oliver superior grain drill
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Topic: oliver superior grain drill
Posted By: farmer0_1
Subject: oliver superior grain drill
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2011 at 10:10pm
 drug my dads old steel wheeled grain drill out today , gotta love steel wheel , nobody burrows it and they are never flat. anyway i see the double disc openers are sticking and probably need some freeing up. now dad showed me ten years ago how to take the nut off the disc by putting a wrench on it and giving it a good whack then unscrewing it. i cant remember then does the disc come off to clean out the old grease? going to tackle it thursday just looking for someone that has a better memory than me. ( i am sure dad is sitting on his cloud with my uncles laughing that i didn't pay attention better)
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Posted By: 1946WP
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2011 at 10:39pm
speaking of oliver grain drills . this one is going on our club consignment auction may 28th at blackberry mn. send me a message if you want to more.   this oliver 60 will also be on the auction. and also a nice oliver oc 46 crawler.
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Posted By: farmer0_1
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2011 at 10:41pm
| thanks. i have a second one i guess i will start parting out. |
Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 7:32pm
| I love your post!!! We have a Oliver Superior that I have very fond memories of. One problem is the mice ate up the seed chart under the box lid. Can anyone help me out with a copy of it??? Ryan |
Posted By: farmer0_1
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 9:03pm
| no problem mine did the same thing but my brother has the one i am parting out . let me look thru my photos i have a tin plate with all the stuff on it and i transfered it to an exel spread sheet. give me a day to find it. doug |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2011 at 9:48pm
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Believe we had an oliver drill back in the day.There was a board on the back behind that I stood on while Dad drove.Watch for plugs and get dirty as hell!!! ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: BrettPhillips
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 7:53am
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I have a #26, which was the wooden box model with fertilizer, and I was able to get quite a few parts from AGCO for it (seed funnels, etc). I had the "catchy" disc problem too, and found that it was caused by rusty steel sealing washers getting caught on the felt seals. A trip to the dealer got me all new washers (couple bucks each), and I was able to overhaul my openers pretty easily. The drill is extremely accurate, and does a good job. I was even able to get the fertilizer section working on mine, and it does a good job too, although I wish I had another set of fertilizer feed wheels for it. To answer your question about opener disassembly, yes the nut with the lock tab in the center of the opener is what holds everything together.
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Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 10:12am
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Posted By: farmer0_1
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 10:42am
| sunny day again here so off to do outside stuff. i will probably pull the disc off on the next rainy day which is often. thanks for the advise on the disc i will see what i have once i pull them off. as far as getting a new to me drill i wouldn't know what to do with rubber tires. and we have written on the lid of the seed box a bunch of the settings that this old girl is happy with. thanks for the heads up on the drill next time i am up spokane way i will let you know. saw some allcrop parts up there on craigs not to long ago. |
Posted By: BrettPhillips
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 11:40am
| Wow, Eldon! That's quite a price for an older 8 ft drill. I think I paid $45 for mine at an auction, then spent another $300 getting it in shape. I doubt I could get my money out of it by selling it, but it is worth it to have a good reliable drill that none of the neighbors would be caught dead borrowing. |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 10:04pm
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Yeah it is way too rich for my blood....my little AC 6' Allcrop is going to have to do. ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 08 Apr 2011 at 10:12pm
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Well, you guys would probably chase me off for buying a steel wheel, galvanized box Allis drill in Iowa, instead of just using the old IHC one we have in the shed here in PA.....
I'm not even going to talk about how much I spent............ ------------- Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance. Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. |
Posted By: farmer0_1
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2011 at 12:12am
| well while i was outside getting my first mild sunburn (opps) a buddy of mine came out looking for something to do so we took the disc off the drill. first we removed the cap in the center of the disc then inserted a square chunk of keystock in and tuned it loose. 32 disc later and they are on the floor. i went to my local agco dealer and one of the dealerships they absorbed years ago still have the parts book for my model38 drill. my seals look like paper. if they can get them i will just install new and regrease them all. shoot me an email if you need the setting for seeding |