Greenrivercummins
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jul 26, 2015
- Messages
- 62
- Location
- Canmer, Kentucky
- Tractor
- Farmall C, Farmall super C, Farmall H, Farmall Super M, Farmall 560, Farmall 656, Farmall 706, Farmall 766, JI Case 311-B, Ford 871, Ford 4000, Ford 8000, Ford 8600
Howdy folks well i have a funny/goofy event happen yesterday. Anyways yesterday i stumbled upon a 1966 Farmall 656 for sale a few miles down the road. The owner placed a For sale paper at the local feed store said it was a IH 656 Hydro with Bush hog and bale spear. So after a quick call i ran by and looked it over and test drove it. Never seen or researched a hydro but, the owner had it for 10 years barn kept only bush hogged 2 acres 4 times a year and disc the garden some. It stared right up ran perfect He said "Left side is TA pull back for TA and DD Forward'" "Right side Reverse is to the front and forward just pull back." It pulled good TA was strong walked right up a huge hill no slip forward or back. But it was really slow in TA High or low... So he said the 1 year old Howe's 8ft Bush hog and new Bale spear go with it for $3500 total. I happily paid him, went and got my goose neck trailer. Got it home was very happy with my purchase but, still not sure how i felt about a Hydro even with only 6200 original hours on working tach. Then this morning i started to order little things like New steering wheel, shifter boot's and shifter knob's. When i see the shifter knob for a Hydro says forward is forward not pulled back...Went out side grabed the shifter and moved it around...the darn thing was a 5 speed not a hydro he'd been using only first and reverse for 10 years and had no idea it was a 5 speed... Even called him he said "he had no idea it was a 5 speed"... I don't normally impulse buy with-out a lot of through research first like on my Ford 8000 and my pick-up trucks. I've drove as lot of 706's, 766's daily, 1066 and so on we both felt kinda dumb but i'm a die hard Ford guy never seen a hydro in person so had no idea what to look for lol. But i do need some help on what the parts that need replacing are called/OEM part number i have a manual on the way but, it's a week out. Anyways it's the two pieces on the front axle the silver piece and the one welded I've found some like it but they a little different.. I can't find the right ones online that mine have but, here's some pics of it as well after a good bath in my shed better pics tomorrow if not raining.
