Well, clutch IS stuck on my 155D

[Goldchaser]

I agree. What you are describing should be what you see if things are working right. With diff. locked, out of gear, wheels turn but with a little more difficulty than with the diff. unlocked. Diff. locked, in gear, clutch disengaged, slightly more difficult to turn since you are now turning over more transmission components as well as the clutch. Diff. locked, in gear, clutch engaged, very difficult to turn because now you are also trying to turn over the engine as well as the entire drive train.

Looks to me like you should be good to go when the hydraulic leaks are plugged. Congratulations and enjoy your tractor!

BTW, I got a sense from one of the posts that I might be coming across a little stronger than I intended. If anyone read anything confrontational in any of my posts, please accept my apologies and my assurance that it was entirely unintentional.

Thanks Tom, and BTW, I never got the wrong impression from ANY of your posts or feel you were being...confrontational. I just felt I was being given darn good and useful information and advice. By you and everyone else here.
THis has got to be one of the best forums it has been my pleasure to find.

All of the folks here have made me feel like I was sitting on my porch talking mechanics over a cup of coffee....maybe a beer in the evening. Talkin 'n' watchin the sunset. And it dont get much better than that!

Thanks to all
Dennis

 

[California]

What I have discovered and found the last couple weeks is a testament to the toughness and overall quality of a Yanmar tractor. I mean, this thing sat unused, abandoned really, for 8 years outside in the weather. ... The seat rotted and some rubber hydraulic hoses cracked and the fuel cap rotted away and it needed a new battery. ... and it now needs a paint job. Everything else has been pretty much just basic maintenance.

My experience was similar. I was told this rig was used the first 10 years mucking out a riding stable (which is hard on paint) then semi-retired for another 15. I don't think it was parked indoors.

Paint? Why? It runs great! http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ym2000-pictures-843562-img_6494rropsfront.jpg

 

[Goldchaser]

Paint? Why? It runs great! http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ym2000-pictures-843562-img_6494rropsfront.jpg

California
You know....that has got to be one of the most disreputable Looking tractors I have seen. You almost got mine beat. Almost...

Dennis

 

[kyspartan]

BTW, I got a sense from one of the posts that I might be coming across a little stronger than I intended. If anyone read anything confrontational in any of my posts, please accept my apologies and my assurance that it was entirely unintentional.

i wonder if it was my post? If it was, then i must send you my apologies, because that was not my intention. i was just trying to reinforce and second your post. i just very poorly worded it

 

[California]

Hey its not disreputable - just Experienced!

I haven't done anything because it doesn't need functional renovation, and restoring the appearance to parade quality would mark me as a greenhorn around here. (at the orchard, not TBN). The local farmers run equipment that is generations old and they are proud of their rigs. Buying a 30 year old tractor and making it run like a clock bought me instant credibility. Shiny wouldn't improve that, and I would soon scratch it up going under the trees.

My orchard is operated by a neighbor along with his larger operation so my rig is as much toy as essential tool. When I inherited the orchard I wanted to tinker with equipment, and now I don't see how Dad or his father before him got by without a tractor. Traditionally the owner starts new trees and is responsible for them until they reach bearing age so there is a lot of work on the owner even though the production (prune, disc, spray, harvest) is operated by the neighbor.

I posted this photo long ago in another thread, but it illustrates my neighbor's hobby/production tractors. He has a specialized tractor for every application. This little Oliver Cletrac vinyard crawler is used to pull a weed sprayer when it's too wet to get anything else in. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...itions-your-tractor-435624-dscn4193-4455r.jpg

 

[Goldchaser]

Hey its not disreputable - just Experienced!

I haven't done anything because it doesn't need functional renovation, and restoring the appearance to parade quality would mark me as a greenhorn around here. (at the orchard, not TBN). This little Oliver Cletrac vinyard crawler is used to pull a weed sprayer when it's too wet to get anything else in. http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...itions-your-tractor-435624-dscn4193-4455r.jpg

Hokay...I amend my statement. "That is the most....experienced....tractor I have ever seen....almost. Course, I think mine pulls a close....1st.

That is a neat little Oliver. Havents seen one before. It looks like it is tracked?
Looks to be some tasty turkeys off in the orchard too.

I dont know. I have always enjoyed making things look better/nicer. When I got my big AC tractor, I put it in the shop and repainted it..myself. Took about a week, most of the time spent taping it up. There is a photo of it on my website. Its about the same age as my Yanmar, maybe a bit older. Around this area, the farmers seem to make a point of having the shiniest, newest pieces of equipment they can afford. I rebuilt a bushhog a couple years ago. It had been junked, got it for nothing, spent a couple weeks welding up the bed where it looked to have gotten into an arguement with a rock and broke a blade which went through the body and frame of it. The tranny was ok though. I know its not a tranny but my brains isnt working right now. <chuckle> Anyway, once I got done bending and welding and then repainting it you could hardly tell it had been a junker.

Kind of a hobby of mine I guess. I like to take junkers and make em new again. I have a Oliver seeder that I plan on starting work on soon. Its from the early 30's or 40's I think. Iron wheels. Just havent gotten around to working on it yet. Will take a photo and post it later. It needs quite a bit of work. Doubt if I will try to make it original but its something I have been considering.

I like to go to area farm auctions and find equipment that no one else wants or cares about due to condition.
Here is a swather I did. Didnt have to do as much on it as I have other pieces but still took some.

 

[Tom_Veatch]

i wonder if it was my post? If it was, then i must send you my apologies, because that was not my intention. i was just trying to reinforce and second your post. i just very poorly worded it

No apologies necessary. You reminded me that in written communications such as these there are drawbacks that face to face verbal communication avoids. Body language, tone of voice, etc. all carry meanings and communication elements that are lost in written words. Frequently, I get so focused in on the task at hand that I tend to forget that.

Your post caused me to go back over my prior posts and try to read them without any preconceptions of what I was trying to say. From that, I could see where, depending on the reader, some of my wordings could have been seen as being somewhat confrontational or acerbic. Hence my comment.

My thanks to you for reminding me of that very important point.

 

[California]

That is a neat little Oliver. Haven't seen one before. It looks like it is tracked?

They are great little crawlers for specialty work. Mostly vineyards, I think.

There are usually some Oliver Cletracs on ebay:
http://search-completed.ebay.com/se...1&price=1&saprclo=900&saprchi=&fsop=34&fsoo=2

I looked at the listing for the $1,800 one again and again - it's not far away and seems to be in good condition. But that narrowest model (31 inches!) is too narrow for the sloping ground here, and I can't justify a tractor that I don't have an application for. I think my neighbor's spray rig is the more common 42 inch undercarriage, and his 'reserve fleet' includes a couple of the 68 inch ones.

Your swather looks like new. Very nice!

 

[Grrrr]

I dont know. I have always enjoyed making things look better/nicer. When I got my big AC tractor, I put it in the shop and repainted it..myself. Took about a week, most of the time spent taping it up. There is a photo of it on my website. Its about the same age as my Yanmar, maybe a bit older. Around this area, the farmers seem to make a point of having the shiniest, newest pieces of equipment they can afford. I rebuilt a bushhog a couple years ago. It had been junked, got it for nothing, spent a couple weeks welding up the bed where it looked to have gotten into an arguement with a rock and broke a blade which went through the body and frame of it. The tranny was ok though. I know its not a tranny but my brains isnt working right now. <chuckle> Anyway, once I got done bending and welding and then repainting it you could hardly tell it had been a junker.

Kind of a hobby of mine I guess. I like to take junkers and make em new again. I have a Oliver seeder that I plan on starting work on soon. Its from the early 30's or 40's I think. Iron wheels. Just havent gotten around to working on it yet. Will take a photo and post it later. It needs quite a bit of work. Doubt if I will try to make it original but its something I have been considering.

I like to go to area farm auctions and find equipment that no one else wants or cares about due to condition.
Here is a swather I did. Didnt have to do as much on it as I have other pieces but still took some.

I think I am quite similar to you

I find old things that everyone else had considered junk and spend hours making them work perfectly again. Everyone thinks it's a waste of time.

But then when I'm done and they see the stuff working again they think that was good. And they don't realise how little the things have cost me

I'm getting an old eighties David Brown tractor soon. Looks like an absoloute heap but it was only £800 ($1500) for 70 HP with cab, heating etc. Once I am done with it it should work like new again and to buy something new like this would be costing £25,000 ($50,000)

I like your swather. Nice restoration

Never seen one of them in the UK before. I assume it is for cutting hay and then leaving it in a row?

 

[Goldchaser]

They are great little crawlers for specialty work. Mostly vineyards, I think.

There are usually some Oliver Cletracs on ebay:
http://search-completed.ebay.com/se...1&price=1&saprclo=900&saprchi=&fsop=34&fsoo=2

I looked at the listing for the $1,800 one again and again - it's not far away and seems to be in good condition. But that narrowest model (31 inches!) is too narrow for the sloping ground here, and I can't justify a tractor that I don't have an application for. I think my neighbor's spray rig is the more common 42 inch undercarriage, and his 'reserve fleet' includes a couple of the 68 inch ones.

Your swather looks like new. Very nice!

Hey CA, Went and took a look. And realized i had seen one or two before. Guess it was just looking at it from the front in the photo. The one that is listed for 2500 starting, I liked the looks of. It was a bit bigger than the others. That is one I could get my teeth into, for sure. Get one like that to restore...would love it.

Thanks for the compliment on my swather. Just sold it recently, but got over 5 times what it actually cost me in cash.

Dennis