Steven we ran a Detroit 8-71 or 92, I'm not quite sure, out of water and it siezed on I-15 north of Idaho Falls. We hooked a pickup to it and towed it To the truck stop in Roberts. This was our service truck. We thought about off loading the tools and tires and junk the next morning and calling a salvage yard to come get the truck. The next morning while we were off loading tools one of the guys pumped up the air tank (air starter), hit the starter and it roared to life. It made the 1200 miles back to Iowa but every 200 miles it needed more water. By the time we got home the oil looked like a chocolate milk shake but it made it. After it was shut down at home and it never ran again. For some reason it seemed to have more power than before. Instead of slowing the rest of the trucks down in the mountains it was leaving everyone else behind. Go figure!
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Today's Featured Article - Upgrading an Oliver Super 55 Electrical System - by Dennis Hawkins. My old Oliver Super 55 has been just sitting and rusting for several years now. I really hate to see a good tractor being treated that way, but not being able to start it without a 30 minute point filing ritual every time contributed to its demise. If it would just start when I turn the key, then I would use it more often. In addition to a bad case of old age, most of the tractor's original electrical system was simply too unreliable to keep. The main focus of this page is to show how I upgr
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