New Guy debating

Careful cleaning out the housings. Those old brakes most likely contain asbestos. Nice tractors!

New brake bands from Steiner.

If the brake drums are in good shape and you only replace the brake bands, make sure you clean out the housing really good.  This makes getting the new band in a lot easier.

couldn't decide on an Allis or a Farmall so ya bought both...lol.  nice machine.  when I pulled the final drives on my d14 (have to pull them to work on brakes on a d14) I just chained them to the trusses of the garage roof. when putting them back on I used a heavy duty ratched strap on the axle tube close to the end and one on the other side close to the final drive.  that way if I needed to raise or lower it a little to get it to line up I could just give it a couple cranks on the ratchet strap.  

I don't know a whole lot about them, other than yes they are dual fuel. You're supposed to start the engine on gas from the little tank, then switch over to kerosene (main tank) when the engine warms up. Unless it's been overhauled and gas pistons installed, the pistons will be a bit shorter and have a dish in them (kinda like an Allis power crater piston, but not as extreme). On a good day you'll have about 90 lbs compression, which I've heard is good for a kerosene engine. I put taller gas pistons in mine (since I only run gas) and raised the compression to 115 lbs, and I can tell there's a little power increase. 

Ranse wrote: Well, she looks good! I'm curious about the cap on the side of the hood. What's it for? I've never seen it before. Good looking Farmall too, did you buy both tractors? The brakes on my B are almost non-existent as well. That's a future project, one of thousands I need to get to.

Thanks for the reply. Yep got a complete set of cultivators and mounting hardware which look like they have never been used.

It looks like the brakes are just worn out, I tried adjusting them and can get a little pedal on the left side but nothing on the right. So it sounds like the bands are easy to replace, the drums are a lot more work.


I will order some new bands, can you buy these at NAPA or would I need to get from Steiner, etc?

Thanks

Congratulations, you did good! There is a screw and lock nut on the top side of the brakes that you can adjust but very likely the brakes are worn out and will have to be replaced. If the drums are okay you can wash all the crud out of the axle housing and pull the brake bands out from the top once you get the pins removed. The other option is removing the final drives which will need to be done if you need new drums. Did you get any hardware and feet with the cultivator or just the frame?

Thanks all. He's actually asking $1400, but still sounds like a good deal. I will check out the rear wheels for any play.

Looks like it has a PTO adapter for modern output, so it is likely an early B.  I also see a hydraulic pump.  If he only wants 1200 and it runs nice without smoke, it's a great deal in my opinion.  Make sure there is no slip in the rear wheel splines and check the lateral play in the rear wheels as well.  The hubs on these have had MANY years to wear out, especially if they were not kept tight during use.  I can tell you from experience, those are not fun to replace.  Paint looks to be very nice.

All,

So I have found a 'b' I am going to look at this weekend. The owner sent me some pics and would like your thoughts.

Looks like the PTO was painted over, also not seeing hydraulics?

Thoughts?

Thanks

I think you lucked out brewvet. If that seller hadn't backed out on you, you wouldn't have found the B with the cultivators. The cultivators are very important. What the cultivators mean is you will be able to use this tractor for something other than pulling wagons. You can't just run out and buy cultivators for a B anytime. If I had cultivators for mine, that would make the tractor more useful for me, thus making it more valuable to me.

Read the manuals I posted links to Saturday and you will probably know more about the tractor than the seller.

Gerald J.

Here you go.

a B is a great little tractor, but a live pto is great to have when brush hogging or cutting fields.  bummer your deal fell through, we've all been there.  Don't be affraid to look outside your area for a tractor, if you find one and need it hauled put a post on forum.  worked for me when I bought a d14 in new york and i live in central pa.  fella that hauled gave a great price and was a real nice fella to deal with...he also had a set of rims and tires that I needed. dt