They Rebuild IH Hydro Tractor Transmissions

They Rebuild IH Hydro Tractor Transmissions TRACTORS Hydraulics 27-4-39 If you own an older model International Harvester "Hydro" tractor, you'll be interested in the service provided by an Iowa company that rebuilds the tractor's hydrostatic transmission at far less cost than the price of a new transmission. Steffen Fluid Power, Sioux City, Iowa has been rebuilding hydrostatic transmissions on IH tractors for years, mainly for another company. Now they're expanding their efforts to include working directly with farmers and local repair shops. "The charge pump is the part that fails most often on these transmissions," says Dave Harder. "Unfortunately, you can't buy parts to repair the charge pump from Case IH. The alternative is to buy a new charge pump from Case IH for more than $2,000, or try to find a replacement charge pump at a salvage yard. However, it's hard to find a replacement charge pump at salvage yards because they all get worn. To solve the problem, we contract with a machine shop that makes the parts we need to rebuild the pumps. So instead of spending more than $2,000 for a new charge pump, we can usually rebuild the one you already have for about $600. The pump fits right into the tractor transmission without requiring any modification to the tractor at all. Usually, rebuilding the charge pump is part of a complete transmission rebuild." Harder says they can completely rebuild the hydrostatic transmission on any of the 12 different IH Hydro tractor models, all of them built before the early 1980's. "There are a lot of old IH hydrostatic drive tractors still out there working every day. Farmers like them for doing chores and especially for loader work." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dave Harder, Steffen Fluid Power, 623 West 7th St., Sioux City, Iowa 51103 (ph 800 783-3832; email: dharder@steffeninc.com).

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