Oliver 60 - Straightening Radiator Grilles and Nameplate

The grilles and radiator shroud are in OK condition but I really do need to try and straighten things out as much as possible.

1945 Oliver 60 Row Crop Tractor - New Acquisition

Yet another tractor followed me home, or that's the story us tractor hoarders always want everyone to think. I do acknowledge I'm the problem. That's the first step, or so they say. And to be fair, this tractor is just a stepping stone to bigger and better things.

This new tractor is a 60 Row Crop, meaning it has adjustable wheel width spacing for planting and cultivating crops planted in rows. The back story of this purchase is this. I needed some parts for my 1942 Oliver 60 Standard, things like grille halves, the all-important Oliver grille nameplate, oil bath air cleaner, correct carburetor, and a couple other little tidbits. I had contacted someone on Facebook in an Oliver tractor forum and he said he should have all the parts. I asked for photos and prices on what he had. Well, he just kept stringing me along for over a month, giving one excuse after another (including losing my messages - how does someone lose messages that are stored on Facebook Messenger?). The worst part was, during this time he kept putting up postings on the forum of other tractor parts for sale, so he certainly had time to do things he wanted to do. In the end however, it was all for the best, as this 1945 Oliver tractor popped up on Facebook Marketplace for $550, I'm guessing a number not too far off from what the Facebook guy probably would have wanted for the few parts I'd asked for.

Costco Jupiter Discovery X5 E-bike Battery Replacement

We bought two of these e-bikes from Costco in April of 2021 to take with us when we went camping in our truck camper. The bikes are 36 volts with a 350 watt motor, so no speed demons, but they would fold in half and fit in the back seat area of our F350 crew cab without too much trouble. One little hiccup, when the pandemic hit in 2020, everyone and their brother went out and bought an RV, so by 2022 all the campgrounds got overcrowded and difficult to get reservations. We ended up selling our camper in May of 2023 but kept the bikes.

1942 Oliver 60 Standard - Seat Repair

The wood seat bottom on the tractor has seen better days, and the first photo says it all. The vinyl looks great but the plywood base is rotting away to nothingness. Whenever the tractor is running, detrious flows out from under the seat. And by the way, the steel seat frame and square steel plate aren't original to the tractor.

Ryobi RY38BP Leaf Blower Engine Kickback Issue

A friend has a two-cycle Ryobi RY38BP leaf blower that has stopped working. Initially I thought the whole problem was that the pull cord was messed up, as it was partially hanging out of the motor housing. After pulling on the cord several times at their house, it decided to not retract at all and the engine no longer spun. Easy fix, or so I thought. This photo is off the net.