My new WD lpg

Michael...I don't have a clue as to what the piece is for,but it looks like you found a pretty good WD LPG. Factory power steering,wide front end,straight sheet metal and good tires. Not bad,thanks for sharing!  Rick

   That does look like a WD. Straight shifter, Plate on block. I am not finding any mention of a WD LPG in Swinford's book or Terry Dean's data book, What is this ?

So that's why you were interested in any dual fuel parts I may have sitting around... :-)

Hydraulic lever stop for using the traction booster????

   The AGCO parts book online lists the LPG carb (page 114) and fuel system (page 138) on the W226 engine, I am finding no reference to the parts on the 201 ?

Edited by Rfdeere - 09 Dec 2011 at 2:29pm

   Okay, I see it on page 116. Still listed as 226 engine. Interesting Mike, wasn't meaning to give you a hard time, just wanted to see documentation. No hard feelings meant. Thanks.

No offense taken.

I am making those stops now out of aluminum. Machined not cast, if you are interested let me know. I borrowed a part to copy from Tom in IL. Tracy Martin

I have some Ensign service information that a friend gave me this summer, and there were 5 different sizes of the Kgnl dual fuel carbs that they made, amoung many other styles. One thing they mention in there is the venturi sizing needs to be checked when putting the carb on another engine. In the parts section when ordering you must specify the venturi bore size. I would certainly think that the WD45 carb would have a bigger bore thus making it a different part number, although they are physically the same size. Interesting Carbs made from brass except the float bowl. Some real thought seems to have went into them.

Now that we are on the LP subject. What is this? Was at Hutch or Hastings in 06 and the owner claimed it was a very rare factory LP only that was dropped when the diesels came out because it had more power.  What is the story of the manifolds?

That is a Leroi manifold, so probably a Leroi engine also. And not factory.

The guy also showed me a well worn brochure with A-C logos to show the tractor as factory. Maybe someone was marketing a conversion kit with all these parts and had the A-C logos on the brochure. He obviously started with a new hood because there is no patch over the originial muffler locatiion. That does look like a good manifold.

Edited by Calvin Schmidt - 11 Dec 2011 at 11:46am

I looked in my AC price list and it list two separate part numbers for the dual fuel setup, but it does have an asterisk by the WD and says it is a field conversion. So, with Don's literature, it would strongly suggest that WD's did not come from the factory as an LPG, but you could order the parts as a kit to have it done at your local dealership or I guess do it yourself.  The tractor I posted about has factory power steering as well which never came out on a WD from the factory, and every little bracket and clamp is there, so I suspect the dealer put that on as well, as a farmer I doubt would have been so careful to put all the clamps on in the correct places.

   But, could you order the LP parts when the WD was being built ? Or after the WD45 Dual fuel came out, then they were offered to retrofit WD's ? Where's Sherlock Holmes when you need him ?

Randy, I am just guessing here.  I had always assumed that a WD could be had new as an lpg dual fuel but only with the gas high altitude piston (6.6:1 ratio) offered for the WD, as they did not list the lpg piston until the 45 came out.  My assumption continued that field performance must have been lacking with the WD configuration, thus AC changed the 45 dual fuel to the higher yet lpg pistion (7.25:1ratio).  I gleaned all that from the parts book data on the various pistons, etc.  But like I said in my previous post, with the sales literature I have and the piece Don quoted from, it woudl suggest that the WD lpg setup came out only after the WD45 came out, and that AC made a separate kit with a different carb for the WD.  But then that would conflict wtih Orangeblood's belief that their WD's came with the dual fuel already on them.  So all I can be sure of at this point is that AC did make the conversion for WD's to have the dual fuel configuration, just not sure if they ever came from the factory that way or if it was a dealer conversion.