| Author | Message | ||
     Hooter |
I'm looking at buying a '67 770 industrial. $2500 Seems to run okay. 778 Ware front loader, 613 hoe. A few of the hydraulic hases need som attention along with a little seal weepage on a couple of cylinders. I'd like some input, pro and con on this. Thanks HOOT | ||
| Chris Losey (Admin) |
Does it have a torque converter or reverse-o-torq? If so, they can be exspensive to rebuild. Other than that, the Industrial is mostly just a beefed up ag version. Parts are easy to get for the 770. Hoses can be made, I'm sure a bearing/seal supplier can find a seal kit to seal up the cylinders. It's not every day that you see a 770 industrial, so I would consider them on the rare side. If it runs and looks halfway decent, I would give the $2500 for it. | ||
| Hooter |
Well, We bought it for our neigborhood. Hain't got it home yet. Turns out it's a 1963 sold in 8/6/64 (according to the original owners manual with the dealer sale to the first owner). The serial number (131 401 725) that would determine the year was hard to read and the 8 turned out to be a 3 (as the orig. sale also shows). This manual also included the Ware loader and backhoe 'everything' manuals. But what's odd is that it was sold as an Indusrial. Even tho it has blue and white paint on it, underneath this faded paint it's completely yellow (as an industrial is supposed to be). HMMMM? Supposedly Idustrials were only offered from 65-67. This critter does have the reverse-o-torq on it. I'm still new to this Oliver stuff (and intrigued) and from searching for what the numbers mean I still haven't found a definitive answer to the tranny numbers in the serial #. I kinda take that the 726 was a 2 spd reverse/6spd forward (maybe for the 70/770?) Ours has a 725 designation. Anybody got a chart on this? HOOT | ||
| Chris Losey (Admin) |
My book says it's 1963 model also. I don't have any info on what years the indutrial version was offered, but my service manual shows the tranny codes for the 770 industrial among others, and it was revised 12-1-60. Why would they have codes for a tractor that they never built? 725 breaks down as follows: 7 = model 770 25 = regular with reversing gear and torque converter, 11/50 bevels. There is also a (*) which means all gears can be used in forward or reverse. I can't find a 726 designation. There were several combinations that included the 6 forward and 2 reverse. 25 was just an arbitrary number they assigned to that transmission combination. | ||
| Hooter |
Ole dumb me found out that the 8/6/64 is the 150 hour service date. Sales date (after the 1 3/4hour dealer/customer operations course) was actually 3/12/64. The first date, since it was in August, made me wonder if the year cutoffs may actually occur at this time for new models, just as most cars and Harleys do. Neighbor should have a flatbed to haul it home tomorrow. HOOT | ||
| Chris Losey (Admin) |
I don't know if they had a certain time of year that new models came out. If you could, I'd enjoy seeing pictures of it. |
