[AT] Oliver S55 oil filter and history

[Nagel, Alan F]

Thanks Andy Glines and Landon Schooler.  I agree with Andy, don't want to play with teflon tape; and will try to find the Wix filter.

But perhaps I mis-stated or unclearly stated the problem: the fit of the White/Agco filter into the mason-jar threads is better than others I've tried to date (Fram just blows right off no matter what upon starting the engine after mounting filter, and the White/Agco will if tightened too much pop off in my hand or the filter wrench, overriding the threads).

So unless I can find the Wix much better, and no one has experienced the problem and found a better solution, it sounds like time to look for a new mount (or try scavenging a good one from the wrecking lots?).

FYI on history of Oliver models.   Edchainsaw has got it right.  See Spencer's Antique Tractor Bible p. 28 (photo is my S55), and the detailed Oliver Farm Tractors by T. Herbert Morrell (Oliver's Charles City plant design engineer 1944ff. and chief engineer as of 1951) and Jeff Hackett: Spencer mentions a 55, but his photo p. 9 looks more like an S55; Morrell and Hackett note the Fleetline 66, 77, 88 and the development of the Super 55 pp. 85ff. to compete with the 8N (and the Jubilee) by adding draft control and independent pto, with a helical gear set and the four-cyl. Super 66 engine.

Farmer: the Super series replaced the Fleetlines with Super 66, Super 77, Super 88 (1954-58 as John Boehm rightly observes.  Not quite the false advertising you sniffed out (but there's no shortage in the air...).

Alan