Looking for more info on an Oliver 1755

We are trying to find out some more information about our newest acquisition, an Oliver 1755.

Here's the info from the data plate:

Serial: 226-855-676
Model: 675-21025

It should be a 1971 model. I'd be curious to know what engine it should have? It currently has a Oliver/Waukesha 283 gas, but it also has a "Cold Starting Procedure" decal on it, which I've never seen on a gas engine before. We're trying to figure out if the decal is wrong or if the engine is. (It has been repainted, but the decals were taped over and left, rather than being removed and replaced after painting.

Either way, it's a nice machine. Rather well taken care of, with a heavy-duty ARPS loader on it. It is having a slight issue with the hydraulics at the moment, but I think we're on the right track with that.

Also, would anyone happen to have a good, readable picture of the instrument panel on one of these? It's hard to tell what the lights are supposed to indicate, and the light switch has been replaced. We'd like to know what the right one looks like...

This is our first 55 series, so we're having to learn everything all over again. (Our other tractors are either 77s or 50 series.)

Here's a few pics of the 1755 (Our '51 77, which has been with us since it was new, is also visible.)

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Jerry post a pic of your 1755, we like to have something to look at. A month or so ago someone put up a few Olivers with a pretty girl and it was quite popular.
 
Haha - well, sorry to disappoint, but I don't have any of those with me. Perhaps I can get some later. In the meantime, hopefully these will suffice:

Here's most of them. None of them are lookers, but everyone's ready to go to work (and most do pretty regularly). In this photo, there are three '65 1850s, one '65 1650, and one '53 77.

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My father (on the left) and I with our souped-up work-horse. A '65 1850 with a Perkins 6.354T (From a MF Combine). Talk about a beautiful (but loud) sound... This one is my favorite of the bunch.

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The family's 2nd 77, a '53 model, pulling an old farm trailer filled with wheat for next years seed. This 77 is the 3rd tractor our family ever owned, (the first was a 70 and second was another 77.) The second tractor we had, another 77 (not shown) has been with us since it was brand new, and it's still doing chores around my father's place.

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A few years ago, my father and his brothers decided to try to take back the family farm (we had been leasing the property out to another farmer), as they all enjoy it and are nearing "retirement" age. When they did that, they knew the single 77 (middle) they'd been using to work the garden with wasn't going to cut it. My uncle found the 1650 (right), and my father found the 1850 (left) shortly thereafter. While these models aren't that far apart age-wise, that 77 was the only horse on the farm for over 40 years. (The other 77 left the farm to go with my father in the mid 70s.) I think it enjoys it's lighter duties and extra time to rest now.

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My father had a chance to get the 1850 turbo (shown above) a few years after that. It spent some time with him, but it was a bit out of place doing small chores around the house. We moved it to the farm where it's been working hard ever since. I think that just gave them bug even worse, though...

We rescued another 1850 diesel from the weeds of an old farm a few years later (It"s on the far right in the above pics.), and then another 1850 (a '69 model this time, just to break things up) a while after that. (It's got a pretty rough, but distinguishable Farmers Cab on it too - it's not pictured.)

We've also got two Gleaner L2s that are somewhat recent acquisitions. Nothing's new, but it's new to us! And everything works, which makes them even greater values.

Somewhere along the way, we added a loader to the 1850 propane...

The 1755 will eventually end up at the farm when my father officially "retires" and moves down there. Until then, it's staying at his place. With the loader, it's a great utility/chore tractor.

Here's some more gratuitous pics:

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I may be able to get some more pics later.

Any info on the 1755 anyone can share?!?
 
   The numbers you posted on your 1755: Model 675-21025.  675 is the model a 1755 built in 1971, 2 means it was built with an adjustable front axle, 1 indicates it had a gas engine and the remaining numbers indicate all the options.  The last three digits in the serial number is the powertrain, 676 is the regular speed transmission with an O/U drive.
 
(quoted from post at 06:40:41 08/04/15)    The numbers you posted on your 1755: Model 675-21025.  675 is the model a 1755 built in 1971, 2 means it was built with an adjustable front axle, 1 indicates it had a gas engine and the remaining numbers indicate all the options.  The last three digits in the serial number is the powertrain, 676 is the regular speed transmission with an O/U drive.

Great! Thank you so much! So it seems the "Cold Starting Decal" is incorrect... Perhaps it was repainted more than once??? Oh well.

For future reference, would you mind sharing how/where you found those codes? Figuring out the year and model is easy enough, but engine, transmission, and axle codes are Greek to me...
 

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