IH 504 questions

Joe in Fla · Mar 13, 2010

Gentlemen,

I just found an IH 504 for sale in my home town that I am considering checking out. I spotted it on Craigslist and the owner says all tires are good and it"s a diesel with a blown head gasket. The price is $750. There was no picture of it so for all I know it could be a complete rust bucket. Would this be worth looking into or could there more possible problems that it"s worth? I"ve never owned a diesel so I am completely clueless. I"ve gone through some of the older postings looking for info on this model and about the only negative I could see is possible head gasket problems. Can anyone give me some insight on what the problems are or what the fixes would be? What should I look for as far as the drive train is concerned? The price might be just right to fix it up for a show tractor/toy. Thanks in advance for any advice on this.

Joe

the tractor vet · Mar 13, 2010

Well it may be a blowen head gskt , but myself i would be thinking more but for 750 bucks no matter what is wrong you can not go wrong for that money . Heck ya can't buy a cub cadet for that anymore .

Pandora 504 · Mar 14, 2010

I have one that is a great little tractor,now. When I first got it I was not so sure.Everytime I fixed one leak another would show itself. Thats where my forum name came from,it seemed like Pandoras box everytime I ran it.I put a new clutch in and did a inframe rebuild on the engine, and some other minor stuff. Great utility tractor it was not meant to be a row crop tractor. Any thing I can help You with just post a note,I check this forum evey day. I have to thank the folks on this forum who have helped me with my Pandora,I use it daily now ,probaly deserves a nicer name.

charles todd · Mar 14, 2010

$750 is a fair price for a IH 504 (I assume this is the utility and not a Farmall 504 RC). They both have the D188 engine and it is fairly easy to work on. I'd go for it! Cheap 50 hp tractor.

CT

504 · Mar 14, 2010

Heck I need a hundred dollars worth of parts off of it right now! 750.00 plus 2000.00 and you would still have a cheap 504.

mkirsch · Mar 15, 2010

(quoted from post at 08:00:46 03/14/10) $750 is a fair price for a IH 504 (I assume this is the utility and not a Farmall 504 RC). They both have the D188 engine and it is fairly easy to work on. I'd go for it! Cheap 50 hp tractor.

Fair? If all it needs is a head gasket, it's an absolute STEAL.

However, my bs meter is pegging and I sincerely doubt it only needs a head gasket. Even with a complete engine rebuilt it's still a steal, though.

charles todd · Mar 15, 2010

I agree on the "head gasket" only problem. If that is all that is wrong, its a helluva deal! I have heard mixed results on surfacing a head and not the block. If the head and block have warped and you only shave the head, it could blow again. I'd try a head gasket only first, if that is all thats wrong.

I have a Farmall 504. Tractor alone, I'd say worth no more than $2500-$3000. After the loader, hydraulics, repairs, ect... I'd have to have $8000-$9000 and its not painted yet!!! Still hard to replace it for $9000.

Here is my little Farmall 504.

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