International Harvester 856 Tractor Operators Manual – Gasoline, LP Gas, Diesel

Description

This International Harvester 856 Gas, LP Gas, and Diesel Operator’s Manual is a reproduction of the manual that came with the International Harvester 856 tractor when it was new.

Assembled in this manual are operation, lubrication, and maintenance instructions for the Farmall and International 856 Gasoline. L.P Gas, and Diesel Tractors, including the Hi-Clear and All-Wheel Drive models. 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. To obtain top performance and assure economical operation, the tractor should be inspected, depending on its use, periodically, or at least once a year, by your International Harvester dealer. Before you operate the tractor, study this manual carefully. It has been prepared to help you operate and maintain your tractor with utmost efficiency.

Table of Contents
Instruments and Controls
Before Operating Your New Tractor
Driving the Tractor
Gasoline Engine and Fuel System
LP Gas Engine and Fuel System
Diesel Engine and Fuel System
Torque Amplifier
Basic Hydraulic System with Power Steering
Hydraulic Controls for Hitches
Three-Point Hitch
Two-Point Fast-Hitch
Auxiliary Valves and Remote Cylinders
Hitching Trailing Equipment to The Tractor
Power Take-Off
Belt Pulley
Cooling System
Air Cleaning System
Electrical System
Minor Engine Service Operations
Front Wheels
All-Wheel Drive
Rear Wheels
Weights
Pneumatic Tires
Brakes
Clutch
Storing the Tractor
Cold Weather Precautions
Trouble Shooting
Lubrication
Lubrication Table
Lubrication Guide
Preventive Maintenance Guide
Specifications
Extra Equipment and Accessories

Index
Accelerator pedal
Adding fluid after connecting the cylinders and hoses
Adding water to the cooling system
Additional instruments and controls for LP Gas engines
Adjustable wide-tread front axle (Farmall 856 Tractors)
Adjustable wide-tread front axle (International 856 Tractors)
Adjusting the seat
Adjusting the hydraulic brake valve
Adjusting the overcenter hand lever engine clutch (International 856 Tractors)
Adjusting the rear wheel tread widths (Farmall 856 Tractors)
Adjusting the rear wheel tread widths (International 856 Tractors)
Adjusting the toe-in (All-Wheel drive tractors)
Adjusting the toe-in (International 856 Tractors)
After the engine, starts (Diesel)
After the engine starts (LP Gas)
After the engine starts (Gasoline)
Air cleaning system
Air in the hydraulic system
All-Wheel Drive shift lever
All-Wheel Drive
Alternator-Generator and regulator
Alternator-generator belt tension
Alternator-generator Tellite
Assembling the rear wheel doublebead rims
Automatic dust unloader
Auxiliary valves and remote cylinders
Basic hydraulic system
Before operating your new tractor
Belt pulley
Bleeding the brakes
Brake adjustment
Brakes
Carburetor (Gasoline engines)
Carburetor (LP Gas engines)
Care of the engine clutch
Care of the overcenter hand-lever operated engine clutch (International 856 Tractor)
Care of tires
Changing the Ether fluid container
Changing the filter element (Diesel engines)
Changing the filter element (Gasoline and LP Gas engines)
Choke control button (Gasoline and LP Gas engines)
Cigarette lighter
Cleaning the cooling system
Cleaning the fuel strainer and sediment bowl
Clevis for tele scoping-type swinging drawbar
Clutch pedal
Cold weather precautions
Connecting hoses to junction ports
Connecting hoses to remote control break-away couplings
Cooling system
Coupling the equipment (Three-point hitch)
Coupling the equipment (Two point hitch)
Crankcase breather
Crankshaft, bearings, pistons, and rings
Cross drawbar
Cylinder head gasket
Diesel engine and fuel system
Diesel fuel specification requirements
Distributor
Draft control
Draining water from the tractor fuel tank
Driving the tractor
Dry-type air cleaner
Dual rear wheels
Electrical system (Farmall 856 Diesel Tractors)
Electrical system (Farmall 856 Gasoline and LP Gas Tractors)
Electrical system (International 856 Diesel Tractors)
Electrical system (International 856 Gasoline and LP Gas Tractors)
Engine clutch
Engine clutch adjustment
Engaging or disengaging the torque amplifier
Engine cooling system
Engine oil
Engine oil cooler (Diesel engines)
Engine speed control lever
Engine speed control lever position (Gasoline and LP Gas engines)
Engine speed control lever position
(Diesel engines)
Engine speed control lever creep (all models)
Example of operating the three -point hitch with draft control
Exhaust smoke table
Extra equipment and accessories
Fan and alternator-generator belt tension
Filling the cooling system
Float lockout
Free to float – position (Three – point hitch)
Free to float – position (Two-point hitch)
Front end weights
Front tire loads in pounds at various inflation pressures
Front wheels (Farmall 856 Tractors)
Front wheels (International 856 Tractors)
Front wheel weights
Fuel filter (LP Gas engines)
Fuel filters (Diesel engines)
Fuel gauge (Gasoline and Diesel engines)
Fuel injection pump (Diesel engines)
Fuel injection nozzles (Diesel engines)
Fuel shut-off valve
Fuel storage (Diesel engines)
Fuel system (Diesel engines)
Fuel system (Gasoline engines)
Fuel system (LP Gas engines)
Fuel tank filler valve
Full flow oil filter
Fuse Gasoline engine and fuel system
Gear lubricant
General information (LP Gas fuel system)
Governor (Gasoline and LP Gas engines)
Governor adjustment
Greasing the front wheels Ground speeds
Hitching and unhitching (quick-coupler)
Hitching trailing equipment to the tractor
Hitch lower links (Three-point hitch)
Hitch sockets (Two-point fast hitch)
Hitch upper links (Three-point hitch)
Hub clamp stud assembly
Hydraulic controls for three-point or two-point hitch
Hydraulic fluid filter
Hydraulic system control levers
Ignition coil
Independent power take-off operating lever
Inflation (Pneumatic tires)
Injection pump governor (Diesel engines)
Inside control lever (hitch)
Installing the three-point hitch
Installing the two-point hitch
Instruments and controls
Introduction
Key switch
Lateral limiter (three-point hitch)
Lateral limiter (two-point fast hitch)
Lift links and leveling crank (three-point hitch)
Lift links and leveling cranks (two-point fast-hitch)
Lighting switch
Lighting switch positions
Lights
Liquid level gauge (LP Gas engines)
Locking the brakes LP Gas engine and fuel system
Lubrication
Lubrication fitting grease
Lubrication guide
Lubrication table
Minor engine service operations
Mounting tires on the rim
Oil pressure
Oil pump
Operating double action cylinders
Operating pressure for low-pressure tractor tires
Operating single action cylinders
Operating the All-Wheel Drive
Operating the belt pulley
Operating the independent power take-off
Outage valve (LP Gas engines)
Overloading (Pneumatic tires)
Park lock adjustment
Park lock lever
Pneumatic tires
Power adjusted rear wheels (Farmall 856 Tractor)
Power brakes
Power steering
Power take-off
Power timing light
Preparing the tractor for each day’s work
Preventive maintenance guide
Principal elements (LP Gas fuel system)
Push button starting switch
Quick-coupler for three-point hitch
Radiator core and transmission oil cooler
Rear tire loads in pounds at various inflation pressures
Rear wheels
Rear wheel weights (two-piece) (Farmall 856 Tractors)
Rear wheel weights (one-piece) (International 856 Tractors)
Removing from storage
Removing the filter elements (air cleaner)
Removing the belt pulley unit
Removing the three-point hitch
Removing the two-point hitch
Reversing the rear wheels
“Rigid” hitch position (three-point hitch)
“Rigid” hitch position (two-point hitch)
“RUN” range (hitch controls)
Rust prevention
Safety relief valve (LP Gas engines)
Safety starting switch
Safety starting switch adjustment
Shipping tractors equipped with pneumatic tires
Solenoid fuel shut-off valve
Spark plugs and cables (Gasoline and LP Gas engines)
Specifications
Speedometer – Tachometer
Starting and stopping the belt pulley
Starting the engine (Diesel)
Starting the engine (Gasoline)
Starting the engine (LP Gas)
Starting the tractor
Steering the tractor
Stopping the engine (Diesel)
Stopping the engine (Gasoline)
Stopping the engine (LP Gas)
Stopping the tractor
Storage battery
Storing the tractor
Speedometer
Tachometer Swinging drawbar
Temperature gauge
Thermal expansion pressures
Three-point hitch
Tilt steering wheel
Tire chains
To aid starting (Lubrication)
Torque amplifier
Torque amplifier operating lever
Torque amplifier valve operating linkage adjustment
Towing the tractor
Traction and weights
Tractor break-in procedure
Tractor with torque amplifier (Dump valve adjustment)
Tractors with wedge-wheels
Transmission brake adjustment
Transmission range and speed levers
Trouble shooting
Two-point fast hitch
Uncoupling the equipment (three-point hitch)
Uncoupling the equipment (two-point hitch)
Valve clearance adjustment
Vapor and liquid service valves (LP Gas engines)
Vapor return valve (LP Gas engines)
Venting the fuel system (Diesel engines)
Vertically adjustable drawbar
Warning light
Warnings (alternator-generator)
Water pump
Water pump, alternator-generator, and fan belt tension
Weights
Wheel weights
Wheels with attached clamp rims
Wheels with double-beaded rims