Oliver 770 industrial tractor

[stevewatr]

I'm acquiring an old Oliver 770, and it is not like any other Oliver's i've seen on the net. I'll be putting up videos regarding this machine on youtube. Here is a link to the first video:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 1 - YouTube

Comments welcome.

Steve W.

 

[MIKE R]

Looks like you have your work cut out. If I recall the Oliver Industrial tractors were orange.

 

[stevewatr]

Looks like you have your work cut out. If I recall the Oliver Industrial tractors were orange.

Thanks for the reply. It was running, but has now died, and I'm trying to figure it out. I wonder if the tractor was painted yellow by Ware corp, the makers of the backhoe.

 

[Dr Dave]

What a find, check out Oliver Heritage Magazine Sherry has a lot of good info.

Dave

 

[stevewatr]

What a find, check out Oliver Heritage Magazine Sherry has a lot of good info.

Dave

Thanks Dave! I'll check out the website tonite.

 

[stevewatr]

Here is an update. I still do not have it started, but am makeing progress. First off, there is no mechanical lift pump on this tractor. It relies on gravity flow to feed the transfer pump in the injector pump assemblly. The manual primer is just there to remove air from the system after changeing the fuel filters, or running out of fuel. The inline aftermarket electric pump added on my tractor negates the need for the hand primer when bleeding the system, and probably aids fuel flow in the case of a worn/tired transfer pump.

Here are a few links to the latest videos:

Part 8:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 8 - YouTube

Part 9:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 9 - YouTube

Part 10:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 10 - YouTube

Part 11:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 11 - YouTube

 

[stevewatr]

I now have 20 videos uploaded showing my attempts at saving this old Oliver. Here is a link to the playlist on youtube:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project - YouTube

 

[stevewatr]

Part 21 to 24 are up. A long overdue oil/filter change, and me getting the Ware backhoe hooked up:

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 21 - YouTube

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 22 - YouTube

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 23 - YouTube

Oliver 770 Industrial Tractor Project Part 24 - YouTube

 

[MIKE R]

Keep the videos comin.

 

[stevewatr]

Keep the videos comin.

Thanks! Will do.