I recently watched the video on utube " what killed Oliver",very informative. There was no mention of the troubles MM/White had with the 585 engine.( oil pump chewing off the cam gear) This was a MM engine and when White took over production decisions in 1962, they started putting these engines in the Oliver and White tractors. I have a G 1350 with the 585 engine but it has a MM tranny, rear end etc and a MM front axle. This tractor was the same as the Oliver 2155 and was produced only one year.
A former White dealer used to tell the story that these engines were sabotaged by the union workers as some sort of payback to White for basically running MM into the ground. Does anyone know the real story here or is this just someone's perseption.?
This recall to put external oil pumps on the 585 must have cost White a lot of money , similar to the 1855 oil cooling problems, which would have strained their finances even further.
A former White dealer used to tell the story that these engines were sabotaged by the union workers as some sort of payback to White for basically running MM into the ground. Does anyone know the real story here or is this just someone's perseption.?
This recall to put external oil pumps on the 585 must have cost White a lot of money , similar to the 1855 oil cooling problems, which would have strained their finances even further.
