A-C 7045 Tractor

Well, that's my one and only AC. Is there anything specific you'd like to know?

Mine is a power director transmission, which is bullet proof they say and a strong puller. Can be tricky to shift (no synchros at all) I've never driven a power shift.

I've had to replace the stuff old tractors sometimes need: alternator, radiator, water pump.....

Look at tire condition, blow by, hydraulic function, belts, battery cables, drawbar and lift arms.....

Edited by Tbone95 - 09 Mar 2017 at 11:01am

When I was shopping for mine, it seems some wise soul told me that was the smallest tractor that had 4 planetaries in the final. Makes for a robust combination. Maybe someone on here can confirm or debunk that.

Edited by Tbone95 - 09 Mar 2017 at 1:39pm

I have a 7045 with Power Director and get along great with it. If i looking at one I would want it to have the coolant filter (small spin on filter left side of engine) and make sure it has been changed this century. One of AC's best tractors in my opinion

I like both the PD and PS, personally. All depends on what you're doing. The PD is bullet proof and has 20 speeds, but the PS is also very rugged and handy because you don't have to clutch, but you only have 12 speeds. 
Not sure which I'd choose if I had the choice on an Allis. Probably PS. I've been around the new green tractors that have PS, and I hate them, but all the older units of the 80's (Green and orange) are great. I was convinced I would never like the PS tractors because of my experience with the newer Power-Jerk Deere's, but I drove a Deere 4050 once, and I was hooked. Still don't like the new ones though, although the new transmissions in the Fendt and Challenger tractors are like driving a car, as far as smoothness of acceleration. I drove a Fendt once, and it made a believer out of me. 

Edited by CrestonM - 09 Mar 2017 at 2:58pm

If A-C had a hall of fame of tractors, the 7045 would be there. We,ve had ours since the early eighties. Still use it. Would not sell it. Sometimes wish we had a second one. Toss the seat and replace with an air ride...

Never personally ran one but know a guy who's all Deere except for the 7045 with a powershift he bought sometime in the mid to late 90's. Says it the best tractor he's ever owned.

I'm just the opposite of Victoryallis...You couldn't give me a jerky powershift...Had one and had nothing but problems with it..PD never has gave us one oz of trouble...We had a 7045 PD and I liked it...I do not like the T handle ahifter...Linkage wears out and it can become a real pain to get in gear...If I remember correctly it was not inner cooled and that's the only issue I had with it

CrestonM wrote: Personally, when it comes to PDs, I prefer the floor shifter of a red belly. The T-shifter seems nice, but like you say, the linkages wear over 40 years, and they don't shift well. The floor shifter never gives trouble, that I know of.

Well....the first Allis we looked at when shopping for my 7045 was a 7060 red belly (I think it was a 7060....) anyway, both shift levers were welded back together down by the floor. I don't know the history of the tractor obviously, too weak of levers? Crappy tractor operator? Trouble shifting/forcing it?

 To bad you are so far East. I have a good 7045 for sale that has only 3650 hrs.