CASE IH 956 full rebuild

another update guys , cab on !

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 .

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 .

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 .

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

a reminder of how it was

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:)

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 .

started our next project this week while the shed is quiet , our work horse transit tipper has been getting very crispy lately and the sills are shot so we got stuck in and got a new set made , we are going to give her the full works and hopefully have her ready for the DOE next month .