Zenith 9897 Carb Rebuild and FIRST DRIVE!!! Oliver 880- Part 7

Here we reassemble the carburetor finally get to take the oliver 880 for a drive!!!
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[@russellhansen7622]

Ross taking it all the way to the end of the driveway is the best to do...and then it dies. Thats one out of my hand book. She sounds really pretty good.

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣 thanks Russell!

[@podexperfectussum]

My dream tractor. What a pain. Can't wait to see more, you're as grumpy and cantankerous as I am, it's like it's me working on it.

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 thanks for watching!

[@billkroczyk3749]

I talked to myself all the time what else can you trust and you always get the answers that you need

[@user-is1cb5me8v]

alway like your video you know what your doing an add a little humor besides

[@scottfleslie]

Glad the struggle bus rides were worth it 😊

[@rosstheoliverman]

It runs pretty sweet!

[@DonWelter]

Good to see it running at last...a little fine tuning and you'll have it earning its keep!!!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Don!

[@bluelitlebit]

admire that you stuck with it good job

[@craigrasnic4178]

That’s awesome there sir, you have it running and driving. I had only been able to get it to run for a couple minutes at a time, usually about 50’ lol. But you’re Ross The Oliver Man so I knew that you would get it going. Now I’m looking forward to seeing the ole girl in the field turning some dirt

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Craig! Hopefully we can get it out in the field and play with it one of these days!!!

[@timothykoller5210]

Thanks for the video, glad you got to drive it hopefully the clutch with come to life with use.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I think it will definitely get better with use. Who knows how long it’s been sitting idle.

[@lisapalomo6461]

Shes a runner. Sounds like a beast.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It runs pretty good! Thanks for watching!!

[@tomharrington1393]

Sounds great Ross. I usually had parts left over after rebuilding a quadra jet carb. Always seemed to run ok. 👨‍🔧🚜👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Tom! This carburetor is very lucky! This was its last chance 🤣🤣🤣

[@darrenhawken9766]

Great vid thanks for sharing your top notch zenith installation 💨💨👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Darren!

[@ronaldwhite9954]

It's funny you put that hee haw clip in. I was thinking of that song after watching one of your other videos.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Most of my projects are gloom and despair 🤣

[@dougsturgill1356]

Hey,it's ok to talk to yourself,sometimes that is the only one that makes sense and usually agree with self another step forward on that job,keep the good times rollin on the videos

[@rosstheoliverman]

I agree with myself, most of the time 🤣

[@WaynesAdventure]

That is awesome. Wish I had one

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!

[@MaclearieFarms]

Love it Ross keep it up love the 880

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!!

[@pagrainfarmer]

Good job. For a while, I thought the Zenith would have to get the Sledge-O-Matic treatment, but once again, you prevailed. 880 sounded pretty good once you got it started up.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I had the candles lit and the hammer ready 🤣🤣🤣

[@pagrainfarmer]

@@rosstheoliverman Always good to be prepared. 🤣🤣🤣

[@davidbarnes706]

Very good

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks David!

[@danw6014]

See it's more better now.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!

[@michaelsheeder148]

Nice Ross 🎉🎊👍🎈 glad to see that you got the Oliver 880 running and driveable. Thanks Michael

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Michael! A great day for sure!

[@user-is1cb5me8v]

great video

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!

[@demontrain4438]

Awesome sounds great except for the carburetor, and the clutch, although that might be due to lack of use. Very good tractor

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’m thinking the clutch is probably getting pretty thin. In one video, I can’t remember if I left that part in, but I noticed how the clutch rod was adjusted all the way out.

[@dlzastera]

Looks like a win Ross

[@rosstheoliverman]

It runs pretty decent!!!

[@kcoers]

Glad you got it running!

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Kevin!

[@AllanHanscom]

I really enjoyed this one Ross, you really been cranking out the video's too. Thanks for doing what you do to make that happen. Looking forward to the field work that must be coming right up too. Thanks again for bringing us along.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Allan! It’s a lot of work for sure, but people are enjoying it so I’ll keep trying to do it.

[@matthewschlichting5962]

It’s the high low making it shift hard. Pull it to the low side and they shift a lot better. At least our 770 does

[@rosstheoliverman]

It does in fact make a difference. The only thing I have found to be the case is you need to already have your foot on the clutch before you pull it to the low side or it will still grind.

[@scottm-rw1og]

Nice

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Scott!

[@jamesguralski5156]

Let her wobble!

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@keithwuchter624]

Great job. Nice to see the old girl running again. Just a little fine tuning and she'll be good to go. Thank you .

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Keith!

[@derekgilbert2884]

Ross really sad all trouble with Zenith carburetor that love much you just take out field shoot it like Col Potter from Mash to jeep when frank run over jeep with tank.😅😅😅. You might have to buy a new Zenith carburetor make right. Great video keep up good work. Show your love for Zenith carburetor ❤😅😅😅. Good luck 🤞 thanks for laugh from hee haw

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 thanks Derek!

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Good to see the 880 more better ! I'm sure with tuning and tweaking you'll get it to function as it should !

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks! I still wanna play with the timing and adjust the carburetor a little bit and I think we’ll have something good

[@emmitt00]

good job

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!!

[@darweb3417]

Studio audience is noisy today, between the Rooster and the Dove great background audio; until the compressor kicked in. Your expression of your thoughts as you proceed is good; helps understanding what is going on. Another "more" great video. :)

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!! Sometimes the nature noise really adds to the ambience 🤣

[@iowaoliverguy]

I can't remember ever working on a Zenith, the only tractor I had with one was an 880. I still have the 880, it's all torn apart, and I have 2 Zenith carbs for it, the original that is pretty rusty, and an aluminum replacement that my cousin gave me that he got for a Super 88 from Maibach if I remember correctly. I'm sure that isn't the correct carb for that 880, it's waaaay to complicated to be a tractor carb!

[@rosstheoliverman]

I like keeping things original, so I kind of want to find the correct zenith that this is supposed to have but after all the fighting with this one I’m just about ready to find a Schebler to throw on it.

[@gleanerk]

Zenith not so bad just complicated. Had same problem with mine on my cub and combine. Hey it runs and we went for ride 👍🏻✌️👋🇺🇸🤗🤙🏻

[@gleanerk]

I seem to remember a kit extra for load screw assembly one time while working on the cub .

[@rosstheoliverman]

I was wondering if there were some kind of thing you could order to replace that plug and put it in an actual needle to adjust. But I’m to the point that I’ll just replace the whole carburetor if it doesn’t work.

[@donaldwallace7934]

The 880 sounds great! 👍🏻👍🏻😊

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Donald!!!

[@davidbarnes706]

Finally I got here lol

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣

[@kcphillips1000]

Amazed that you did not lose any of the bits considering the conditions you were working in ! But she sounds nice now she is running.....Back in the 50s my dad purchased an Oliver 60 ,it was an ex-lease-lend that came over to the UK during the war . It came with all the rowcrop gear fitted underneath .Dad put me on cultivating with it , I was 7 years old , nowadays he would be put in jail for that but I loved it !

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yeah, kids today don’t know the joy of working in the field on the tractor. Today they call it child abuse but it was a lot of fun.

[@Ham68229]

New clutch in the future to possibly make it more betterer. Great video as always, cheers :)

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks! I’m gonna play with it a little bit first and then I’ll decide if the clutch needs replacing. It probably just needs used because it’s probably sat for a long time.

[@burrridgefarms]

Entertaining as always Ross 👍 The flying carburetor was hilarious I've been there many times 😂😂 at least it landed in grass, I would a dropped it in the gravel and the string of 🤬 would a been a lot longer 🤣 😄

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 I was so worried that after all my hard work something would get broken 😂😂😂

[@BillTheTractorMan]

The more I see you 880 the more I want an 880... I would prefer a diesel, but I may just be willing to cave in for a gas. I just really am leary because I have heard complaints about the correct carb for the 880's. an 880 would just look so nice next to my 770. I need the pair. haha

[@rosstheoliverman]

That was kind of what made me really like this tractor in particular, is it was a perfect mate to my 770. It has the same options. The later style power steering is a bonus. I always thought that I would prefer to collect diesels as well but when you get so many tractors the gas ones are easier to keep running 🤣

[@BillTheTractorMan]

@Ross the Oliver Man I finally made it out to the shed where my 770 is. I got excited and put the battery on the charger. We got another 4 inches of snow, and the ground is soggy again. It will be another week before I can get in there again at this rate! Oof.

[@2cylinderguy]

Very cool and exciting!! She sounds strong. But I’m not sure if I like that carburetor either. I’m really enjoying these longer videos. Keep up the great work 👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thank you! I’m glad people are enjoying the videos!

[@bjduhon1528]

Fine job man 😊

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!!!

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

That airplane you seen looked like a C-130. Military transport.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It could be. All I know is it had two wings and a tail.

[@paulcrawford8425]

If I remember right, Zenith carburetors run cold blooded and sometimes even have frost on them. That may be why it looks like it's leaking.

[@rosstheoliverman]

That may be true. Some carburetors ice worse than others

[@bigun447]

Hey, at least the motor sounds good. You are now a Zenith magician. At least it did not do as the Space X Starship and do a rapid disassembly like they did today. Did the power booster work? I have always wondered if a single barrel throttle body injection could be put on one of the Olivers. I understand that Holley makes a Sniper unit that will work on a single-barrel TBI conversion. If one were to be installed in a 1850 there should be a noticeable improvement. A Pertronix ignition or even use a GM 4-pin ignition especially one that varies the dwell rate and advance would give an even much betterer ignition as one can increase the spark plug gap and get more spark to ignite the fuel charge. Oh well, I am just dreaming out loud. BTW, Juliet is running with the GM 4-pin module and a sensing coil made by using a #22 enamel-coated wire wound on a sewing machine bobbin. She who must be obeyed was upset when I did that on her sewing machine. It has a .050 plug gap and a module that does the variables. Of course, that is not the first time she has been upset with my doing something. As Buzz Lightyear said "Infinity and beyond" would be the number of times she has been upset in our approaching 60 years of wedded bliss.

[@rosstheoliverman]

The more stories you tell, the more I wish you had a KZbin channel. I think you know some pretty interesting stuff!!! The PerTronics ignitions and I have a love-hate relationship as you’ve seen in other videos. And I don’t know if I’m qualified to be a zenith wizard yet but maybe one day 🤣🤣🤣

[@rickhaver5876]

Ya, ain’t you glad it didn’t have a 4 barrel! LoL I find talking to myself is the only way to get an intelligent answer!

[@Ham68229]

Until you get in an argument with yourself and lose said argument LOL

[@rosstheoliverman]

You can be right about that on both counts 🤣 I think if zenith made a four barrel that would be a good way to die on the highway 😂😂😂

[@paulprillwitz9901]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Paul!

[@apollorobb]

Marvels are way better carbs and way easier to work on . I have a great distain for Zenith carbs as well .

[@rosstheoliverman]

Old Mr. Zenith isn’t my favorite person anymore 🤣🤣🤣

[@frankdeegan8974]

It is plain to see the idle cirrcuit is your problem. An air leak or a passage is partly pluged. A wire brissle from a wire brush works wonders on small passages.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Maybe it's the Stanley muffler, but it cackles like the timing needs a little tweaking.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I thought the same when I first fired it up. I think the timing is slightly off. I figured once that disaster carb was more better then I would start screwing up the ignition system.

[@landontesar3070]

is that one of those aftermarket zeniths that's supposed to make the thing run sooo much better?

[@rosstheoliverman]

Somebody put it on there, it’s not the correct model zenith that is supposed to have. I have a feeling this was one of the replacement models that they offered.

[@williammatzek4660]

The area between are planets and the stars is called zenith. This means the zenith could go to zenith.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I was ready to send that carburetor somewhere but it wasn’t to Zenith. It was down the other direction 🤣

[@JohnBryant-qc5zg]

I can’t take another Zenith!!!!:)

[@rosstheoliverman]

😭😭😭

[@stevenzimmerman4901]

There is nothing wrong with talking to yourself or at least that is what I tell myself! Lol!

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jackmanatee3162]

You read the instructions? Who are you and what did you do with Ross?

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffhoman767]

Nice. Now, are those engines an oliver engine, or was it made by someone else ?

[@jasonandholliehuffman8291]

Waukesha engine

[@jeffhoman767]

@@jasonandholliehuffman8291 The gas engines are waukesha? I thought that was only diesel engines.

[@rosstheoliverman]

The engines were made by Waukesha, but Oliver did all the castings and ship them to Waukesha and then they did the final assembly.

[@MaclearieFarms]

Would you ever sell the 880

[@rosstheoliverman]

I don’t usually sell things unless I have duplicates

[@MaclearieFarms]

@@rosstheoliverman cool

[@brianhayes7618]

Don't you love carb rebuilding? Not!!!!

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@michaelhuffer9966]

Sounds like you don't know ahellve lot

[@rosstheoliverman]

I don’t know fuck about shit.