[AT] Video for a cold winter day

Ralph Goff alfg at sasktel.net
Tue Mar 8 17:37:02 PST 2011


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> Have to share my latest achievement-
> My 1956 Oliver Super 55 Diesel tractor officially received a new lease on
> life yesterday. I brought it home not running and took a chance when buying
> it last Fall to see if I could give it a new life. It took me several months
>
> to get 55 years of grunge off of it and locate shop/parts manuals and the
> missing fuel injection lines and a filter the previous owner had elected to
> tear out for reasons unknown. I'd started the diesel engine last month but
> ran into a few fuel system issues ( leaks in the fuel tank and a damaged
> primary fuel pump diaphragm ) so didn't have a chance to get it out of the
> garage. Had a friend who is a diesel mechanic give the engine a clean bill
> of health Sunday. The oil in the trans/differential was beyond nasty when I
> checked it Sun afternoon...so after draining the water contaminated
> milkshake like substance that was at one time oil, I tossed in 4 gallons of
> diesel to rinse out the innards and decided yesterday was the day.
>
> Went for a short ride up and down the street and it was able go forward,
> backwards and run through each of it's 6 forward gears.... It even has some
> brakes!
> The front end shakes like an earth quake, the liquid in the rear tires makes
>
> it sway and it dribbles oil from the front and back of the transmission, but
>
> that's all fixable... in time.
>
> It was a great day !
>
>
Sounds like it was worth the trouble Mike. Got any pictures? I have a 
pic here somewhere that I took a few years back of a nicely restored 
Oliver. Think it was  Super 55 or maybe a 550? One of the green and 
white models.

Ralph in Sask.



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