Posted by rrlund on April 07, 2014 at 16:50:21 from (162.250.26.144):
You forget just how much fun it is to drag an old relic home and get it running smooth until you do it again. Been working on that Oliver 500 today. It had a miss and the guy said it had a valve stuck. I took the tappet cover off this morning and one push rod wasn't even moving when I rolled it around. I took the cover off the side of the block and it wasn't even in the valve lifter on the cam. I put that back in,adjusted it and started it. It was still missing,so I pulled the plugs,one was wet. I scrounged up another old one and it smoothed out for a minute. So I went and got a new set,still missed,so I took the tappet cover off again. Evidently when the valve started working,it seated a little better and the rocker was tight. I readjusted it and she ran smooth as silk.
Trouble then was,it was starving for gas but the float was sticking when I'd shut it off. It had a good looking sediment bowl,but somebody had scabbed up a piece of brake line,then a hose,an inline filter,another piece of hose and a barbed fitting on the carb. I took it all apart,took the sediment bowl assembly out of the tank,that was a mess so I cleaned it all up. I made up a whole new gas line out of copper tubing,all new fittings,cleaned the carb and put it all back together.
I took it out for a drive. That's one sweet running,nice driving little tractor. I didn't even want to come in the house tonight,wanted to keep at it,but some body work on the grille looks like it's next,so I figured I'd better just quit while I was ahead .
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