Oliver hg engine options

[560Dennis]

our hg needed to repair to main bearing thrust , the pump wear them out.
I think that Hercules engine , I would investigate overhauling .

 

[JOCCO]

Is this the one you were talking about?View attachment 102392

That is nice

 

[JOCCO]

Ya, Ford bought a few undercarriages and built a prototype or two also, but it never went in to production.

No I thought someone home built one on here in recent past. It used an allis wc motor hood etc. I thought you and I were in on the conversation? There were pictures I even thought it was in Michigan.

 

[JOCCO]

How would the engine and transmission be coupled together if I put a 70 engine in it?

I don't think it would be too hard and there would be many options. You could have a second transmission in line. You would have to build a type of jack shaft to connect the two.

 

[JOCCO]

That's the one I was thinking of. You'd have to do some machining. Maybe a stub shaft and a chain coupler?

For both you and AM I sure would like to see more on that pictures and artical. Guess it got by me.

 

[rrlund]

No I thought someone home built one on here in recent past. It used an allis wc motor hood etc. I thought you and I were in on the conversation? There were pictures I even thought it was in Michigan.

Ya, I remember. It wasn't very long ago. I don't remember which forum it was on. Didn't they use the AC frame and transmission on that one?

 

[rrlund]

For both you and AM I sure would like to see more on that pictures and artical. Guess it got by me.

I think I saw it on Northern Michigan Craigs List and might have linked to it here. Don't want to say for sure.

 

[JOCCO]

Ya, I remember. It wasn't very long ago. I don't remember which forum it was on. Didn't they use the AC frame and transmission on that one?

Probably, it seemed like a wc? Or some such. It was very creative much like the oliver version you fellows posted.

 

[A . M. Aitkins]

How hard do you guys think it would be to replicate this?

 

[atex57]

Uhm, did anyone notice the pointy drive sprockets?

Ed.

 

[JOCCO]

How hard do you guys think it would be to replicate this?View attachment 102474

AM from what I see you could put a lot of combinations on that undercarriage and people have done so. My biggest issue is second transmission to slow them down (or uses a 4 speed). I think most of these are built as a street rod as such, not for work.

 

[rrlund]

AM from what I see you could put a lot of combinations on that undercarriage and people have done so. My biggest issue is second transmission to slow them down (or uses a 4 speed). I think most of these are built as a street rod as such, not for work.

Looks like that little beauty has a flat head V8.

 

[JOCCO]

Looks like that little beauty has a flat head V8.

Maybe we should start a street rod business making hot rod Oliver crawlers! Seems to be the latest trend. Let's rebuild and put that 1600 engine in one!

 

[JOCCO]

Uhm, did anyone notice the pointy drive sprockets?

Ed.

I think some of this stuff is more for show. Maybe all hat and no cattle.

 

[rrlund]

Maybe we should start a street rod business making hot rod Oliver crawlers! Seems to be the latest trend. Let's rebuild and put that 1600 engine in one!

I need to just find an undercarriage for an OC9 or something and put all the 1600 parts on it. It'd make it a better loader tractor than that 2 wheel drive.
I wonder if anybody has ever put three or four digit grill and sheet metal on an OC6?

 

[JOCCO]

I need to just find an undercarriage for an OC9 or something and put all the 1600 parts on it. It'd make it a better loader tractor than that 2 wheel drive.
I wonder if anybody has ever put three or four digit grill and sheet metal on an OC6?

I don't think putting 770 etc. stuff on OC6 would be to hard. Don't know enough about the 15-1600. I think you are right about the tractors with frame would be easy to do. Little more involved on the ones without it like Ford or Farmall C. Guess you will have to get one of those 1365 Oliver/long 4wd for loader.

 

[rrlund]

I don't think putting 770 etc. stuff on OC6 would be to hard. Don't know enough about the 15-1600. I think you are right about the tractors with frame would be easy to do. Little more involved on the ones without it like Ford or Farmall C. Guess you will have to get one of those 1365 Oliver/long 4wd for loader.

I already have a 1365 FWA with a loader. I use the 1600 for unloading bales and stacking them in the barn when I'm hauling and for feeding bales in the feedlots in the winter. I use the 1365 to load silage and feed bales to the cows out off the concrete every day. I've got a grapple on the one on the 1600 (on the 1550 right now. I can cut the strings in the barn, grab them with the grapple and don't have to get off after I put them in the feeder to take strings off.

 

[560Dennis]

If they did it ,you can do it Also

 

[A . M. Aitkins]

So I ended up buying the crawler. and over the last few days I finally got around to working on it. And I was surprised by how good of condition the motor is in. There was minimal surface rust on the one cylinder wall and two stuck valves. but I got everything freed up and cleaned now. I just put the head back on today and got it torqued to spec. It's got great compression and very good spark. so tomorrow it will be on to the fuel system.

Would any of you guys know if a starter from an Oliver 88 or some other tractor would work on the ixb-3 engine?

 

[JOCCO]

Very easy engine to work on. Doubt 88 starter will work. Any I ever saw had a worm drive and was hard to get. Do not expect t much power out of it and oc3 and hg needed lower gear.