CASE IH 956 full rebuild

greendragon3

hi all , bit of a change from the zetors this time , we have decided to take on a project for my wife's uncle , he has been asking me to do this for quite a while so once we got the workshop empty we bit the bullet and got started , bear in mind she is very crispy having sat out beside the sea for most of her life , it has been mainly used to drive a post driver for the longest time but is mechanically perfect and going like an empty train , nay way im raveling again ill let the pictures do the talking .

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Desolation Of Smug

Rippin in there GD! Nice one!

Slideways

Makes a change from the Zetors

greendragon3

back again , thanks for all the comments and tips , well the cutting and measuring and bracing has started in earnest , we found out our first fatal mistake this morning , the cab section we got is off an earlier model ( obviously red and white ) but also a smaller model , maybe an 856 or something , anyway the rails underneath the cab are smaller and wont line up but we have come up with a cunning plan ( all will be revealed soon ) , anyhow some pics of todays progress .

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well guys back again after a frantic day , we started off this morning by rolling out the tractor for a good dousing in jizer and a decent steam off afterwards

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then it was time to tackle the cab head on , took a bit of lining up and tweaking but we got it to fit finally and welded her up , looks good i think ,

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the old bit was very shook when we finally got it out and is only fit for the scrap pile , the difference in the two part is obvious in these pictures , the main chassis rails underneath the cab are actually wider on the 956 cab to allow for the wider transmission im guessing but we managed to get it line up and now you wouldn't know the difference .

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and here are a couple of pictures of it all welded up and in place and a lot stronger than what was there .

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and finally some pictures of the new mudguards i got for her

Desolation Of Smug

GD, maybe turn up the flow on your gas a fair bit, turn the power up a little bit and balance the wire-feed rate accordingly - and grind back the paint another 5-10mm where you're welding - it'll leave the welds flatter, smoother and stronger, less burning and blackening and less paint contamination in the welds - run the welds as a series of looping eeeee's - plus it'll smell a lot nicer in the workshop..feckin lovely work though, your builds are one of the best things on Boards as far as I'm concerned!

greendragon3

thanks for the tips DOS , the brother does the welding and our mig blew up last week so he is using a borrowed one from a mate , i could hear him cursing it every few minutes because he couldn't get the mix set up right on it but im not trying to make excuses , i know where you are coming from because it is left to me to clean up all the welds and tidier work would be a lot easier to clean and prep for paint . ah well i will have to get more flap discs !!

greendragon3

back with a small update , we were busy all week with other projects and running and racing to different things so not much has been done really , we started to mock up the new bonnet which is a bit shorter than the original one ( all i could get at the time ) so we will have to chop the remaining good bit out of the original one and make it fit , we also had to move the hole for the exhaust as it was off by about an inch , some pics

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on a side not we were invited to the zetor roadshow in Jacobs in enniscrone last Thursday and we had a great ould day looking at all the new stuff on display , my phone went on the blink so i only managed two pics of the new 150 but she is an impressive beast for sure , we also had a local tractor run today and we manged to secure a brand new proxima from Jacobs for the day , the ould fella was chuffed to bits and we couldn't get him out of it all day , again i only managed a few pics as i was flat out driving all day .

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oh and we managed to get some of the cab sanded down and ready for a small bit of cosmetic work and prepping for paint ,

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ok its update time again , things have been a bit slow in the workshop the last few days but we got back into it yesterday and did a bit of a mock up of some of the parts to make sure everything was lining up properly before we start to paint , so it was back on with the cab and the newly stretched bonnet .

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we also got stuck into the twisted steps which had had a few belts over the years so we cut and straightened them .

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small update guys . been busy rubbing down and prepping for paint etc the last few weeks , we are nearly there thank god , just starting to apply the primer now .

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bit more progress today .

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some amount of rubbing down gone into the bugger , we were adding up today that we have used / burnt out 15 of the little 4" wire brush heads for the small grinder and 6 of the big ones for the 9" grinder ,
not to mention flap discs and sand paper ,

spent the whole day today on the four wheels , split the centers out of them first and wire brushed them all then cleaned them down with a finer grit sand paper by hand then cleaned them with panel wipe and masked off the tyres ready for primer and paint tomorrow ,

two different colors like original , hard work but hopefully it will all be worth it , no pictures yet because my phone is full so im waiting on the brother send me some from his phone .
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colm_mcm

Loving the build so far. Missing a few of the photos though, getting a "photo not found" icon?

greendragon3

thanks colm , dont know whats up with the photos , i just went through them all and i can see them so not sure whats going on there .

colm_mcm

Just realised its your signature!

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wheels getting some silver and other parts in primer ...

randy hickey

Ah feck it!
Just saw this thread for the first time and now I'm hooked!


Thread followed.

greendragon3

randy hickey wrote: »

Ah feck it!
Just saw this thread for the first time and now I'm hooked!


Thread followed.

cheers lad , more updates and pictures to follow soon , the brother was away on a stag so there was nothing done last weekend !!!

greendragon3

black is done now time to start re-assembly .

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bit of re-assembly today .

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another update guys , cab on !

Thargor

Lovely work as always Greendragon, is the uncle getting a free restore job or is this costing him a bit?

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cheers thargor , no its a paying job , he supplied all the parts and there will be a bill for labour when all is done , but we wont go too hard on him .

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roof on with new lamps , trying to sort out the rats nest that is the wiring now , its a wild mess with lots of previous butchering and hacking done to it , someone tried to bypass a lot of relays and switches and left a real fire hazard after them , im trying to get her as near back to original as i can with a new isolation switch fitted .

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glass all in , wiring all done , shes on the button now with all original gauges and switches re-instated and working like they should , gave her a full service all oils and filters and filled her with pure coolant , also we are starting to put some of the red bits back on her and i managed to get original replacement seat cushions for her ( pics to follow when they are out of the box ) , nearly there now bonnet on next and she will start looking like a tractor again .

Thargor

How do you get the Massey Ferguson/fire engine red paint so good on all your jobs?

greendragon3

seat with new cushions and interior nearly in ( sorry for the crappy pics it was late last night when we finished and my phone's not the best ) also got the bonnet on after over two hours of fine fettering , taking the thing on and off and it weighs a feckin ton ha ha , she's starting to look like a tractor again now .

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nearly there now just a last few bits to finish her off , sticker , steps , mirrors and a good wash and valet should leave her ready to go , bit of a show in lissadell house in county sligo in a few days so we are hoping to have her out in all her glory for that ,meanwhile ive put together a montage of all the photos of the rebuild from start to finish and made a video of it , dont mind the music choice its all i could get that was long enough for the video .

https://youtu.be/akSR9BJyTnI

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finally finished guys !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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a reminder of how it was

TheBody

Unbelieveable work! It looks like it rolled off the production line in the factory. I wish I could find somebody like you to restore my old MF65.

Are you a mechanic by trade or are you self taught?

Love all your threads. Keep them coming.

greendragon3

TheBody wrote: »

Unbelieveable work! It looks like it rolled off the production line in the factory. I wish I could find somebody like you to restore my old MF65.

Are you a mechanic by trade or are you self taught?

Love all your threads. Keep them coming.

thanks mate , no self taught im afraid , we just started off doing up an old zetor and it spread from there , this is our first paying job , have a 3 ton kobelco mini digger stripped down in the shed now for this mans brother , shes getting all new pins and bushings and rollers and then a full re-spray so it will be nice to see how that turns out .:D:)

paulmclaughlin

TheBody wrote: »

Love all your threads. Keep them coming.

+1, I always get excited when I see your threads have an update!

Odelay

Excellent work. Whatever it cost the owner it is money well spent, especially on his own machine, he knows what he has.

greendragon3

just a few final shots of the interior !

Thargor

Lovely work, hope you make a thread about the digger.

greendragon3

we attended a local show this weekend at lissadell house , we brought some of our old zetors and my old Granada plus the case , got a nice reaction to the case , lot of people well impressed with it .

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spent the day yesterday stripping and rebuilding a 3 ton mini digger for a man , she needed all new pins and bushings in the arm and bucket , some of them were a bit tricky but i think she came out well and a lot of the play and wear is gone , he want us to paint it in the near future so i will start a new thread when we start ,some pics .