They have to be my favorite IH gear drive and I have a hard time passing one up when I see them for sale cheap .
This would be a parts machine for most people , but I figure that since these are getting harder to find I better grab this one before someone turned it into a puller .
The good : 670808 makes it a fairly early IH 582 , fenders , hood and the frame all look straight and shifter feels solid thru all the gears . dash plastic panel is in good shape and wiring harness is in great condition , grill and headlight panel are also in good condition. . All 4 tires hold air and are in good condition . The 44C deck is in decent salvageable condition .
The bad : no side panels , broken steering wheel , engine is missing sheet metal and it appears that the 16 HP opposed twin Briggs is locked up . Its also missing fuel tank , hood bird and headlight screen IH emblem . Seat is also shot . Luckily all the missing parts I've got on a shelf .
I've owned somewhere around 8 to 10 of these 582's over the years and I've used a 582 to mow my yard for years without issues , but for some reason the Briggs engine appears to be the weak link . I don't know if owners run them low on oil or if their yards are to hilly and stave the crank of oil , but I've had several over the years that were either locked up or had broken piston rods , or the rods were hammering when I brought them home . This makes about the 4th one I've purchased with missing engine head tin .
This one was about 15 minutes from my house and on the trip back home from picking it up I spotted a 1X9 or QL series cub sitting in the weeds that I'm going to have to go back and find out if that owner want to sell it . It looked like it hadn't been used in years from the amount of weeds growing around it . :p
Anyway here's a few pictures of my CL find and the rear ag's are worth what I paid for it and the mower deck .
