WD 45 next? YES!!!

I will try to get some tractor pictures at the show too. 

Regards,

 Chris

When cold start up it shows about 20 psi on this gage, after its hot it was as low as 7 psi.

So I have drug a lot of my stuff to the local tractor show. I played visited and ate most of the day.

One of my small contribution to the grounds was to fab some brackets and with help installed these two 10 x 20 canopies over portions of the grandstand,

Getting tractor and plows ready.

Loaded

This was the other "45" I finished last night for the great grandsons.

So I was given permission to plow in a area of the grounds where they have earth moving equipment. It was very! very rocky and had large stones. This gets tore up a little each year with construction equipment.

I plowed for about 40 minutes. came out on to the headland and stopped to visit with a guy. The tractor just shut off. Before I did anything I went and got 5 gallons of gas for it.

Yep that was the issue! Thought I had enough when I started.

I stopped and took a few pictures for the forum!

I had one time when the right lift arm snap coupler came unhooked and had a guy help me get it hooked back up. The tractor worked well! I plowed only in low gear, but varied the depth and the RPM's. Plowed for a hour and a half. Tractor temp never got above 180F.

I had a issue when the plows were up (lever up)  that the tractor acted like the brakes were grabbing and it was difficult to shift too. I remembered a post and comment from Dr. Allis about the hydraulics could affect the drivability. So I tried it with the plows raised but the handle for the lift to be in the middle upper portion of the quadrant. This seemed to reduce the problems to almost nothing! Thanks Doc for the hint. I have to check what mode I have the pump in.

I had this plowing event announced and several folks came up on the hill and watched. One guy in a John Deere hat came up and said he thought it was just going to be a show about plowing, not actual plowing. He didn't think that little Allis tractor could pull 3 - 14's. He was surprised and impressed!

I had another guy ask me on the way up to do the demo,  if I had ever plowed with that tractor. He said unless I had massive weights on the front it would be a joke! He came up when I was about half done and I pointed him out to the other guys and he had to eat his words, as I had minimal wheel slippage and no front end pick up. 

I believe the engine is now broke in! One small leak on top of the hydraulic pump. A good day but hot!

Lots of positive comments about the tractor.

I was very pleased how the new Crop Max tires preformed. I did not get the tractor weighed yet. My guess is about 3650??? So They have a 3750 class that I may be able to pull in.

Slipped the plows off in about 30 seconds and impressed my friend Jim. He had never seen a three point so easy to unhook from. Installed the guide and the short draw bar for pulls tomorrow.

Regards,

Chris

 Here are some other pictures from my friend Jim!

In this video the sound is a Big old CAT crawler moving top soil behind the camera! Thats not the Allis!

Parade behind a Rumley!

Tractor looks more like PO#2 paint in these pics

A friend and his daughter on my D17 running the sawmill. No complaints from the sawyer!

Regards,

 Chris

Frank,

Yes on the oil pressure. I think the book says typically they only had 15 PSI or less. So at this point I am satisfied with the oil pressure. 

I took the WD45 in the tractor games last night. It was fun. Balance platform, grab the big hanging marshmallow with your mouth, put the chain in the box, balance a quart of water on your head and drive through a obstacle course, and water balloon toss.

Here is the short hitch for the tractor pulls if we have them, We got a lot of rain last night!

Regards,

 Chris

 I know this should probably be in the pulling portion of the forum. But since its the first pull for this old WD45 after a little shop time I thought you might like it. My friend Jim took it! I haven't figured out how to!

Grandson Nic on the WD45 for its first pull. He did get third in this 3750 class, and was 90 lbs light.

Some more show pictures tomorrow. Tuckered out from three days in the heat!

Regards,

 Chris

Had some trouble with my pictures? Anyway we have a tractor pull Thursday night in Stoneboro PA. Yea this WD45 was not built as a pulling tractor. It has all the normal field work items except the belt pulley. But I like to go to these events and make some little improvements and see how the little Allis tractors do against the big Farmall's and John Deere's too. 

So I have removed the Allis wheel weights from the WD wide front:

And moving them to the WD45. At 125 lb each that should put me near 4000 lb with me in the seat. 

But this pull the classes start at 2500 and jump in 1000 lb increments so my class would be 4500. Not much sense going if I am 500 lb light. So I call my friend Jim he has some green weights he is not using. Out comes the cutting torch, grinder, and Mig. Some scrap steel laying in the vast warehouse and wallahaaaa! Would look better in orange too!

It should be capable of holding 3 of the 100 lb suitcase weights per side. Would like to have these at or behind the rear axle but not at this time. This pull allows hang on weights

One pull I go to allows only stock weights in correct factor locations. So with my wheel weights I will be good at 4000 lb class. (I will try to weigh the tractor without the green weights to see if I am near the 4K mark)

Thanks for checking in on me! 

Regards,

 Chris

Goodness Chris, youve got one mean tractor pullin machine there! You have the coolest paint job on that thing. I love it. Those wheel weights look sharp! And it sounds fantastic. Is it a stock WD-45 engine, or does it have some upgrade piston parts in it?

Not to hijack your thread for the 20th time now, but this thread convinced me to take the day off work today to try and go finish up on my front wheels. Well guess what... Went to put the new big bearing race in the hubs... And they just dropped in from the top all the way to the bottom. Got out the calipers... They must have spun in the hub for *years*. Not only was the hub wallered out larger, the race was worn down from like 0.300" thickness at the largest part to 0.275". And all the numbers were worn off the face. If I was a smart man, I'd have test fit these parts earlier before dragging myself out to where my tractors are stored. So I am assuming in advance the other hub has the exact same issues.

So at any rate, ordered two brand new 5 bolt hubs. Hoping they show up next week and I can get out there and get the deed done. Also got two of grandpa's old grease guns reloaded. One with Mystik JT-6 green multipurpose. One with Mystic JT-6 red, hi-temp. Curious -- What grease did you use for your front bearings?

EDIT:

Oh yes, I also remembered to fire both tractors up to check out oil pressure settings.

One on the left has the last Deutz Allis oil filter from a three pack grandpa gave me, and the one on the right has a car quest filter (not sure what the real brand is).

Jim,

Thanks! You and Chase had some real good ideas the other day for the brackets. I dont think these could have turned out and better if I would have tried. I flipped them side to side and then added the welded 1/2-13 nut for the all-thread to go through your suitcase weights. Not orange but they should work! Thanks for the use of the weights! Made her squat a bit more with 750 lbs added! I think I may put on my taller front tires from the wide front WD too! Appreciate the suggestions! We will see how it does against the big Deree's and Farmall's tomorrow night.

Regards,

Chris