IH 560 Hydraulic filter replacement

spuds560 · Apr 17, 2020

I'm the proud owner of a 1961 (if I read the Ser. No. right) 560-gas. It has an IH 2000 loader. The tractor doesn't have one leak from it.
However, the loader is so slow, a little amount of noise but not alarming. If I'm lifting the boom and try and dump the bucket, the arms drop somewhat rapidly. I have to operate one function at a time, and again, slow!

Hydraulic filter (presumably all fluid as well) for for sure the past owner said 8 years ago. Seals around the PTO needed replacing then as well.

4800 hours on the tractor and seems to be working tach.

1. Can I change the hydraulic filter w/out draining all 16 (or so) gallons of fluid?

2. I'm guessing there'll be some milkiness to the fluid so should I change all of it anyway?

3. If all that doesn't change the speed of the loader and allow me to move bucket and boom at the same time, should I consider a 17 GPM pump with an extended wider filter kit?

I have a couple more questions I'll hold off on as this is step one
of several I have.
thank you,
spuds 560

Janicholson · Apr 17, 2020

The filter can be changed with only a small (1.5ish gallons) messily coming out of the cover/filter chamber. Open center
Hydraulics don't like 2 valves at once. The Higher output pump is certainly an option. If you are not using the PTO and
loader at the same, putting a much higher output PTO pump on it might be a easy and no intrusive way to get the action you
want. It would allow curling the bucket, and raise/lower at the same time if one was attached to the OEM hydraulic, and the
PTO ran lift and drop. Jim

CenTex Farmall · Apr 17, 2020

I answer yes to questions one and two. I wouldn't be surprised if you find that the filter is sucked in due to plugging. Again,
not hard to change and not much fluid loss.

The 460/560's we have all have the regular pump so I can't speak directly, however there has been some discussion on YT about the
higher flowing pump not having an advantage due to intake pipe and/or casting restrictions. Jim may be on to something with the
pto pump idea. We have not run a loader on one of ours.

spuds560 · Apr 18, 2020

thank you! I'll most likely drain and change fluid but for sure the filter. I may get lucky with local NAPA, Auto Zone etc. picking one up. Would this have any effect on the lack of a "float" feature?

I can drop the arms quickly and smoothly and it floats but as soon as I adjust the bucket to back-drag, the arms firm-up and even start applying down pressure and won't go back into float.

I have the 3 levers next to the dash, with the smallest 3rd lever having the thumb button (it operates the quick-hitch). The largest/inside lever operates the arms. When I drop the arms, the handle stays ahead just a bit, not full forward, but it snaps back to the neutral center and I lose my float. I try to put it back where the float was and it applies down pressure.

Does that make sense and why would this be?

Thank you for your time. this tractor is surely different than my '43 H.

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