2018 - Volume #42, Issue #6, Page #33
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Oliver Tractor Service Tools
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“We have a suite of tools for servicing Oliver tractors and some for old Chrysler transmissions,” says Rego. “My dad and I like to work on old Olivers. When we encounter a situation where we need a tool and can’t find one that works, I’ll make it and some extras to sell.”
When not working on old tractors or at his full-time job as a senior engineer with a diesel engine manufacturer, Rego operates Rego Engineering and Machine. There he machines and assembles tools and parts kits that he and his father market online and through a mail order catalog.
“I have the machining equipment needed to make tools to a 1/10,000 of an inch tolerance,” says Rego. “Rare specialized tools can sell for several hundred dollars, but we can make them for much less.”
Some of the tools the Regos offer include clutch alignment tools and spanner sockets for some of the unique nuts used on Olivers. Alignment tools sell for $19.98 each, and spanner sockets sell for $34.98.
“The Oliver auxiliary transmission bolts to the back of the engine, and if you have spare input shafts, you can use them for alignment,” says Rego. “If you don’t, the alignment tools let you align the clutch so that when you wrestle that several hundred pound transmission back on, it will slide in correctly. We made these tools after finding ourselves battling to get the clutch, pilot bearing and over/under input shaft lined up.”
Rego says the alternative to his specialized spanner sockets is often to chisel off the existing nut, make the repairs, and replace the nut with a non-original nut.
“There are some bizarre nuts holding parts on Olivers,” says Rego. “When you replace them, you still have to get the torque right. Our spanner nut sockets let you remove the nut and get the right torque when you put it back.”
Rego offers several different spanner nut sockets machined out of steel bar stock. Ones for use with a torque wrench have the standard 1/2-in. square drive.
“We are always looking for specialized tools to add to our collection,” says Rego.
Rego points to a customer who owned an original spanner socket for the nut that holds the pto together on Oliver 55s and 550s. “He knew guys were struggling to take them apart. He suggested we make some and shared drawings of it.
“If people see a need, we have the engineering and manufacturing capability to make them. We’re not tied to Oliver either. I’m working on a suite of tools for Case IH tractors.”
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Maple Springs Farm, 1828 County Road PB, Verona, Wis. 53593 (ph 608 658-2072; rrego@tds.net; www.msfparts.com).
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