New to the forum. My dad has what the manual says is a 1958 Oliver HG Crawler. Right now he is in the process of getting the radiator repaired and possibly getting the water pump rebuilt. He gave me the following as the serial number: 1GA300, but he said that was handwritten on the manual and he can't see any tags on the crawler. But there is another number written there also which is 43AG1121. It runs and is in fair condition (except for the water leaks). Someone added a front end loader to it and it is painted all yellow. The grill has been cut to accomodate the hydrolic pump for the front end loader. I am trying to find parts for it. I was told that there is a place in Washington state that has a lot of old HG and Cletrac tractors, but I don't know the name or where in Washington. Does anyone know? I am encouraging my dad to retore the crawler, but as an old farmer, he is not into the cosmetics. If it runs it's okay. He lives near Medford, Oregon and I am going to try to be the parts finder for him. Any help would be appreciated.
Welcome aboard.
I am going to display my limited knowledge here--and then someone will come along and correct any mistakes.
In theory at least I believe the last year of production of the OC3 (HG) was 1957.
The Cletrac HG was the basis for the Oliver OC3. Cletrac was purchased in 44 or 45 by Oliver. In 1951 they changed the model designation from HG to OC.
Neither of the numbers you mentioned seem to be HG/OC numbers to me.
I can't be of help on parts from the West Coast however I believe that you are correct about a source and I'm sure someone will help out with that.
Probably the biggest source of parts is Landis Zimmerman, 1450 Diamond Station Road, Ephrata, PA 17522
Tel 717-738-2573
You can also check www.crawlerheaven.com (http://www.crawlerheaven.com)
Thanks, I talked to my dad and he said he went over the whole tractor and could not find any identification tags. Of course he probably did not know exactly where to look. I am in Alaska so I can't just run out and look....All of the information on the crawler is from a owners manual that he got when he bought it about 15 years ago. On another note, the carb was bad and trying to find one was a chore. Oddly enough the same carb was used on his 1962 Allis Chalmers Series III D-12 tractor. He has interchanged them, but he said it is a real pain. I ordered one from Alpha Tractors in Washington. Had to send it back to get repaired, but so far it has been a source that I can use. Now, if it is an OC3 or the same as, maybe that will help in getting any parts. Thanks for the response catskinner...Any other help would be appreciated.
There is a man in Oregon that has parts. Don't have his name right now,
If it is an OC the serial number plate would have been on the right side of the bell housing.
I don't know where you are in Alaska but there is a guy a little north of Wasilla on the Parks Highway that has some Cletracs. I have never stopped in there but he is on the west side of the highway between Wasilla and the Big Lake Turnoff.
I have no idea if he is selling parts or just has a couple of machines sitting there.