Case 530

Buster · Jan 15, 2016

Going with my nephew tomorrow to look at a Case 530 with a loader. All I know so far is it runs good and the brakes don't work. I have been
around mostly late John Deere 2 cylinders my whole life. This tractor has the case o matic transmission. Is there anything in particular I need to
look for? Are they good tractors? They are asking $3500.00 for it. Thanks in advance for any advise.

Bruce from Can. · Jan 15, 2016

If it is a Case-o-matic, the brakes need to work. Think auto tranny in a truck with no brakes. Guess you can drop the loader.

casecollectorsc · Jan 16, 2016

Unless it is in pristine condition, $3500 is somewhat high for price. There is a very good gas 530 and factory loader for $2800 here.

comfortking · Jan 16, 2016

It would have engine braking in direct drive

rrlund · Jan 16, 2016

That sounds high for the condition. I had a 1020 Deere,gas with a Freeman loader,hydraulic bucket,that I tried to sell a few years ago for $3500. It was well worn,but always housed,all there and everything worked. I couldn't get that out of it. I finally put it back in the barn for another year until I could trade it for something that I wanted more.

Buster · Jan 16, 2016

That's what I was thinking on price too. Thanks

Gary from Muleshoe · Jan 16, 2016

If it were me I would shy away from a case-o-matic. They are nothing but problems from my experience. We had an 830 with case-o-matic and it was always slipping. Our 730 standard shift never gave us a problem, and seemed to have more power than the 830. Just my two cents that ain't worth a penny.

ed will · Jan 16, 2016

Hi, I had a Case 530CK l/b with 188D. It had a Johnson bar and a direct drive lever. I did some repairs but nothing compared to work it did over the 30 yrs. I had it. The brakes are quite easy to fix if you are mechanically enlined. I was so sad to see the back of it. Ed Will

RJKeith · Jan 16, 2016

In response to Gary from Muleshoe, don't worry too much about the Case-O-Matic. It is basically uses a torque converter in place of a clutch, then there is a lever to lock the torque converter when you get moving. I have Case-O-Matic on a 630 and an 800, works well. Biggest problem will be keeping fluid filled, the 530 probably uses the same reservoir for the Case-O-Matic and the hydraulic fluid. Hi-tran is a good choice.

Adirondack case guy · Jan 16, 2016

Case-0-Matic tranny are torque converter driven. They balance engine power to transmission load without shifting gears or useing a TA. They also had a hydraulic clutch pack to lock the converter solid like modern PUs with OD auto trannies except the COM on the Case tractors was manually controlled. What you called sliping was the converter adjusting to engine rpms and drawbar loads. The converter developed 3.14 X the output torque of the engine.
Loren

Dgroff18 · Jan 16, 2016

I bought a case 530ck loader that the breaks didnt work. All I had to do was clean up the balls and ramps inside and it worked alot better.
Its actually pretty fun to drive with 4gears, High/low,and the shuttle shift.

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