Any reason not to buy a 49 77?

8NHENRY

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Well I am going to look at a 49 tomarrow. It's all painted up and has good tires on it. You guys know of anything a person should look for on this model. I have heard it run, starts right up. Seems pretty solid but I figured I would ask the people that know. Thanks
 
No reason not to. I use one seven days a week to feed cattle. Make sure it'll shift in to all six gears and both reverses. Let up
on the clutch pedal and be sure there's no grinding noise. They had a pilot bushing instead of a bearing. When that gets bad
they'll grind. Listen close for a knock, they had a tendency to have wrist pin bushings wear out when original.

Otherwise just overall condition. For a few decades after White Motors failed, new parts were few and far between until they became
available aftermarket. Rubber torsion springs on the seat deteriorated and there were some pretty imaginative ways of dealing with
that. Hoods got cut out for straight mufflers above the hood, side curtains got lost, alternators got cobbled on in place of
generators so side curtains wouldn't close if you still knew where they were. Just don't over pay if things are too cobbled up,
that's all I can say.
 
Henry had my 1951 Row Crop 77 out for a drive today. Started good
for 70 years old and 30 degrees out. Pretty simple to work on.
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Nice looking 77! Thanks for the replies. So yes this one has the generator still, all the sheet metal and belt pulley. Also the hood hasn't been chopped up. I will get to drive it tomorrow so I can check that stuff out Randy. Am I going to pay to much.....possibly. Oliver's are bring premium prices in our area right now. I will do what I can. Her she is.
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Looks nice. Cant tell if it has hydraulics and no 3 point. Does still have belt pulley. That's a bonus. 3 points can be expensive and hard to find.
 
That's a good looking tractor. If it's as good mechanically as it looks cosmetically, it's a keeper.
 

I wouldnt pass on it for this but would just mention that the earlier 77s had band brakes instead of disc brakes unless a field conversion kit was installed. Also the steering gear was improved later on (late 50- early 51) to make it easier to turn, although I guess it was less of a problem with the tricycle front end to begin with.
Looks like a really nice 77.
 
Good bad or otherwise I now own that 77. Drove it home about 15 miles. Runs and drives so sweet. Thanks everyone.
 
We have one very similar to yours, don't use everyday, but sure is handy on the lil brushhog
mower to get places.

rrlund, can I visit you on your old diesel tank project, Bailey's 1800 tank sprang a leak.

six 6 o, four niner twooooo, 0two, niner eighty.

thanks GG, wes
west central Mo
 
Does this mean that you are going to change your name to maybe? 49 Ollie? Good looking tractor. Doesn't matter what you paid for it as
long as you and the seller were happy.
 
Hahaha, I actually contemplated a name change. Rrlund that's a nice looking feeder wagon tractor. Funny thing is last year on Craigslist in our area someone had a 77 for sale, don't remember the year. But it had two different tread patterns on the back, one that's like your right rear and one standard tread. That right rear has to be old.
 
I'm not sure I decoded that phone number right unless that was your wife's voice on the answering machine.

There wasn't much to brazing that 500 fuel tank, we just emptied it out, turned it upside down on a couple of blocks and brazed it. It caught fire inside for a minute, but it wasn't a violent fire. It didn't take long to burn out and we kept going until we had all the holes brazed shut.

I arc welded a 300 gallon overhead fuel tank one time. It leaned and cracked where one of the leg brackets welds on. I took the loader and carried it up by the shop door and welded it. I struck an arc, it didn't explode and I kept going. That was probably 35 years ago now and I'm still using it. I sure wouldn't try any of those tricks with gas, but diesel fuel seems to be pretty stable.
 

I've brazed up motorcycle gas tanks when I started out racing them. I'd take the button out of the air blow gun, hook it in the tank, turn the pressure to about 10 - 15 pounds and braze it up. The moving air moves the fumes out.
 

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