds, your looking for a new engine, rather than a piston and sleeve kit as was the case with the older ones.

I had a 504, came with a farm I bought. Vendor had just rebuilt the engine at about 1,200 hours. He advised me not to keep it long. I had planned on trading my 300 on a new 1066. After a day in the field using both 300 and 504 on a 3x16 trailer plow, the 504 got traded and 300 stayed. Remember also 504 was supposed to be 8-10 more hp than 300. No so on that day, my old 300 out lugged the 504 on the 3 bottom plow by a wide margin. My 300 by 1975, was on it's 4th set of pistons and sleeves and probably had about 16 to 18 M hours on it.

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• Re: Does this sound like a good buy? SCRUFFY 03:04:19 11/05/04 (1)
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