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Roger509

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Took my 1965 706 down to my friend/neighbor's house to help him move some snow. As it sat in his driveway idling when I went in to chat (and perhaps consume a malted beverage), his digital TV (pulled in via antenna) was all kinds of messed up. He said it started when I got near his house on the road and got worse as I worked in his driveway. As soon as I went out and shut it off, his TV cleared right up.

Amazing that a 40+ year old piece of equipment can obliterate today's digital technology!

Just thought I'd share that. By the way, the old girl did just grand pushing the piles back that he couldn't any more with the skid loader!

Roger
 
Wouldn't nonresistor spark plugs do that rather easily? Look at the problems they caused 40 years ago with snowmobiles
 
Well... if you've got a German diesel you'd like to part with.... :0

I'll stick with the gasser. Like that sound when she snorts a little pushing snow.
 
oh yes, non resistor plugs mess up reception rather badly. When there is a tractor running just outside my shop the radio goes out of tune. When you have one idling around 400rpms or so you can pick up when the plugs are firing just buy the cut out in the radio.

Andrew
 
The technology hasn't changed much. Even though the TV signal is now digital instead of analog, the transmission is still good old-fashioned UHF and VHF. And the VHF is in the FM radio band. Same problems, same antennas, etc.
 
Have heard those can run a long, long time on one tank of fuel.

I use mine for moving snow, running a bush hog or moving dirt & gravel around on our acreage. Am sure that if I was really working her in the field I'd want something that doesn't gulp the fuel like a gasser! Grew up with a 656 gas on the farm so I know all too well how thirsty they are.

And it uses more than the 450 I had, but I think I'll keep her!

Roger
 
A great fix (if you want to) is to put MSW Magnetic suppression Wires on it. These are low resistance wire wound around a fiber core. They are very long lasting, and reduce the RFI to near zero. Much better than the carbon wires. Just as good for performance as the solid wires. JimN
 
I know that snort! Used to drive Uncle Mike's 706 pulling 5 14s (back in the plowing days). We plowed in L3 and we she lugged down, pull the torque back, "snort" and then the "whine" when she went back up to 2150 RPM. I ran two different 706s when I was a kid and they still remain one of my favorite tractors - not everyone likes them, as they were one the very first high performance IH models and somewhat different to work on and run, but I like 'em.
 
additional comments...btw, my Dad who had an SC Case (we farmed on the side with along with the extended family) and who learned how to farm on an F-20 was not a fan of Uncle Mike's 706 and referred to it often as that "big hard-shifting SOB." Dad was the mechanical one in the family, he didn't like to work on it either. However, they had a New Idea mounted corn-picker for it and Dad seemed to "warm-up" to the 706 in the fall. It would spin the snap-rollers on that picker better than any other tractor!:^)
 
For over ten years our family (Dad, Uncle Mike, Grandpa) tilled over 700 acres with 2 656s and the 706 (all gas). Rode those tractors until my backside hurt, I sure you have too. Thanks for some great memories on a cold winter morning.
 
Remembering more now, in the land pulling the plow at 2150 coming to the end, torque back to slow the ground speed, she's A_WHININ' now, crack the throttle back to 3/4 so she don't over-rev and the elders don't kick me in the a** when the plow comes up, lift the plow and turn across the land, throw the torque out to pick up some speed, pulse WHINE now, she's really hot and the RPMs cavitate some without a load on the engine, now pull the torque back to slow down and turn back into the furrow, crack the throttle wide-open, she WHINES, drop the plow, she SNORTS and winds back up into the WHINE, throw the torque out ...long SNORT...and back the other way you go!:^)
 
Yeah, the plowing days. Used to pull 4 16s with our 656. Would stop it, shut the lights off and look at the manifold glowing and even the slight pink glow to the muffler!

Another plowing story... Dad farmed with a 2236 and neighbor had a JD B. They were plowing together and the neighbor came riding up behind dad, kinda hot shotting a little. Dad just reached back and dropped the plow down 2 notches. The 2236 just jugged on. When the JD B hit the deeper furrow, it slowly "pop... pop... popp...." and died right there. Dad just smiled and kept going!
 
Oh yeah - we also pulled 4 16s with Grandpa's 656 and also had it dualed-up (he had a 10' disk). We used to fast idle the tractors for about 10 minutes to cool down the exhaust valves at the end of the day. My cousin still owns this tractor, it would keep right up with the 706 and was more reliable with the lower RPM engine load speed. My Dad really liked the 656 over the 706. However, and it happened more than once, if you plugged that disk with trash the 656 would snap the hub bolts with the duals on before you could get it stopped.
 
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