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550 swinging drawbar pins and tach question

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Joe

03-14-2004 16:41:46




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I have two quesions. I have a 1963 Oliver 550 that came with a swinging drawbar that was not hooked onto the tractor when I bought it. When I tried to attach it to the tractor, I discovered it did not come with the "L" shaped pins to hook on under the tractor to the bracket. I went to the local TSC and picked up two pins the same diameter as the holes on the draw bar. When I put them in, the pins went through the outer hole in the bracket, through the hole in the draw bar, but could not go though the inside hole on the bracket due to a crescent-shaped piece of metal welded at the inside hole. That was same on both sides. Dumb question, but do I need a smaller-diameter pin to get under that welded-on piece of metal? Also, what is the correct diameter for the pins? It does not make sense because the smaller pin would fit sloppy in the other two holes.
Second question, the tachourmeter is not working at all. I want to keep the original face, but need a working tach. Is there anyone I can ship it to who can rebuild it, or is there someone who sells accurate reproductions, or does anyone have instructions on how I can fix it myself?
Thanks

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Bobby

03-15-2004 06:09:36




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 Re: 550 swinging drawbar pins and tach question in reply to Joe , 03-14-2004 16:41:46  
Joe; I had a Cockshutt 550 and we had trouble with the draw bar ratling around so we removed the piece of metel on the inside bracket and welded a nut in its place and then a stud with lots of sholder and just enough thread to screw through the nut. this way you can tighten up the stud and stop the draw bar from ratling,I still have the original pins though because we had a short chain on them and never lost them. Our tractor is long gone so if all else fails and you still want pins get touch and we will hav

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Joe

03-15-2004 08:24:57




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 Re: Re: 550 swinging drawbar pins and tach questio in reply to Bobby, 03-15-2004 06:09:36  
Bobby, Thanks, I would be interested. My email is [email protected]. If you email me, make sure you delete the REMOVE from the email address.
Also, thanks to all who replied. I now have the answers I needed.



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Rich

03-15-2004 03:31:55




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 Re: 550 swinging drawbar pins and tach question in reply to Joe , 03-14-2004 16:41:46  
There was an article on this webpage several months ago on fixing Ford Tachs. They are very similar to the Oliver tach. I tore our tach apart following the article, and found that mechanism where the cable comes into the case was rusted tight. I soaked it for about a month in PB blaster, played with it, and it finally came free.



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J. Mash

03-14-2004 20:05:47




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 Re: 550 swinging drawbar pins and tach question in reply to Joe , 03-14-2004 16:41:46  
Joe,when you find some pins weld a 3/8 nut to the end of each pin so you can tie them back to the middle brace of your drawbar. Tie them tight so they can't rotate. This will keep you from loseing them. I can tell you this from experience.



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H. Deckler

03-14-2004 17:34:05




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 Re: 550 swinging drawbar pins and tach question in reply to Joe , 03-14-2004 16:41:46  
The original pins have a groove near the end and a portion of the end beyond the groove milled away, this allowed the "L" shaped pin to be inserted and then turned about 90 deg. so the cresent portion was locked into the groove. Original style may still be available through AGCO repairs or from some of the sources mentioned on this site. Can't help on the tach question.



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