[AT] Special tractor tools redux! Oliver and maybe others

[D8RMAN at aol.com]

I sometimes buy special Caterpillar wrenches or tools on ebay even when I  
don't have a current job for the tool as I can foresee a need for it in the  
future or a friend may need to use it also. I have seen many tractor brand tools  
(Deere, IH, AC, Case, etc.) on ebay that sometimes go quite high in price  
because of competing bidders wanting the same tool. Cheap tools are ok to modify 
 for a special job but not my Snap-on or Caterpillar tools. Willard Smith
 
 
In a message dated 7/13/2008 10:20:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
gbrians at hollinet.com writes:

A quick  note about special tractor tools from here in Hollister, California. 
A few  years ago I bought an Oliver Super 55 loader that was quite tired 
indeed.  When I realized that the transmission needed rebuilding, I read my 
Oliver  tractor manual (unlike most factory manuals it is amazingly complete) 
and  decided to take on the task. I manufactured the Oliver special tools for 
 
disasembly and assembly. As a result I have had them for a number of  years. 
If anyone on the list has the need to do such a job, I would be  willing to 
loan them out. They may well fit other models of tractor  transmissions as 
well, I do not know.
I just  thought I would make the offer to the list.
Grant Brians
p.s. Here we are totally under the gun trying to  get all of the field work, 
repairs, irrigation, sales etc. as we head  through the midsummer vegetable 
season. Potato harvest has started,  Cucumbers are going well, greens are 
continuing and our fall/winter  plantings are vigorously under way. I just 
acquired more old irrigation  equipment and am having to repair it to get the 
new ranch  irrigated.
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From:  <Claudeprintequip at aol.com>
To:  <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 7:25  AM
Subject: [AT] special tool


>
> ( If you have a  special tool for a critical job, or better yet more  than
> one,  you'll never need to use it.  If you don't, you will  need it  at
> the worst time.)
>
>
> I made a tool  several  years ago to use to reassemble a Hupp overdrive
>  transmission that came out  of my 8N. It worked fine and I was able to  
> reassemble
> the Hupp transmission  quickly using the  tool  whereas I was going nuts 
> for lack
> of a  third  hand with one bionic finger. I've still got the  tool.    Never
> did hear of anyone else with a Hupp overdrive. Much less   someone who 
> wanted to
> take one apart.  The Hupp  transmission  was  kind of neat.  The shifter 
> was  an
> angle iron lever on the right hand side  just a few inches  forward of the
> brakes at about the same height as the  brake  pedals.  You used your foot 
> to move
> it either up or  down.
>
> Claude
> Tontitown,  Arkansas
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