Recent content by 29toter

My Oliver has a wiring Harness that looks like it has been spliced and rewired enough that nothing looks to be original. It works except for the lights but still, I'd like to make a new harness. I have the manual and found the wiring diagram, no problem. What I can't find is the required...

I bought an Oliver 1800 a little while ago the fluids were freshly changed. I drove it home (about five miles) all was fine. Used it for brush hogging about two hours and all was fine. Started using the hydraulics to pull fence posts (about 40 minutes) and I noticed a white milky substance...

Well I found out it's not 26xx hours. The hours gauge doesn't work (need to buy a new cable). Still the last owner has fresh clean fluids and filters on it so I don't feel too bad. I'm having fun just playing with it, cleaning her up bit by bit. Thanks for the support guys. Sam

I was looking for a Ford but an Oliver 1800 came up in my area for a great price. Is there anything I should be looking for? It's had not diesel. Still it looks to have 26xx hundred original hours on it. Aside from standard looking for leaks and driving it around, is there anything I should...

Been looking for tractors in the 70-85 pto hp range. Will use for dealing with snow in addition to mowing and field duties. Due to the cold winter weather I'd rather have a cab but may not be a deal breaker. In any case I have found several potential candidates. If anyone has an opinion or...

I'm looking (just looking right now) at used utility tractors in the 10 -30 year old category. There are several on websites that look interesting, almost all are dealers. I know there is no magic number or percentage but about how much should one be able to talk the dealer down on an old used...

Thanks for the welcome. I look forward to learning more about tractors on the site and I can see there is a lot of living knowledge here. Best regards all, Sam