Need IH 345 tune up specs.

[QRTRHRS]

I picked up an 70' IH 1700 dump truck with a ten foot plow. It has the 345 gas engine in it. Only has 30k miles but enough holes so the mice can't even stay on board



Anyway, I don't have any of my old Chilton's anymore. Anyone have the tune up specs around for this? Thanks in advance.



PS, I found this one after I missed one with a diesel. Darn!

 

[illflem]

TDR member Bill Stockard is the one to talk to, if he doesn't see your post contact him.

 

[QRTRHRS]

Thanks Bill,



I will have to email him over the weekend.

 

[Power Wagon]

Tune up procedure for all IHC gasoline automotive engines:



Drive vehicle to establish baseline performance. Replace all tune up parts. Adjust everything to stated specs.



Verify that in spite of all your work, it still produces no power and would consume less gas if you were just standing and pouring the gas down the intake from a jerry can.



Replace said useless contraption under the hood with a motor of ANY other brand.

 

[Joe G.]

PW,



I know what you mean about those old cornbinder gassers. I had a '65 3/4 ton 4X4. Almost indestructable but it was S L O O O O W! Couldn't believe the gas consumption. Once when I had a load of fire wood I was passed by a one ton Studebaker with a load of wood PULLING a trailer loaded with wood on a hill!! That did it! I replaced the 304 CI V8 with a 360 and automatic transmission from a '76 Coronet Dodge station wagon. LOTS more power and burned a LOT less fuel!

 

[QRTRHRS]

Thanks Bill Stockard!

Thanks for the feedback Bill, I never would have imagined myself working on one of these old rags again or I would of hung on to my old manuals.



PW, be nice now. I only ask that this beater makes it down and then back up my driveway. Gotta be better than sitting on an open station tractor for as many as nine hours. Besides, PETA would approve. After all, this thing is a virtual mouse hotel.

 

[illflem]

QRTRHRS, I can't complain about my '63 B-1700 IH dump with 375k on it before the odometer broke 15 years ago. Has a smaller engine than yours. It used to be a tractor with a 36' flatbed till I traded the fifth wheel for a dump box and hydraulics from a '47 Dodge. Bolted right up, didn't have to drill one hole. It starts right up every couple of years when I find a battery for it. Not much power but plenty of gears and excellent air brakes. Mice aren't much of a problem, they fall right out the holes in the floorboards. Windows, wipers, heater don't work nor the door latches, I keep the doors closed with a bungee cord. Last oil change was a least five years ago, toilet paper oil filter, and now that I think of it it might have been gassed up at the same time. Sort of ashamed to say I bought it with only 60k and five years on it, all the abuse is from me. Sure is handy when I need it though.

 

[QRTRHRS]

illflem,



I had a 72' 4x4, 304, a 73' Scout 345 and a 75' 4x4 with the 345. No complains about the drive trains but the metal and hardware deterioration were pretty "predictable". Here in PA, I can farm tag it for $50/2 years, up to 25 mile radius, daylight hours. Came with a heavy, straight 10' manual angle plow. The doors latch but you need to roll down the windows to open from the outside. I changed the leaky valve cover gaskets today, the sludge buildup was pretty nasty. Nothing like "old iron" to revive those rusty skills.

 

[Bill Stockard]

illflem & QRTRHRS,



You guys got me laughing now. I have many memories of the things we did with on the farm binders. We still have one- a 1972 1700, V345, 5 sped, 2 spd rear axle that my brother uses to fill his Great Plains 40' folding grain drill. It has a 16' steel grain body with hoist and an electric unloading auger on the rear that fills the grain drill. The old truck would be rusted out if we didn't keep in the barn. Rats and mice like it too. We have to open both doors, crank the engine, and let 'em run out before we use the truck. Otherwise we'll be trying to drive and stomping our feet trying to kill'em. PETA would love us!!



The rocker arm covers leak, the exhaust mainfolds leak, but it still gets the job done. The hoist still works good and doesn't leak down. We haven't registered in in years, but do carry liability insurance in case someone hits it on the back county roads. Like you illflem we change the oil about every 5 years or so when we think about it. Cranks right up when we put a battery in it when we're ready to use it.



Bill