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Born again D15

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    Posted: 18 Jul 2021 at 11:00pm
Close to a year and a half ago, my neighbor had brought us his father inlaw's D15 that he bought brand new in 1964.  The tractor spent every day outside in the summer, but did get put in the barn in the winters.  Fortunately, it spent the last 20 years in the barn untouched when the father inlaw's health was failing.  Our neighbor wanted us to get it running and restore it "so it looked as good as yours" was the quote he told us. 
Long story short, it didn't have any major problems luckily:  replaced water pump, clutch, brakes, manifold, muffler, seat and lots of gaskets and seals.  Rotten fenders had new metal welded in place.  Both front rims needed replacing - yes, the front tires were loaded!  One rear rim needed to have a patch welded in.  Add in 4 new tires, complete wiring harness, new gauges, decals and lots of orange paint and this is how it turned out.  It is being returned to the owner tomorrow.

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'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
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You have done a fantastic job, I am sure the owner will be very impressed!
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I'd give it an 11 on the 1 to 10 scale !!
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Good job !! I can hardly imagine how much time and effort went into that .

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Looks like new.
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You do very good work, Myron !!!

Beautiful D-15 !
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That is purdy!
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Very Nice - a keeper for sure!  Orangeman
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Factory fresh, ready for the next 60 years. Well done!
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Excellent job!  You do very good work.
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Wow. Great job. I donโ€™t think they looked this good coming from the factory! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘
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....NICE !!!...
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Awesome restoration!  Looks as good or better than new!
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Typical Myron job!  "Looks to purdy to get dirty"  Great job as always. Hope the neighbor loves it..
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Very well done, beautiful job. Looks better than factory with all the attention to detail. We did dads D15 series II about 8 years ago, so I know the amount of work you went through,,,and it shows. Again, great job. They are a good tractor for its size.
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Excellent job on the restoration!!!
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That is great work!
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wow that looks really nice
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I also like seeing the belt pulley assembly installed on your D15 !

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Great Job  

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Great work. Makes me want to go out and improve my D15. Thanks for the reminder of how nice mine could look.
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Myron , I am curious if the brake lock is the ratchet style or the solid triangle style? I have a 64 SerII 3pt and it has the ratchet style.
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

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Originally posted by Pat the Plumber CIL Pat the Plumber CIL wrote:

Myron , I am curious if the brake lock is the ratchet style or the solid triangle style? I have a 64 SerII 3pt and it has the ratchet style.


Pat, it has the old style triangle lock like the D14s had.  My 66 has the ratchet style lock.
'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
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Originally posted by DSeries4 DSeries4 wrote:

Originally posted by Pat the Plumber CIL Pat the Plumber CIL wrote:

Myron , I am curious if the brake lock is the ratchet style or the solid triangle style? I have a 64 SerII 3pt and it has the ratchet style.


Pat, it has the old style triangle lock like the D14s had.  My 66 has the ratchet style lock.

Don't trust them cam locks! Hadda d-14 roll down a slight hill, into an unused chicken coop, making a new entrance, that was desperately needed.  Good thing I had just installed a push bumper, on it, earlier that day...Wink
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WOW!!  What a BEAUTIFUL JOB!
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Nice work - looks GREAT!
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Originally posted by DSeries4 DSeries4 wrote:

Originally posted by Pat the Plumber CIL Pat the Plumber CIL wrote:

Myron , I am curious if the brake lock is the ratchet style or the solid triangle style? I have a 64 SerII 3pt and it has the ratchet style.


Pat, it has the old style triangle lock like the D14s had.ย  My 66 has the ratchet style lock.


I was curious when Allis stopped using the triangle cam lock for the brake and went to ratchet style. Seems like most snap coupler tractors had the cam lock , but I have seen both on both styles of tractors. Have talked to people who worked for Allis back in the day and have been told they were inconsistent at best . They would start putting updated parts on units and then they would discover a crate of old parts and then they would go back and start putting the older stuff on until all the parts were used .
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