International Harvester 300 Utility Gas LP Tractor Operators Manual

Description

This International Harvester 300 Utility Tractor (Gas & Liquid Petroleum) operators manual is a reproduction of the original, out of print, manual. Assembled in this manual are operating and maintenance instructions for the International 300 Utility Tractor. This material has been prepared in detail in the hope that it will help you to better understand the correct care and efficient operation of your tractor.

The illustrations in this manual are numbered to correspond with the pages on which they appear; for example, Illusts. 2, 2A and 2B are on page 2. A variety of special equipment is available for use with these tractors. The instructions for operating and maintaining the special equipment have been included in the  instructions for operating and maintaining the tractor.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
Delivery report (to be filled in when tractor is delivered)
General
Serial numbers, engine and tractor
DESCRIPTION
Before starting your new tractor
Instruments and controls
Preparing your tractor for each day’s work
Views of the tractor
OPERATING YOUR TRACTOR
Driving the tractor
Hitching the tractor to the implement
Operating the engine
Operating the Fast-Hitch system
Operating the Hydra-Touch system
Operating the pneumatic tire pump
Operating the torque amplifier
Operating the power take-off
LUBRIC ATION
General engine lubrication
Greasing the front wheels
Lubrication guide
Lubricating oil and grease specifications
Oil filter
MAINTENANCE
Air cleaning system
Battery ignition unit
Brakes
Carburetor
Clutches
Cold weather operations
Cooling system
Front wheels
Fuel strainer
Hydra-Touch system
Independent power take-off
Magneto
Minor engine service operations
Periodic inspections
Pneumatic tires
Rear wheels
Spark plugs and cables
Starting and lighting equipment
Tractors with battery ignition
Tractors with magneto
Starting engines that have been in storage
Storage battery
Storing and housing your tractor
Tachometer drive unit
Trouble shooting
Valve clearance adjustment
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT
SPECIFICATIONS

COMPREHENSIVE INDEX
Adjustable front wheels
Adjusting the brakes
Adjusting the carburetor
Adjusting the clutch clearance
Adjusting the de luxe cushion seat
Adjusting the fan belt
Adjusting the generator belt
Adjusting the power take-off bands
Adjusting the seat
Adjusting the-tachometer drive unit
Adjusting the toe-in
Adjusting the tread widths
Adjusting the valve clearance
Adjusting the wheels
Air cleaning system
Antifreeze solutions
Arm rest pads
Assembling the rear wheel rim
Assembling the tachometer
drive unit
Battery
Battery ignition unit
Battery testing
Battery-to-ground cable
Before starting your new tractor
Brake pedals
Brake pedal latch
Brake pedal lock
Brakes
Break-away connector socket
Break-away coupling
Breaker mechanism, battery ignition
Breaker mechanism, magneto
Cables, electrical equipment
Cables, sparkplug
Capacities, lubrication
Capacity, cooling system
Capacity, fuel system
Capacity, Hydra-Touch system
Carburetor
Carburetor fuel line screen
Care of tires
Chains, tire
Changing the oil filter element
Charge indicator
Choke control button
Cigarette lighter
Cleaning the air cleaner
Cleaning the cooling system
Cleaning the cranking motor commutator
Cleaning the generator commutator
Cleaning the spark plugs
Cleaning the storage battery
Clutch (engine)
Clutch pedal (engine clutch)
Clutch (torque amplifier)
Coil, ignition
Cold weather operations
Combination rear light and tail light
Commutator, cranking motor
Commutator, generator
Connecting the independent
power take-off
Contents, table of
Cooling system
Crankcase
Crankcase breather
Crankcase water drain
Cranking motor
Cranking the engine by hand
Crankshaft bearings, piston, and rings
Cylinder head gasket
Cylinder, Hydra-Touch
De luxe cushion seat
Description
Differential
Dimensions of tractor
Disconnecting the independent power take-off
Distributor cap, battery ignition
Distributor cap, magneto
Draining the cooling system ,
Draining the crankcase
Draining the Hydra-Touch system
Drain pipe, radiator
Drain plug, oil, engine crankcase
Drain plug, transmission
Drawbars
Drive unit, tachometer
Driving the tractor
Electric lighting
Electrical troubles
Engine clutch
Engine cooling system
Engine hard to start
Engine oil
Engine serial number
Engine specifications
Engine speeds
Fan belt
Filler and breather cap (independent power take-of!)
Filler caps, gasoline and fuel tanks
Filling the cooling system
Filling the fuel tanks
Filling the Hydra-Touch system
Filter elements
Fluid Level, Hydra-Touch system
Front wheels
FueL system
Fuel screens
FueL strainer
Fuel system
Fuel tank
Fuse
Gaps, spark pLug
Gauges (meters and indicators
Gear lubricant
Gearshift lever
Generator and regulator
Generator belt
Generator commutator
Governor
Grease specifications
Greasing the front wheels
Greasing the rotor bearings and the distributor gear (magneto)
Hand-cranking the engine
Headlights (sealed beam)
Heat indicator
High altitude pistons
Hitch adjustments
Hitching the tractor
Hose connections, air cleaner
to carburetor
Hose connections Remote Control
Hydraulic breather
Hydra-Touch cylinders
Hydraulic Remote Control system
Hydra-Touch system
Hydra-Touch system control handle
Idle adjustment (carburetor)
Ignition cables
Ignition coil
Ignition and starting switch
Ignition trouble
Independent power take-off
Independent power take-off
Inflation, tire
Installing and timing the magneto to the engine
Installing the battery ignition unit
Installing the carburetor
Installing the cranking motor
Installing the fan belt
Installing the generator belt
Installing the tachometer drive unit
Instruments and controls
Instrument lamp
Introduction
Irregular engine operation
Knocking engine
Lack of power
Latching the brake pedals
Lighting switch
Liquid level in battery
Liquid weight in tires
Locking the brakes
Low or high oil pressure
Lubricating oil and grease specifications
Lubrication, engine and chassis
Lubrication fitting grease
Lubrication, front wheel
Lubrication guide
Lubrication table
Magneto impulse coupling and magneto drive chamber
Minor engine service operations
Mounting tires on the rims
Oil dilution
Oil filter
Oil pressure indicator
Oil pump
Operating the engine
Operating the Fast-Hitch system
Operating the hitch
Operating the brakes
Operating the Hydraulic Remote
Control
Operating the Hydra-Touch system
Operating the independent power take -off
Operating the pneumatic tire pump
Operating the power take-off (transmission-driven)
Operating the torque amplifier
Operating your tractor
Ordering parts
Overheated engine
Overloading the tires
Pads, arm rest
Parts, replacement
Periodic inspections
Piston displacement
Pistons (high altitude)
Pneumatic tire pumps
Pneumatic tires
Points, ignition
Polarizing the generator
Power take-off (transmission-driven)
Power take-off (independent)
Power take-off shifter rod
Power timing light
Preparing your tractor for each
day’s work
Pump, Hydra-Touch
Pump, oil
Putting liquid into tire tubes
Radiator
Radiator drain
Radiator filler cap
Radiator, filling the
Raising and lowering implements
Rear light and tail light ^
Rear wheels
Regulator, voltage
Relining the brakes
Remote Control system
Removing the battery ignition unit
Removing the carburetor
Removing the cranking motor
Sandblasting the spark plugs
Seat, adjusting the
Seat, de luxe cushion
Sediment bowl (fuel strainer)
Serial numbers, engine and
tractor
Shipping oil
Shipping the tractor
Shut-off valves, gasoline and fuel
Spark arrester
Spark coil
Spark plug pumps
Spark plugs
Special equipment index
Special equipment instructions
Specifications, lubricant
Specifications, tractor
Specific gravity of battery
Specific gravity of liquid wheel weight
Speeds, engine
Speeds, tractor
Starting the engine
Starting and lighting equipment
Tractors with battery ignition
Tractors with magneto
Starting a stored engine
Starting switch, ignition
Starting the tractor
Steering mechanism
Steering the tractor
Stopping the engine
Stopping the tractor
Storage battery
Storing and handling fuel
Storing and housing your tractor
Storing tires
Swinging drawbar
Table of contents
Tachometer (special)
Tachometer drive unit
Tail light, rear light
Temperature gauge (heat indicator)
Terms of location
Thermostat
Timing the distributor (battery ignition)
Tire chains
Tire pressure table
Tire pumps, pneumatic
Tires, pneumatic
Tire traction
Toe-in, front wheel
Torque amplifier
Torque amplifier operating handle
Tractor serial number
Transmission
Trouble shooting
Using too much fuel
Using too much oil
Valve clearance adjustment
Valve stem mounting cones
Views of the tractor
Voltage regulator
Washing the air cleaner
Water for cooling system
Water pump
Wheels
Wheels, front tread
Wheels, greasing the front
Wheels, rear tread
Wheels, pneumatic tire
Wheel weights
Wheel weights, liquid
Wiring diagram (battery ignition)
Wiring diagram (magneto)
Wiring, distributor (battery ignition)
Wiring, distributor (magneto ignition)
Wiring, electrical equipment