Pulled this old Oliver out of the field...

[coldsteelva]

Great job! You sure seem to know what you're doing (even if you are learning as you go). I would like to ask if you actually applied grease to the zerk on the steering rams? The fitting and the joint seem too clean. I wouldn't want you to have gone through that rebuild just to overlook something simple and ruin that mating surface.

 

[3930dave]

Been following this from the beginning MD........ you are one of a bunch of guys on here that remind me how lazy I am :whistleblower:

Lookin' great !

Rgds, D.

 

[Coyote machine]

Your recent pics reminded me to ask if the fuel filter is pointing the right way? I'm sure it ptobably is- but most have an arrow to show direction of flow.

And those new 3 treads look sharp on your restoration, Oliver! Maybe do a bling grille of shiny expanded metal. You know, the shark teeth and eyeball from some of the early fighter planes! :thumbsup:
shark teeth grill for tractor - Google Search

 

[LouNY]

Now you can use that Oliver on your neighbors disc.
Nice job she's looking good.

 

[BigBlue1]

Your initial pics of the tractor showed a grill that didn't look to be in too bad of condition. Was it worse than it looked?

Rob

 

[GLyford]

I don't have any sources, but I am curious.

Which style of grill are you looking for, there's the one with the big square 3x4 "egg crate" pattern, or the one with about 9 horizontal round-ended slots, with two vertical slots on either side? Looks like the "egg crate" version may be a little easier to find...or make? Would you need the whole nose, or just clean up the dents in your existing nose?

 

[GLyford]

Your initial pics of the tractor showed a grill that didn't look to be in too bad of condition. Was it worse than it looked?

Actually, his original grille looks like something out of a D-14/D-15 allis, but put on upside down?

 

[bcp]

I don't have any sources, but I am curious.

Which style of grill are you looking for, there's the one with the big square 3x4 "egg crate" pattern, or the one with about 9 horizontal round-ended slots, with two vertical slots on either side? Looks like the "egg crate" version may be a little easier to find...or make? Would you need the whole nose, or just clean up the dents in your existing nose?

I had to look for the difference online.

Bruce

 

[Ford850]

Here you go. You can get some parts from Maibach's.
Decals, Sheet metal, Glamour, Maibach Tractor LLC

They're a dealer/salvage yard that specialized in Oliver for years.

 

[sixdogs]

Likely will need some weights on the front end of that tractor.