Hello, Yes I bought one.
My old Oliver 307 rake finally died completely in July when a tine bar bearing failed while raking and it fell out bending up two tine pipes. The bearings have proven hard to find...I've spent three days searching online but since AGCO discontinued them I had to move on to a different rake.
When the Oliver died I borrowed the neighbors IH35 to finish up and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it did. Now I have one of my own but I bought it knowing it had a leak in the gear case output side and some other minor issues. I have the choice between filling it with cornhead grease or I can fix it by installing a new seal. Otherwise it runs smooth and quiet. It has dolly wheels too so my old body doesn't have to fight getting it on the tractors drawbar. I only grow horse hay (very little legume) so rolling on the hay doesn't bother me.
Today I pulled the leveler/adjuster rods out and cleaned the threads inside and out and re-lubed them so they turn with minimal effort now. I found one stripper was out of alignment so I'll yank that one back in line tomorrow. I was also surprised that every grease zerk took grease and didn't spit it back out past the ball.
Anyway, my question is; in order to tackle the rebuild of the gear box (if I decide on doing it that way) I'll be in need of a service manual. Those are also scarce it seems. A clearly scanned paper copy will suffice if anyone can do that. I'll gladly pay for the paper and time to copy it. Even a PDF will do and then I can print it out to take outside with me as I need it.
Any help with that would be appreciated!
Any
My old Oliver 307 rake finally died completely in July when a tine bar bearing failed while raking and it fell out bending up two tine pipes. The bearings have proven hard to find...I've spent three days searching online but since AGCO discontinued them I had to move on to a different rake.
When the Oliver died I borrowed the neighbors IH35 to finish up and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it did. Now I have one of my own but I bought it knowing it had a leak in the gear case output side and some other minor issues. I have the choice between filling it with cornhead grease or I can fix it by installing a new seal. Otherwise it runs smooth and quiet. It has dolly wheels too so my old body doesn't have to fight getting it on the tractors drawbar. I only grow horse hay (very little legume) so rolling on the hay doesn't bother me.
Today I pulled the leveler/adjuster rods out and cleaned the threads inside and out and re-lubed them so they turn with minimal effort now. I found one stripper was out of alignment so I'll yank that one back in line tomorrow. I was also surprised that every grease zerk took grease and didn't spit it back out past the ball.
Anyway, my question is; in order to tackle the rebuild of the gear box (if I decide on doing it that way) I'll be in need of a service manual. Those are also scarce it seems. A clearly scanned paper copy will suffice if anyone can do that. I'll gladly pay for the paper and time to copy it. Even a PDF will do and then I can print it out to take outside with me as I need it.
Any help with that would be appreciated!
Any