Allis CA

 A little more of that too! I did leave the dash box in the lower position. I couldn't get the 5/16 nut on the back of the box. The Battery box bracket was in the way.

Remember this is only a Clean, Refurb, and Paint project. I have had the gas tank assembly on and off several times. I forgot I needed to run the wires in the tool box area.

Headlights and tail light wiring is what's left to complete. 

Regards,

 Chris

The continuing saga of the CA. I pulled it around to the other side of the shop. It started to run rough, like running out of gas. It was struggling for sure!

 Got it back in the shop. Retorqued the head and checked the valve lash again. Took the carb off and cleaned it again, put more gas in it. Removed sediment bowl and cleaned out the light stuff in the glass. Still did not run good at all. Pulled each plug wire while it was running and the very rough running did not change at all. Checked the valves again.

Had run out of things and was afraid I had put something together wrong and it was coming apart! 

So I called a good friend since day one of first grade a Allis guy and a good mechanic too.

He said the problem might be the condenser. I had just put a new one in. We talked about getting the rods in wrong on these engines. I drained the oil and was ready to pull the pan to check rod location/ direction/ offset. I could not remember checking that. I looked back through my pictures and remembered that I just marked the top of the pistons with a arrow and a number. I had never taken the piston and rods apart. 

So our son Eric was over for his moms birthday today and he was walking around the tractor listening to the story of the CA running rough all of a sudden today. And also what Ted had said. Eric said do you have another condenser? Yep, I put it in dumped the oil back in. And Fired it up. It ran fine! I could not believe it. I have never had a condenser fail like that. Learned something today! Eric took it for a ride down the road. He found his birthday numbers in a casting number on the side of the tranny!:)

Maybe the decals will jump on the CA tomorrow? I want to get some sulfur additive for the cam break in. we still need to get some time on the engine in next two weeks. Pull coming up at our local fair in mid September.

Next is to clean up and paint the weights needed to get to 2500 lbs. Maybe even the 3000 lb class.

Regards,

 Chris and Cheryl

 Continued shake down of the CA.

I did take the alternator off again and took the leaky hose connection off the water pump outlet. Put some silicone goop on the surfaces. Reassembled and it still had a small leak. I put the sealant in and after running several times and coming up to near 170F. Most all of the dripping from that minor problem are gone. On to the next.

I found that the oil leak at the rear was from seepage at the PTO shaft. I removed the PTO cover/ guard. Cleaned the shaft where there was a slight grove at the seal location. The seal was very dirty but intack. I cleaned the seal up. Then removed some of the shims that space out the cover. The idea was to move the seal to a slightly new position on the shaft.

Well removing the shims tightened up the rotation of the shaft. But it also stopped the leak!

So I think I will zip tie the PTO lever in the off position. I dont think we will need it for pulling. But the CA would be a great tractor on our buzz rig someday if needed.

When I pulled the carb and reset the float, I thought that might help if I left the fuel on? Well I did and that did not stop it from flooding out the carb! 

I did weight the engine weights and with the hard ware each would be 90 lb.

Took the CA down the road in 4th gear and it runs good. Some minor steering moves to keep it headed straight. I think the incorrect steering arm makes it turn very quick, checked this at low speed only!:)

Hope things are good in orange land!

Regards,

 Chris and Cheryl

Yes that sounds about right on the quick steering. The reason I wanted this front end retained was for the side engine weight attachment. We got that and then quick stiff steering as a side benefit. It will probably be just fine for what we are doing with this old CA.

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