D17 series 4 air filter cover
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Topic: D17 series 4 air filter cover
Posted By: Putnamd17
Subject: D17 series 4 air filter cover
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 3:00pm
| I went to change the air filter in my d17 and after I removed the screw/bolt the piece covering the air filter fell apart. It seems like a cloth type material not really sure what it is. Anyone know of a place to get a replacement for this. |
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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 3:39pm
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Not available anywhere, but not really a problem. Any air that comes in still passes through the filter, so the engine is still getting clean air. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: Putnamd17
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 5:04pm
| Would it be possible to make a metal cut out for it and use that instead? |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 5:22pm
| The idea was the material they made it out of sort of sealed the end of the filter/canister area to force air to enter thru the stack. Cooler and possibly cleaner air that way. You can make it out of what you want but a little flexible would be better function wise. A thin piece of rubber belting would work, and see if it can handle the underhood heat. |
Posted By: Putnamd17
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 5:30pm
| Ok thank you. |
Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 04 Sep 2025 at 5:58pm
| I bought a replacement from Agco about two years ago. It didn't really look like the original and was made out of a thin rubber material and basically just sealed the end. Ryan |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2025 at 7:28am
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Love Allis Chalmers but they really dropped the ball on the air filter designs on bothe the Series 4 D17 and the Series 2 D15 . It's like the engineer was almost done and his boss came along and said hurry up we need this design fast . Couldn't make a sheet metal piece with a wing nut to hold it in place ? ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: Gatz in NE
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2025 at 4:14pm
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It's been many years since restoring my D17 Diesel and ran into the same problem. Here's what I did to keep the design as close to original as possible. Made a steel ring that fits over the rubber boot and sticks up a bit so that the cross-bar holds it tight. The cross-bar has a tightening screw that bears down on the end of the filter. I no longer have the tractor, and don't recall the exact dimensions.   |