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Oliver 88 First Cold Start In 3 yrs 11 mos

I looked up the date on an I-phone video I took the last time this old 88 was running. It was January 7, 2017. So its time to fire up the old gal to help with another job...not on the mill...an entirely different type of rig. I've not used this tractor for a single thing other than powering an A-14 Belsaw sawmill fitted with a 50'' diameter blade. Its much too cumbersome to use for daily duties because of the massive wide front end. Well its actually (as I figure it) a rear steering gear off of a combine retro-fitted as a wide front end. Could be that I am totally wrong about that...but that is what I think it is. I do have to chase down the silly electrical issue that causes it to either lose spark and not fire up and at other times, it fails to shut off when the key is turned off. Gremlins, I suspect. But no matter, as time allows, it will be put to rest. This 88 lives with a couple little brothers...(2) 70's, (2) 77's and an orchard 66. Well one of the 70's and one of the 77's are mostly parts tractors, but they are fodder for rebuilds as well. One of the 70's hasn't ran since my oldest was 5 or 6 and now that 'kid' is 40. But it's kept inside with ventilation, so all should be good. The 66 is from the orchards in Kissimmee Florida. One of the 70's was traded for four pieces of duct back in the early 80's just half mile from here and the other 70 was traded for an air conditioner repair a few years later. Yeah, I'm a sucker for a bargain and that's the common theme amongst a lot of the old iron that sits here. Not all though, I've spent good money on quite a few but let me give you some insight on that.... I chewed tobacco from the time I was goofing off on the governments payroll in the early 70's. Chewing tobacco was literally a few cents a pack when bought by the box in the commissary. Fast forward to the early years of marriage. We lived frugally, and I kept only $20.00 a week for my own 'mad money'. Things were tight as the kids came along and yes, my tobacco came out of my little stack of 'waste' money. I told the Missus I would quit the nasty habit when tobacco could no longer be found for less than a dollar a pack. That happened on August 1st, 1989. I took the last unopened new pack of Taylor's Pride Tobacco and nailed it to the floor joist in my shop right above the wood stove and wrote the date on the board. At that point I saved the mad money every week and started using that to fund my growing 'tractor habit'. Back then these old tractors were literally a dime a dozen and could be found like rusty Easter Eggs sitting barely detectable in the weeds or in a fence row up and down the backroads. Many times just a few questions to the owner netted another 'find' and so the story begins.... Don't worry, the story still continues, the subject matter is just a little harder to find and the cost has elevated just a bit....but they still come along and another random chapter is added. I know many others are writing their own story as well !! Yeah, this really didn't pertain to the 88's cold start, but my fingers kept poking the keyboard and this is where they took us. Btw...the old gal sounds pretty smooooooth doesn't she.......