This old gal has been sitting for just at three years and its time to wake her up. The gas is old but it was treated with Sta-Bil, and I usually shut off the gas and let the float bowl run dry when they are expected to sit for an extended time. This one has her peculiarities needing a full throttle setting and full choke during a cold start. The first thing after checking oil and fuel level that needs to be done in the process of 'waking up' is usually a thorough cleaning of the battery terminals. Corrosion is a major detriment when you need all the juice you can get on a cold start. You don't necessarily need coolant, but a fellow should be ready to fill or top one off within a few minutes of starting though.
Somewhere around 5:40 maybe you saw me jerk and flip my hand away from the starter....remember the red wasps that nailed me on the last video on the Massey Harris 30? Well, I think the one that stung me during that video must have found a new hiding place on the backside of the starter on this one. Just then it flew out and landed on my left hand but I was quick enough to flip it away before it exacted its vengeance for me killing all its buddies last week !! Dang it though, he got away to try and get me on the next one as well.
All four tires were low and while the weak battery was getting a refill of DC voltage from the charger, the air hose was drug around the corner and the tires were then topped off. Luckily none were flat. The front two look a bit like my head though...balding with wisps of rubber falling off with each use !! Not that chunks of rubber fall off my noggin....but hair does, and quite frequently too. The Missus thinks my tractor is sexy....must be because of the balding tires huh. But, I digress once again...now back to the start up.
Later I got to thinking about the shifting pattern and to be honest, I may have to go check and see because I may have interchanged two of the gears as they were rattled off. If so my apologies are extended to the Oliver buffs out there that will pick up on that instantly. I always found that the dual neutral somewhat of an aggravation and this one is more-so aggravating because of the tightness of the gear train. Sitting still it is nearly impossible to go from low neutral to high neutral. Know how the Ford 800 has a vertical neutral where the shifting lever moves up and down in neutral instead of left and right? This gear pattern has two left and right neutrals and one fore and aft neutral connecting them. So the neutral pattern is in the shape of a capital "I" with the cross bars across the top and bottom. Confused ? You may have to buy an old Oliver to see for yourself then....LOL.
Btw, you know the '56 Ford F-250 you didn't see in the other lean to ?? Well you didn't see the '66 Mustang coupe behind that old truck either. Its a one owner 65,000 mile 289 v-8 three speed floor shift all original coupe....but once again digression is a dishonor to the topic of the video but they DO share one thing....green. Hahahaha we will get it out one of these days for a freshening up. But for now we are doing tractors and trucks.....
As always, don't do as I say or as I do. Just do your own thing but if there is something you see that is beneficial to your project at hand, by all means take and run with it !! We are all here to have fun and share the bits and pieces of our day to day experiences. This and all my videos are for entertainment purposes only and they are done because its fun to do them. That's all. So Enter At Your Own Risk, Caution Wet Floor, No Running Poolside, PPE Required, You Are Entering a Hard Hat Area and remember to smile at a stranger....it'll make the day better for both of you.
I think "Cheers" is Canadian for "I'm Outta Here".....LOL Enjoy.
28 сен 2024