IH powershift,pic swap scheme.

[newjcb123uk]

Is this a powershift

[sean]

Yes Chris,its a very poorly 165 I must get off to bed now my eyes are like racing dogs bo...ks
sean

[XS650]

I am sat here in my underpants shuffling a wedge

The start of this thread had me worried
Anyway think this is another one with a load of railway types.I think 360's must have been taking over by 1970 coz pics thin on the ground.

DROTT P.jpg

[sean]

Thats a very intresting pic Craig,i wonder if BR bought IH machines.I know british coal bought IH 165s and even the odd jcb 110.Thanks for rooting the pics out.
sean

[martyn williams]

I worked for Exeter Tractors from 1979 to 82.May have worked on that very machine
Martyn
I think I will be voting Gordon ( Brown) at the next election.
Good thread Sean
Martyn

Note,that plate related to the Beare Broadclyst depot.You can still see it from the M5.

[sean]

Martin what was the main problem with 165s transmision would you say?failure through lack of maintanance?or just not a good design?
sean

[martyn williams]

I think,poor maintenance,using wrong oils,not checking levels or renewing filters/strainers. The 165's were a right pain to work on around the cab area.Great for driver comfort but poor for maintenance access.
I have some spares for 165's,including a good fuel injection pump.
Martyn

[sean]

Hello again,today i am posting this IH doncaster built loader and dozer line up,i hope members enjoy these posts because all too often these machines are forgot about in a caterpillar and komatsu mad world,so i will keep posting information on these forgoten machines because some one somewhere needed to doo it.
sean

[DaveS]

Keep posting Sean, it's much appreciated!

I had a book of old press cuttings about IH in Britain which had an article in it about the first Drott to be built here with a pic of it with a couple of the factory managers.

I always say that I'll try and find these things, but with the amount of literature I have this is often difficult!

Dave. S.

[IANOZ]

Hi Sean ,Great info once again .Do you still have the 100b and is it a runner?We have a fiat allis FL5 trackloader that we use for leveling blocks of land . ian.