Posted by Hayrack on February 02, 2014 at 07:07:26 from (64.33.240.237):
In Reply to: Purchasing a tractor posted by 1legonutt on February 02, 2014 at 03:58:57:
Helped a friend of mine buy an 88 oliver last fall. Had to do the deal quick over the phone to get it before someone else did. Said it ran "great" and had no issues. Told him specifically, it needed to be ready for a 30 plus mile drive home. Got there and started it up, No oil pressure. Got to checking and it was out of oil, a gallon of oil later we discovered a huge leak on the valve cover... it ran on about 4 cylinders, charging system didn't work, and neither did the power steering. it was 2 gallons low on antifreeze and the bucket cylinder for the loader was shot... I almost walked away there... but my buddy really needed something to move snow and we were running out of time looking. almost made it home on popping along on 4 cylinders before the fan belt gave up about 3 miles from home. Got it home and pulled the plugs and put a new set in... still had a miss... pulled the valve cover and found out that it had both valve springs on no. 3 cylinder broke... the power steering pulley fell off the pump, and had to custom make one... charging system worked after we got a new belt on and got it tight. exhaust manifold was shot... ended up also needed a new starter drive... and still has a power drain on the battery that I haven't found yet... suspecting the one wire alternator.... Seems to be a decent runner now that the problems are fixed, and does what he needs... but I know we jput another 500 into it already... And I ma sure the guy was just playing dumb with us... Kinda ticks me off when people aren't up front about crap like that.
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