1365 Oliver

[Central VA. Oliver]

I have no knowledge on the smaller Oliver 4 digits. I saw a 1365 for sale in my area and it looked to be in decent shape and is good size for what I want to do. Were these desirable tractors and how is the Fiat engine to get parts and serviced? Also is it easy to get parts for the rest of the tractor? Thanks in advance.

 

[rrlund]

Go to ricksagparts.com and you can see what's available for them. As far as popular opinion goes,they were a decent tractor. The early 1250 and the 1450 were Fiat/Olivers to stay away from,but the 55 and 65 series seem to be OK.

 

[Mike (WA)]

The biggest farmer around here has a very simple philosophy of when to swap off a tractor- the first time it has a major repair bill, its down the road. Lots of newer green around there, but the three oldest tractors are a 14xx and 1365 Oliver, and a Same. 'Nuff said.

 

[no-bama]

we have 6000 hours on ours with the original engine. does not use oil either. The biggest thing with these engines is to just leave your power takeoff running all the time if it is not connected to anything. That for some reason reduces wear on the rear main bearing according to a few oliver/white mechanics

 

[oliverfarmer]

They are some of the better tractors for longevity. Excellent on square balers. One of the weak spots is they can be known to jump out of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th gear. Have to be split to be fixed and not very costly, but just make sure to check for that. We have quite a few around here with 9 to 10k hours and motors never touched.

 

[Stu]

My 1365 has 5400 hrs with original engine. My uncles 1365 has 8500 hrs but has been O/H. Probably the best all around tractor for most jobs. Handles 3-14 in clay well (with weights and good tires). The main thing to check is crankshaft end play. The PTO has a lever to disengage the PTO clutch and a shifter lever. The problem is that people would turn the PTO off by just raising the clutch lever. This would place a constant load forward on the crankshaft wearing the thrust bearing. This would eventually lead to crank/block conflict. This is when things got expensive. For mowing with an 8' Vicon or using a wheel rake this is the PERFECT tractor. Hope this helps, Stu.

 

[Anonymous-0]

no-bama, I believe what you are refering to is the crankshaft thrust bearings. Leaving the pto on or off is not what causes the wear. What causes the wear is leaving the pto clutch lever up. I don't push the clutch in when I start the tractor either, nothing like dry thrust bearings at start-up.

Oh, by the way, we have over 20 tractors, and the 1365 is still one of my favorites. I have pulled 4-16" plows with it in New York. For what we got for our money, I wish my dad bought 6 of them.

 

[no-bama]

Thanks for correcting me, I had forgot about that. Yeah we really like ours to. kinda like to trade it for a low hour fiat white (same thing) with front wheel assist.