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Topic: D 17 Diesel ?

Posted By: FREEDGUY
Subject: D 17 Diesel ?
Date Posted: 22 May 2020 at 6:09pm

I ran across a '17 diesel at a local farmstead that has primarily older Oliver tractors as "museum" pieces. In the corner I spied some orange and investigated. It was a D 17 diesel with a snap-coupler but had a strange tall lever to the left of the seat and no lever on the right side of the torque tube like our D series had(15 and 17) to disconnect the snap coupler Ermm

. Any Idea of the series of this machine ? The owners son says it runs and is curious if there's any value to it. I saw rim mounted wheel weights on it and was N/F. Thanks and have a safe holiday weekend !!

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Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 3:59pm

Shuttle clutch option. It takes the place of the Right side Big Stick.

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Charlie

'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD

Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 6:13pm

Are the '17 diesels "desirable" ?? What prompted my "snooping" was a snap coupler 3 bottom plow sitting in a fence row , never known this particular operation to have ever run AC equipment.

Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 7:12pm

I think the 17 diesels are desirable AND a money pit. When you get done switching or refurbishing an engine block and a cracked cylinder head, you'll then need to go thru the injection pump and injectors. Of course the starter will need to be rebuilt and two fresh batteries for good ( as good as they are) starting. Then, the engine is done and on to the rest of the tractor.

Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 24 May 2020 at 11:51pm

DrAllis wrote:

I think the 17 diesels are desirable AND a money pit. When you get done switching or refurbishing an engine block and a cracked cylinder head, you'll then need to go thru the injection pump and injectors. Of course the starter will need to be rebuilt and two fresh batteries for good ( as good as they are) starting. Then, the engine is done and on to the rest of the tractor.

Yeah, that's pretty much how it goes. I did the engine first. Later on I did the pump and injectors. Then it was the transmission and Power Director. The hydraulic pump is next on the list. Still can't buy a new 55 hp tractor for what I've spent on this one though...

I'll add that a pair of 1000 cca batteries with a 2/0 cable to the starter will crank forever, even at -10.

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