Redneck Engineering
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Topic: Redneck Engineering
Posted By: DSeries4
Subject: Redneck Engineering
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2020 at 8:32pm
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Reading Brian's post about the farmer fixes on the D12 made me remember about an Allis featured show I took a bunch of tractors to in 2017. I just kept seeing one after the other and decided to take pictures. Never did anything with them until now. Enjoy!      ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 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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Posted By: 1terrygladys
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2020 at 10:33pm
Those are great!!!  Thank you------------- WD-45, WD, 35 Unstyled WC, 36 Unstyled WC, SC Disk, JD 4430D, JD 4010D, JD B, Iowa pastor & disciple of Jesus Christ |
Posted By: Phil48ACWC
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 5:44am
| There are HACKERS everywhere! |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 5:52am
I didnt see anythin 'wrong'... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 5:59am
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tractor pullers are the worst at hacking up the air intakes ------------- Charlie '48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 7:10am
Ingenuity strikes again!! LOL! Those are pretty funny. To me, I think its a toss-up between the side post Battery and the Starter rod. I think the Starter rod takes it though. Thanks for sharing Myron!...  Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 8:26am
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For me practical solutions are the best.I modified my 185 so I can change the fan belt in 5 minutes instead of it being a half a day job,I can live without that little piece of sheet metal.(LOL)
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 8:35am
| For us Old Mekaniks that would be Fabricobbling extraordinaire!! |
Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 10:37am
| I think the black abs is so much nicer than the steel threaded pipe!!! 😳 |
Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 12:41pm
I'm with Steve - the starter rod is #1.  ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: Boss Man
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 6:14pm
| I've seen a lot of H and M hoods cut to fit that big 10SI Delco under there. |
Posted By: festus51
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2020 at 8:52pm
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Today I saw a redneck fix on a mailbox. Did not get a chance to take a pic. But this house had the mailbox secured to the post with plastic ty raps. ------------- We the unwilling Led by the unqualified Doing the impossible for the Ungrateful |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 7:16am
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I Red Greened my mailbox with duct tape after several removals via snowplow. Works good and if you use Gorilla brand it could last a few years between tape jobs...... depending the snow plow driver. Next time I'm gonna use fluorescent duct tape. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 7:17am
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Oh and I like the starter rod too! ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: TimCNY
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 7:36am
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To make it an easier target, Lonn? ------------- I need more than 200 characters for my "signature." I'd love to see that changed to 250! |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 8:49am
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Wouldn't want them to squint ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 9:36am
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I wish I had taken a picture of my neighbor's mailbox. It was a microwave oven! He had a flag attached to the side, and mounted on a post. Looked awesome! The made him take it down. Not "approved" ya' know. Must've been too good of an enclosure!
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Posted By: allisrutledge
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 10:13am
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Thanks Myron, I knew there had to be more rednecks than the two or three here in Tennessee. The world is a better place. I too like the broom starter rod. ------------- Allis Chalmers still exist in my mind and barns |
Posted By: jollymon68
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2020 at 7:15pm
Well that just confirmed my suspicions! Rednecks are everywhere! Thanks for sharing, made my day... |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2020 at 5:12pm
That battery box looks really bad. Why not just turn it around and leave off the cover like so many do anyway? An awful lot of work.... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
allisrutledge wrote:Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2020 at 10:47pm
| Worst I've seen was a old car hood used as a canopy. The guy said an old Mercedes hood works best cause of their strength and size. It was on a brand new tractor. |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2020 at 5:59am
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Necessity is the mother of invention !! ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2020 at 9:02am
Yeah,,ten Four on the necessity for these mods,,,  My fav is the battery box as he was havin the same issues of having to boost the battery all the time. On my D14,,I have developed a "drain" on battery requirin a boost if it sets more than 2-3 days. Battery checks out good with my load testor. I've even considered some cables from battery to some plugs mounted on a small panel easy to get to ,,,BUT,,,somebody would surely take a pic and post it here,,,,,,,,
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Posted By: johnkc
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:19am
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Well Ted then the starter would crank the engine backwards if he turnt the battery around! ------------- I support the development of hybrid automobiles and alternative fuels as I need DIESEL fuel for my ALLIS CHALMERS! |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2020 at 11:33am
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when I was a kid, we used to wax the snot out of an old car hood, and use them for 'sled riding'. they were heavy to drag back up the hill but my favorite redneck hack for tractors is the classic magneto to battery conversion. drill a hole in the mag, run hot wire to points ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 17 Jan 2020 at 1:27pm
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Folks, I think I may have to look closer at tractors at shows. I am sure we can find many more of these. Heck I may have even cobbled up a few things as I went through life too. Here is a pretty good one on the WD45 I brought home a couple years ago:  also the typical WD series radiator swoosh cut away, to allow the new alternator to fit:  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: Unit3
Date Posted: 18 Jan 2020 at 10:04pm
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"Learn to use what you have got, and you shall not need what you have not." ------------- 2-8070FWA PS/8050PS/7080/7045PS/200/D15-II/2-WD45/WD/3-WC/UC/C |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2020 at 9:11am
Words that some of my ancestors lived by! Not to mention a lot of the previous owners of tractors I've drug home.
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Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2020 at 9:52am
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Years ago farmers looked at tractors more as a tool to get jobs done around the farm and not as much as a status symbol to profile down the road past the neighbors and as an entertainment center with heat,AC,sirus radio etc. |
Posted By: exSW
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2020 at 4:22pm
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"Good as new" favourite phrase of a notorious tractor jockey. ------------- Learning AC...slowly |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2020 at 5:31pm
| Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do,,,, |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 19 Jan 2020 at 5:39pm
Or in the words of another notorious crooked auctioneer, "ride and drive, boys"... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Dale (Stonelick)
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2020 at 2:30pm
 my redneck solution for fixing a cracked seat pan on a CA. The Harley shock absorber is not an original idea. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2020 at 3:03pm
Brought to you by the proprietors of Lucky A$$ Farms!
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2020 at 5:52pm
Y'all oughter patent that! Fix the seat, and hemorrhoid relief, all in one! ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 31 Jan 2020 at 8:12pm
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Every time I buy a used piece of equipment, I always have to "de-farmer" it. I swear, some farmers will spend more time "Jerry-rigging" something than it would take to fix it right.
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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2020 at 3:12pm
| I still like the picture of the wife standing on the right rear side of the tractor and the left front tire gone. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2020 at 4:27pm
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I like that picture to. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: irlbeck A-C'S
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2020 at 10:48pm
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Brought this one home several years ago. See the fuel tank it has a tall filler neck. Won't work very well though.  Won't work because it has a boat motor fuel tank inside that you could take out LOL!!! The trouble people go through to cobble something up??  ------------- B,C,CA,(2)WC's,(4)WD's,(2) WD45'S, 45Diesel, (2)D12'S Series 2, D12 Hiclear,(2)D12 Series 3, HD3, D17NF (3)D17 Series 4 Diesels, M-100 Grader,8550,A few Lawn tractors lots of other AC stuff |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 03 Feb 2020 at 6:00pm
There should be a law that forbids some folks to use tools of any kind. About a year ago I brought an I-40. I knew it had been farmerized as there were springs everywhere on the governor and throttle linkages. I just chalked it up to the typical things of those that can't follow the procedure to properly adjust the governor linkage and thought that it wouldn't be a big deal to straighten that out. I also found that the brake lock had been unhooked, because it it the late style with the ratchet teeth and no matter what you do it won't work as intended. I have a set of peddles from an earlier D10 with the cam lock to fix that. It had been used for loading mulch and had mulch everywhere. After I got a few layers off I found that the sensing linkage to the 3pt had been disabled. No big deal ther either as I'm going to remove that wimpy bastard to hitch up 3pt for a full Snap-coupler that works with all my equipment. What really takes the cake is what I've encountered while replacing the waterpump that has a bearing loose enough the the fan was ticking against something. First off, at some point in it's life the lower water elbow had rusted out as the entire lower hose assembly had been replace with a car hose and the was no way to drain the anit-freeze into a bucket. Then I see that it is a size larger that the radiator or waterpump nipples because it is pushed all the way up the neck on the waterpump. All I can say is that it wasn't leaking and that at least the worms on the hose clamps were pointing so I could get a screwdriver on them. After getting to the pump itself I find that the last time this was done someone made a stud from all-thread for the bottom bolt. It went in OK I guess, however now the stud needed a lot of help to remove. As the I-40 has a loader and hard nose, I'm not removing the radiator. I got the fan off and out with normal effort, although the waterpump hits the radiator before it clears the stud. The only thing I found to work was vise-grips and that only had room for about 1/8 turn at best. needless to say at 16 threads per inch and the homemade stud in near to 1/2" that took awhile. The method I do is to remove the pulley on the one with the cast fixed pulley, drop in the correct bolt with copper sealing washer and then press the pulley back on. that allows for removal next time without pulling the radiator. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 8:29am
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Why would this be any different then what some come up with to do everything but the correct way to fix something !!!!! and wasting time on something that will not work !!!! ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: jollymon68
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 1:40pm
Here is the patch my grandfather put on the block when it cracked. Flat piece of steel with stainless screws and inner tube as the seal.....
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Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 2:05pm
Reminds me of the Band-Aids stuck on you commercial.  ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 5:56pm
Did I hear a request? [TUBE]HAsQrngfFLw[/TUBE] ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 04 Feb 2020 at 9:24pm
If you look behind the starter on the BIG 670HI, you will find a bolt-on band-aid.
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Posted By: Moneypit
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2020 at 6:53am
| Amazing how people bash farmer repairs they manage to keep them running even if the farm isn’t making any money. Easy to fix things right and put them back in the shed when you’re not depending on them to make a living. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2020 at 8:16am
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Moneypit, I for one understand the need for field fixes and short finances. I enjoy seeing these fixes and the ingenuity involved with most of them being parts on hand. I have done my fair share, like a nail for a cotter pin. I also try to fix back to proper when I can if it is affordable or a safety factor. I hope we see more redneck engineering examples. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: jollymon68
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2020 at 9:07am
| Amen... I find good old American ingenuity very interesting. Amazing what people can come up with. Some should have been engineers. Keep posting those band-aids. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 05 Feb 2020 at 11:09pm
I always heard; "Use it up, wear it out. Make it do, or do without!" ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 9:31am
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My Dad, rest his soul, was a great one for utilizing the farmer cotter key (bent nail). Had many of those in implements around the farm. They functioned just as well as a cotter pin and maybe in the long run even better. At least you could straighten them out and re use them! 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: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 9:42am
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Yea, I just love those bent nails! my Dad was a firm believer in them! You never ever stuck your hand down in a piece of equipment without looking first! ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 06 Feb 2020 at 10:20am
I have whole collection of never been used cotter pins, but still have things with a bent nail in them  We have a family saying, 'Slaymakerized' because my Great Uncle Sam fixed a LOT of things on the farm with what he had. There was a broken hinge on a barn door, that had the sole of an old shoe nailed in place of the hinge. I'm sure it had to have been there for 40 years or more. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |