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Yes, the rod bolts are a weak point on the 310 (both turbo and n/a versions). They were known to break without warning not just after having bearing failure.
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I believe there was an update to the connecting rod bolts on these engines. The trick is finding out how the previous owners really treated it. Personally, I'd still prefer a good old D361 in an 806, but if that 1955 has been taken care of it would be a good rig too. I'd take a Waukesha Oliver over a Perkins Oliver any day.but that's just me. Keep em wound up a bit so the crank isn't hammering and they'll last a long time. That's not what any of the Waukesha 6-bangers like. The only one that needed a major on 20+ years was the loader rig, and it lugged around carrying bales in the cow lots. Mainly seen the 15, 16, 17 size machines as haying and loader tractors but the die-hard Oliver guys ran the bigger models for tillage too.īetween my grandpa and my uncle the ran 3 1855s and 1955s from new up into the late '90s. The extra ponies come from turning the pump up.īut the biggest reason they would chuck rods is because folks would lug em.if you hammer the bearings out, pretty soon you spin the bearing, and a rod ventilates the block.
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The 19 is a bit over a hundred HP, the 18 is 95HP. 666 is right about the 1955 having a little turbo'd 310 (same engine as the 1855 except with the pump calibrated different).
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