How to Start & Run a Farmall 560 Diesel Tractor

[@courtneyhirsh2271]

Pull throttle wide open crank for 5 seconds then hit glow plugs.will start much easier in cold temps.35 year Red Head tech

[@courtneyhirsh2271]

Let me modify last post.after 5 second crank,stop cranking do normal pre heat then crank again

[@IANR3808]

There are times that she doesn’t even bother to turn over unless the glow plugs are on for a little while before hand.

[@John-ze3vo]

Belive the manual says to hold the glow plugs while cranking also

[@georgepruitt637]

Normal for a "la nova" style engine. A cust brought his 560 into shop,said he replaced both batteries,and now started super easy-no glow plugs! He was right. with 2 twelve volt batteries in series[instead of 2- 6 volt batteries] ,it started super fast and easy. we put 2 -6 volt batteries,and it started -normally. FYI

[@hillbillygarage6051]

That's because you get more crankkng amps hooked up with 2 12s

[@BumblefucksBeerAndCheapTrucks]

mmm yes 24 volts very good for speed

[@CS_1776_]

Just a suggestion. I'm asking if you could make a video on how to replace the oil and all filters.

[@christianjoiner5370]

Where did you get the mirror?

[@loganhooks8546]

Fs22 sound came from this vid

[@IANR3808]

The start up and idle definitely is from our 560 in the mod. You can hear the same little puff of air that is now fixed on the real one. Thanks for informing me!

[@andrewlangshaw5938]

Always have to hold those glow plugs longer than you think

[@marialaguna3455]

Grandpa has one hasnt let him down at all water with it and everythi3

[@tetekofa]

Motor and clutch is gone. Nice looking place.

[@IANR3808]

She runs just fine. A good summer tractor. She runs the bean auger over the summer. Was on the corn auger few years back but little too much corn got dumped and she bogged down real hard. Has leaked a little oil since even after rebuild and major overhaul

[@dustineiffler7145]

Who cares. The IH 560 is considered to be the worst tractor ever made.

[@brianmuse7215]

According to who? The main problem was the old M rear axle IH used the first year. They recalled all of them when the realized it wouldn’t hold up to the increased torque

[@dustineiffler7145]

@@brianmuse7215 crankshafts were junk in the Diesel models.

[@chuckhill7326]

Actually it's one of the best,,, the only thing that the engineers did wrong is not enough head bolts, in the diesels,, otherwise a great all round tractor,,,

[@OpasJDGarage]

My father and uncle both bought 560s early on. My uncle had his rear axle snap while cutting down alfalfa. IH covered and put an X on the serial number badge to show the axles we’re replaced. After my father replaced the head gasket once, they both moved to the green persuasion. I wasn’t around to hear the cussing, but I have a feeling they were not very happy. Worst ever made? …not sure about that, but the earlier models had some reliability issues. My great uncle has the last model year for the 560, and it’s still running today.

[@highplainsdrifter9631]

IH fixed the problems over 60 years ago. The 460 and 560 IH tractors earned great reputations after the problems were corrected.