Oliver 880 Valve Adjustment and RETURN to WORK 

I have a 1952 oliver 88. Standard . Great tractor .it needs a valve cover gasket I'll check the valves thanks to your video Safe travels

Chris, I have a couple of John Deere B's, so I guess that makes me a John Deere guy. However, I have been entertaining the thought of buying an Oliver as I could use a slightly more modern tractor. So in my search for Oliver information on RU-vid, I had found your channel a week ago and now have been binge watching your videos. I take my hat off to you. You provide very informative and entertaining videos. It is fun to watch a good mechanic who truly knows his subject material. Thank you. Best Regard, Dave Demick

those old Oliver gas engines were some of the smoothest running engines!

It's always twice as much fun to work on something when you have a great big bench right next to it

Too young (15) too old (36) just right (24) thats what my old teacher said in college. He may have been talking about women at the time but I still remember that from 93.

We've always had really good luck with "Bars Leak" for coolant leaks. Didn't plug up our rad's. Of course, we blocked off the rad's to get that engine "hot" so the bars leak would work. Good to see the old gal up and running again all proper like. Cheers :)

It's always amazing to me how old these Olivers are getting and they're still going strong, with a little love. I've always said that my 77 was here on the farm before me and will be here when I'm gone. A testament to Oliver. Your 880 is sounding good!

Be so amazing to see my own Oliver 1650 being fixed by this farmer

That is a true testiment to an Oliver right there, the quality is evident in how with a little tinkering this tractor went right back to work. Thanks for sharing!!!

880 was a great tractor. My dad and his brother farmed together for a number of years. Dad had the Super 88 diesel and my uncle had the 880 diesel. They were wonderfully matched at plowing. In the heavy clay around Newport, MI the Super 88 with three bottoms and the 880 with four would pull at the same ground speed. We could plow all day and never get in each other's way. I found the power boost to be very handy, hit a tough spot, pull the power boost into low range and power through. The Super without that feature required a stop and downshift. The only thing I hated was the front mounted cultivators, I despised them. I much preferred rear mounted. Great to see the progress being made on your 880.

The second tractor I ever drove. Only diesel. Loved the sound of that engine. Needed a shot of ether to start no matter what the temp. Tired. Did the stop leak hold? Nice to see you use them all. Thanks as it brings back memories. You could open a working farm kinda a like a working dude ranch only for us old guys wanting to drive an old tractor. Kinda like the field of dreams for wayward Oliver drivers.

Love the sound of the 6 cylinder Oliver 😁

Great video Chris. Saw sign and paid my respects to Vern Losey on Find-A-Grave. Intersting info on him. Families evolve over time. I was raised in Michigan. I found out the other day by extensive research that my gg grandmother and family were out in Kansas in 1885. She left the old man and went back to Michigan near Lennon. My gg grandfather died 1918 in Kansas and is buried near Ogden. He never remarried. Keep em rolling. Godspeed. Eaglegards...

That old girl does count ‘em off really good!

Nice sure does bring back good old memories thanks Chris for supper fascinating videos, I was at your dealership one time around 1973ish dad had just bought a new 105 white and a 7 bottom plow along with a 24 field cultivator from the dealership in Owosso Michigan I spent best part of that winter assembling everything we were missing a spring on the cultivator can't remember if I met you or not luckily you had the right part I was upset at dad for buying the white I wanted a international but after seeing what that white 105 could do I was hooked line hook lead sinker and bobber that tractor changed our farm for sure God bless ,Ed from Corunna Michigan oh just wanted to say your soy beans looked very clean combine is doing a fine job ok

It sounds like its running really good from just the little bit of love you have given it!

On this episode of Losey's wayward tractors. We get an example of the dont do's lol . 880 sounds healthy sir

Sounds good with a load on it! It’s nice to give them a work out.

We had bent push rods in our '49 88 and the dealer service tech just rolled them on this bench and put the hammer to them till straight. This would have been in the late 50's or early 6o's. It worked real well.

She sounds good now! Sometimes just running is the best for an engine thats been sit for a while

You make it all seem so easy, I guess all those years makes it second nature for you.

My dad had an 880 with 3pt. Used it moving round bales. After the army I moved 700 miles from home and when he retired sold it. But I think it was one of the different cor green

Tractor sounds awesome keep up the good videos

Sure good to see older stuff still being able to pull their weight around the farm bro. Safe travels

Well looky there, got the old 880 Oliver running like a top, congrats on that Chris. Sounds good, no real struggle with the auger on the soybeans. It's always satisfying when you have a successful fix on a tractor. My son and I need to work on his Massey 285, having issues with it not wanting to start easy. Two years ago we put a new head gasket on it and we did reset the valve lash, but maybe the lift pump is going out, he had the fuel pump rebuilt in 2019, so I think that's okay. Anyways, an enjoyable video, liked it, thanks for sharing, have a great Sunday and rest of week.

Sounds like you're about to yell some animals LOL love Ross yeah I've took stuff apart a couple times because I don't do it right LOL

Ran that same auger on an 880 diesel for years. Worked awesome. Too bad I roached the motor in the tractor.

I remember Teds Service. It was just down the road from my grandparents farm at Clinton. In fact their neighbor had an 880 I wonder?

Oh no! The stop leak! Now your motor is blown up you just don’t know it yet! 😂 I have a farmall M with a leaky radiator I just kept flex sealing the hole and it eventually held haha, nothing against stop leak though if it works

I don’t think I have ever seen a spin on hydraulic filter before

Aww shucks! I was waiting for you to adjust the intake valves on that 990 to .012". Tee Hee. Great video, we will not tell anyone that you do use stop leak.

Kind of a coincidental video. This week, I brought home my great-grandfathers super 88

Is it weird that I understood all of your TV references?😅😅

All she wanted was a little love, please use me Chris lol. We had are super 77 diesel on are auger wife calls me says it sounds funny, so she shut it off I get there check it over oil antifreeze all looks good, so I start it up yep sure does sound weird . The top of muffler came apart bouncing allover so I swapped the super 88 diesel on to it , it need run too. They all need run the twenty we have hard to keep up. Don't know how you do it . K D tools I think makes that tool to set the valves . From turkey creek farms be safe n thankful

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Crazy how the sales of gas powered tractors dominated diesel once.

LOL our grain Mill stinks sometimes too smells like crap

Sound good for setting 20 years. I like using corse black pepper than you don't end up with that slug in the coolant system

Hey from the other Becky!

Hi, question. Oliver super 88 have same engine size as 880? Thanks

The old girl sounds pretty good.

Excellent Excellent video!! Love the sound of it. I have a 770 gas my dad bought new in 1962 looks just like that. Do they have the same motor? I still have my 770 it was our big tractor in 1962. Thanks much for sharing this video it was one of your best!!

Thank you for the videos my grandpa farmed with Oliver and White equipment all his life He passed away in 2023 so i bought all of his old tractors on the auction i have A 880 gas that the governor is very jumpy is there a way to adjust that or Is it something that i just need to live with Thank you

Would you happen to know what the sequence is for the bolts for the head on an 880 gas?

Would a seat frame off of a 1650 fit on a 1955? The part that bolts on to the tractor.

Hey Chris on a super 88 oliver for the hydraulic levers I would like to add another lever and outlet is the parts available still and what all do I need? Is the valve already in the hyd housing or is it just blank? Thanks

I always liked the 880 Oliver and my dad always had me run the super 77 on the Baylor and that was the tractor I hate it

6 cylinder firing order: 15 is to young, 36 is too old, 24 is JUST right…..But fail. You didn’t even try ozzing the pushrod straight.

Why did they put that annoying buzzer on them tractors wow