Gleaner E
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Topic: Gleaner E
Posted By: Morganics
Subject: Gleaner E
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 1:47pm
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Hello All Im new at this so purhapse it's all been covered before. I just picked up a Gleaner E serial# E6534. First from the serial can anyone tell me about what year this unit is? Second, I have more time and skills then I do money to get this unit back up and running. The rattle chain had the original wooden slats but several of them rotted out. Can these chains be rebuilt or do I need to replace the thing? A quick look on line looks like a new one will cost more than I paid for the whole machine.
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Posted By: old farmer
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 2:41pm
| Use to that you could buy slats and rivets and the cap that covers the slat |
Posted By: Dave (Mid-MI)
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 4:44pm
| Serial number makes it a 1963. |
Posted By: wayneIA
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 9:39pm
| we used to make the slats for our E out of oak boards, just use an old slat as a pattern and go from there is what we did. |
Posted By: Morganics
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 10:10pm
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What about the cap and rivet that hold them on? can that be replaced with nut and bolt and forget about the cap or do you have a source for those parts? Thanks for the feed back
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Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 10:15pm
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Any AGCO dealer "should" still be able to get those kind of Gleaner wear parts. Go to the site http://www.agcopartsbooks.com/PartsBooksN/login.aspx?region=NorthAmerica" rel="nofollow - http://www.agcopartsbooks.com/PartsBooksN/login.aspx?region=NorthAmerica Click on Guest User to log in. Select "Gleaner" under brand and search all the parts books. Once you find the part numbers, search for a local AGCO dealer. Sandy Lake Implement in PA is a sponsor of this site and and can get you parts too. Mike ------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: Morganics
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 10:23pm
| Who still sells these parts? I cant seem to find much for this old unit online. |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 11:12pm
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Wooden slats on the raddle chain??? Whew!! The All-Crops of the 1930s through the 1960s had metal slats. What was the reason for wood on an E??? That just doesn't sound right. Like going from a Cadillac to a Moped. Lol
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Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 11:38pm
Link to Gleaner dealers.... http:////www.agcocorp.com/content/agcocorp/en_US/dealer-locator.html?country=United%20States&brand=Gleaner" rel="nofollow - http:////www.agcocorp.com/content/agcocorp/en_US/dealer-locator.html?country=United%20States&brand=Gleaner Also did you plug "Sandy Lake Implement" in Google? They are a Gleaner dealer per their web site in PA. Lastly, you can find used parts at tractor/combine salvage yards. Mike ------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Morganics wrote:Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2016 at 11:41pm
Creston, My EIII has them, not sure if early K had them as well. I have a few missing and it doesn't hurt anything. Corn is harder on them, esp if you get a cobs stuck under them I hear. I got some NOS spares from a forum member a few years ago but need to get the rivits and plates. I also have a brand new Z-bar raddle chain I got super cheap off eBay to put in my EIII but would have to swap out all the sprockets from implement chain type to roller chain type. Sprockets from AGCO are like 3-4x what I paid for the raddle. Hope find some good used ones in a salvage yard one day and put it in. Mike ------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: combinechris
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 1:58pm
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mine has wooden slats too creston ------------- 35 combines and 15 forage harvesters. mostly allis combines and equipment.WTB 2 row cornhead for a 90 |
Posted By: old farmer
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 2:11pm
| A2,C2,A,C models had also, early K,F,G may had wood also, |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 2:25pm
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Whatever you do with the E, don't lose the engine if it still runs. they are close to the same as a D17 engine. You can also put them in a WD/45 tractor with a few part swaps. Or you can ask on hear what the going price is!
------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 2:49pm
I just find that odd that they went from metal to wood. Seems kinda backwards.
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Posted By: Skyhighballoon(MO)
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 2:58pm
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Remember the All-crop was an original Allis-Chalmers design and the Gleaner division was purchased - different design teams. Mike
------------- 1981 Gleaner F2 Corn Plus w 13' flex 1968 Gleaner EIII w 10' & 330 1969 180 gas 1965 D17 S-IV gas 1963 D17 S-III gas 1956 WD45 gas NF PS 1956 All-Crop 66 Big Bin 303 wire baler, 716H, 712H mowers |
Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 10:13pm
| Gleaner had wood slats from the start. They worked good if they were kept adjusted. They kept getting wider until wood was not stout enough for the width. MACK |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 10:30pm
| Yeah, wood would get kinda weak when it got to the bigger combines! I'm surprised it worked on the Gs! |
Posted By: shameless (ne)
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2016 at 10:36pm
| my "K" and "G"s all have steel slats. and I had one come loose on the "K" once, I put it back together with a bolt and lock nut. |
Posted By: GM Guy
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2016 at 10:16pm
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@Morganics, There is not a whole lot of aftermarket support for that model, but the good news is that Agco does a darn good job keeping parts for these old gals. They dont have it all, but they have a surprising amount. Go to www.agcopartsbooks.com, click on "Guest User" and Type in "E" and select Gleaner for the brand, scour the parts book, write down the numbers you need, and either take it to an agco dealer, or e-mail it to a dealer. (such as site sponsor Sandy Lake Imp. ) Keep in mind Agco includes Massey Ferguson and Challenger, so you might try taking your list there. Here out west, we dont have much issue ordering parts, but from what I read on forums, some dealers back east clam up pretty bad if you go into say a MF dealer and say "I need to buy some parts for my Gleaner" They will say "we dont have that contract, so we cant help you" So its best to just hand them the list with the part numbers and ask for a price quote. Find the youngest and dumbest parts guy, because the smarter ones can identify what equipment you are working on just by the layout of the number. I have no idea why its that way, but I know that dealer territory is a hard fought war back where everything is so tightly packed out east of the mississippi, so they might get in trouble if they step on another dealers toes. If you need used parts, there are plenty of salvage yards that still have E's, Mike's Equipment, buhler KS might have a few, and they ship UPS daily. There is also a big one talked about in Missouri, and I think another is a Bryant Combine Parts? We even have a few Es parted out at the idaho location if other venues dont pan out, as we wont be out to Idaho for a little while longer, still wrapping up things out here. As far as your raddle, we are dealers for Manchester, they started their business offering an all metal raddle to replace the wood raddle in Gleaners. now they also make feeder chains. I have not checked on price, but I imagine it will be cheaper than Agco. Any questions, feel free to ask. The Gleaners are excellent combines that I am sure you will love once you get the maintenance up to par, and understand it a little better, they also do great in specialty crops. Good luck! ------------- Gleaner: the properly engineered and built combine. If you need parts for your Gleaner, we are parting out A's through L2's, so we may be able to help. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2016 at 10:36am
| I replaced raddles in my A2 and F2 with Manchester hillside(not needed but hey!) versions.Work fine and fair bit less than AGCO |