[AT] Case 500 - Actual tractor question

[RonMyers at wildblue.net]

the 500 is the LA with a diesel in it not many around and lots of people
looking for them. Fun old tractor for Pulling and showing.
Try this place to see if the parts are availble at the dealers.

http://www.caseih.com/parts/parts.aspx?navid=123&RL=ENNA

Ron

> Last month another tractor (1954 Case 500 diesel) followed me home; only
> because I got it cheap-real cheap.  It's a pretty large chunk of iron
> that looks out of place among the Cubs, Farmall A, B, and H.  The
> previous owner bought it with a stuck engine (running when parked),
> removed the manifolds, heads, etc. and got the engine freed up.  But,
> that's as far as he got and after a couple of years I think his wife
> wanted it out of the yard.  Cylinder walls look OK so I'm thinking about
> just re-assembling it and seeing if it will start.  I've got a
> wheelbarrow full of parts and an old I&T manual, with a parts catalog on
> order.  Kind of like a big metal jigsaw puzzle with lots of rust.  The
> heads are at a machine shop where they're supposed to clean them up and
> just check them out, only fixing the things that are actually broken.
> What I need to know are sources for parts, particularly gasket sets.
> I'm also going to need the exhaust collector that receives exhaust from
> the 2 exhaust manifolds and channels it to the muffler.  I don't know
> what this thing is called, nor what it actually looks like since the old
> one is broken and I only have a piece of it.  Can these sorts of parts
> still be obtained from Case/IH?  Are there any things  I should look out
> for?  Any tricks to re-assembling this beast?  If I can get it running
> then I'll worry about the cosmetic things like rusted sheet metal,
> battery boxes, gauges, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance for any tips/suggestions and sources for parts.
>
> Rick Moseley
> Austin, TX
> Farmall Cubs, Super A, B, C, H (and one really big Case)
>
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