I was reading my latest Oliver Heritage magazine and on page 8 was a picture of the same brake assembly we have on our S77 diesel. Sherry provided the manufacturer's name(J.E. Engels) and a advertising brochure below the picture. She really does a good job providing identification on old stuff.
We had previously looked our brake assembly over and found no marking of any kind on it. It is a very clever add-on and works very well. We bought the tractor in Central PA many years ago and up to now had never seen another Oliver with this brake locking aid. We are thinking about going to a local shop to have it duplicated for our 880 and 770.
Does any one else have the Engels brake assembly on their Oliver?
It is ideal for our hilly terrain in Western PA. We had brake latches on an 88 that could not be trusted to hold when the tractor was running. I learned the hard way to shut the tractor off in gear when dismounting on our hills. The latches clicked off and I just caught up to the old girl before she picked up serious speed. I was younger then. Today, she would have gone over the hill (LOL).
We had previously looked our brake assembly over and found no marking of any kind on it. It is a very clever add-on and works very well. We bought the tractor in Central PA many years ago and up to now had never seen another Oliver with this brake locking aid. We are thinking about going to a local shop to have it duplicated for our 880 and 770.
Does any one else have the Engels brake assembly on their Oliver?
It is ideal for our hilly terrain in Western PA. We had brake latches on an 88 that could not be trusted to hold when the tractor was running. I learned the hard way to shut the tractor off in gear when dismounting on our hills. The latches clicked off and I just caught up to the old girl before she picked up serious speed. I was younger then. Today, she would have gone over the hill (LOL).
