d17d will be coming home
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Topic: d17d will be coming home
Posted By: HudCo
Subject: d17d will be coming home
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2019 at 9:55am
got a chance to get my grandpas tractor back but it is in extremly bad shape it is sn. 4526 cylinder is missing and injectors because they were removed and taken to a machine shop that whent out of bissness and scraped everything in side its doors. they also could not manage to keep the allis rims on it or at least ag tires . this tractor never had a dent or scratch when we had it . is it going to be possible to even find the parts for this engine. next question what about a perkins ad 4 swap ?
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Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2019 at 10:12am
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HudCo, First call I would make would be to Don(MO) for the parts issues. I am sure the parts are out there. Cost I have not a clue. Can it be brought back? Yes but will depend on you commitment and depth of pockets too! Second thing would be ,and maybe this should be the first thing, is to go get the tractor! NOW!!! Family tractors just don't come up everyday! Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: DCAC
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2019 at 8:02pm
| I agree on getting it home, don't let it get away! |
Posted By: bradley6874
Date Posted: 04 Dec 2019 at 9:26pm
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Cost is almost irrelevant for family tractors go get it and don’t change it put it back like it was and drive it around thinking about grandpa Those memories are priceless. IS IT HOME YET ------------- You can wash the dirt off the body but you can’t wash the farmer out of the heart and soul |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2019 at 9:37am
| no it has been sitting in that shed in that condition for about five years. they have had it since about 1992 and that is the only time since they were new that it got parked in side, i will have three of the four tractors that we had my uncle has the forth one a wd45 but its in a good home . if grandpa was alive he would have wrung necks for letting that happen. i will get it done as soon as possible but right know it is in a good spot because it would have to sit at our place tarped out side. when we had this it was worked very hard there was vever one horsepower spared but it was the most taken cared of tractor in the yard it allways got the tlc first |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2019 at 10:16am
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Hud, Your grandpa would be happy that your going to give his tractor some much needed attention. A famliy tractor was what got me started on the old Allis tractor thing. The rest is history!:) Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: Lon(MN)
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2019 at 7:12am
| I have a complete 262 engine I would sell. It is the early engine from a 1959 D17. It has the water pump in the head. |
Posted By: HudCo
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2019 at 9:47am
| i am sure that i will have to have a complete engine as i am guessing there is no liner protusion and that was why it started leaking water also guessing that it never got the oil changedfrom the time it left grandpas place till now |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2019 at 11:19am
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Hud, From what I understand about these and I know very little is you will either have something not re-workable or a lot of parts that someone may need? I would not count this block out yet. Example I saved a WD45 block in the corner of the garage for 5 years and dug it out and found it was a serviceable core for my engine overhaul last year. Good luck. Get it apart and have a shop look at it. Regards, Chris ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |