Thanks!

P.S.- If I buy it I'll need a grain platform for it. It has a pickup header right now, and I have no use for that, so I'm open to selling it or trading for a platform.

Are the K headers specific to a K, or will something else fit, like say from a C, CII, E, G, F, etc?

If I do buy it, I'm hoping I can find a grain head soon, as I'd like to combine with it next summer!

I'll post pics when I go to see it.

Were you cutting wheat?

That should be easier to come up with than a whole header. 

Right now I'm leaning towards the latter.

Thanks!! I know nothing about driving a Gleaner like this, so I guess I need to get a manual first, if I buy the combine. Getting pretty excited about going to see it later this week. 

Here's a pic of the operator's station (Look! It has music! LOL) I understand the obvious foot controls, and I see the throttle and the gear shift, and I think the other lever is the variable speed and header lift, right? Forward for faster, back for slower, and up and down for lift action? When you say proper variable speed action, do you just mean it changes speed smoothly?

Also, I know on the 100 combines you have to be stopped to engage the separator, is the K the same way? Or is there a lever you can just pull/push while you're moving?

Thanks!

Owner *claims* it's field ready. 

If I do get it, first thing I'm doing is tuning up the engine and replacing ALL the belts! I don't want to end up like ol' Joe at Hutch with his T Gleaner. He made a nice round around the field, then he stopped for a minute, and when he took off again...well....he didn't! The variable speed belt snapped! 

Heck, I even had trouble with the SP-100! The bin unloader drive belt snapped! It was probably an original belt though. It's a bear to replace too.

SP-100 combine headers are bears, but I'd think these would be easier.

AC...when you talk about the governor being self lubricated...you mean it has its own little reservoir I need to check and maybe add oil to?

Thanks

I think it's white. I'll find out later. 

Oh "reely"? Lol!

So does that mean I'd need to find a lot more parts to put a reel on it? I was thinking just pull the alfalfa pick up, slide in a sickle, and find a reel for it, but that may not be the case.

So I'd probably need to find those turnbuckles if it doesn't have them already. All things I need to find out when I go to see it. 

Also, if anyone can tell me how many gallons the gas tank holds, and how long a tank lasts at full throttle (like while combining)

I guess the ideal thing to do would be rent a trailer and haul it, but I don't have a gooseneck hitch, and I bet there's no place that rents an 8' deck bumper pull.

And when you do.....I want pictures, of all the City folk gawking!!

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We don't even have a header trailer for our L3! And it has a 24' header! We just road it everywhere! This summer I was working for a friend, and we were using an L3 and M2, both with 24' headers. We took them both down a 2 lane highway, and passed cars and semi-trucks no problem! 

No, there's no cab (which I like), and like you said, they're not too common without them. I've only seen one other without a cab, and that's on tractorhouse. 

They guy said after he posted that ad, he pulled it out, washed it off, and greased everything and oiled the chains, so  it should be good, but I'll double check.

As to the header, yes, I'm hoping I can find a sickle and reel, and  hopefully everything will work without too much trouble. Will a reel from a C/C2/G attach to the header, if I cut it shorter? Or are the mounting brackets different? If they are, I could probably figure something out. That's what farmers do, right?? 

 On another topic, I drove through the town of Creston , Indiana yesterday . Very small town in NW Indiana.  I thought of you right away. Next time I go through there I will get a picture of the town sign.  Pete

What happened after the pump went out? Did the header drop? Or did the pump just go out? Did he just keep driving?

So there's a Creston, Indiana too, eh? I've been to Creston, Iowa and Creston, Nebraska. I've heard there's a Creston, Saskatchewan too. 

When I go see it, I'll ask about the other header parts.

Thanks

That's what I would've thought.

Wow! 

It's on my bucket list to visit all the "Crestons" I can find.

Well that's no good!! 

So in other words, the only proper way to move it is by driving it. It wasn't designed to be towed. 

Was there anything wrong with it?

Like the $250 7040....

Where did it sell at?

1. Header will not raise/lower.

2. Variable speed does not work. (still drives good in all gears, but can't vary speed within the gears)

3. Separator will not engage. Is that some kind of a clutch? It seems like it's stuck. It just lugs the engine down and nothing moves. 

Pics to come!!

Also...S/N is 3511, making it a first year 1969!

The valve plungers DO move freely as of right now, but nothing happens. They are located where you said, back by the hydraulic pump.

Also, how should I free up the separator clutch?

Here is 1 pic so far. More are on the way, as well as a video.

I'm hoping that's all it is. 

What is type A transmission oil? ATF?

Yeah, I'm thinking that too. 

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A little drive around video.

No, it's not field ready. The owner knows nothing about it or farming, so go figure. 

I might offer him $500, and if he says "Ok", then great. If he doesn't, I'll just move on. Simple as that! Besides, Mom and Dad don't like it anyway. Seems whenever I find a non-running Super 100, they don't like it because it "needs tires and doesn't even run". But this one does!......???   This was kinda funny....Mom also tells me I need to stop buying other stuff and save my money for a Gleaner (This is a Gleaner, right?) Well when I showed her the photos she said that wasn't what she meant. Apparently she meant a shiny big new one! Lol

I did look inside the machine, and it was clean as a whistle surprisingly. Now, that was just the walkers and shoe, and the back end of the raddle. I don't know what the cylinder area looks like. Is there a door on top of the feederhouse I can open to inspect the cylinder? Once I get to it, I'll take pics and post them here so you guys can diagnose it. I don't know the difference in good and worn bars. My only experience is with All-Crop bars 

I will get some oil and add to the pump, and see what happens. I kinda don't want to fix it, because then the owner will probably want more if the header and variable speed works.

I'll also get underneath and pop the cylinder door (Does it work just like an L/M?), and also remove that raddle cover and take a look. 

He also showed me in a granary where there are probably a dozen belts are more, and they probably go on the combine because they are among-st a bunch of other K parts, including two sickles. The belts are NOS. 

I don't think header would be too hard to convert to straight cut. Drop alfalfa pick up, slide in the sickle, find a sickle drive for it (Pitman or wobble box?), and lastly a reel (Which I think I can find in western OK.) Also, it does have the manual adjust for reel speed. The setup with multiple sheaves. It also has manual reel height. 

Ok, now knowing all this, what do you guys think now? 

I respect you guys opinions, and I'm not 100% set on it yet, so you could probably still sway me one way or the other. I'm really kinda in the middle right now. 

However, that being said, I don't want to sound rude, but I kinda think you guys are being too harsh on this poor little combine! I think after it gets a bath and the chains oiled and cleaned up, it'll do good! Hey, it was half barn kept (rear hung out of the barn) which is GREAT for Oklahoma!! All you guys up north have combines like Lonn was talking about that look like they just came off the show room. We don't have that. Most farmers down here left their equipment out all the time (and many still do), so something like this is our version of a gem. Plus, it's a first year model, and doesn't have a cab! (Them cabs make you "soft" Lol )

Heck, great-great granddad's 60A has sat outside since 1950, and it sat idle outside from 1983 till 2016, it was full of varmints nests, the straw rack was all rotted out, the grain drag raddle chain was toast (links were all worn so thin they were snapping one right after the other.) A little TLC and it cut wheat this summer, and delivered a near perfect sample with minimum loss! 

I need to look it over more and try to turn some shafts.