WD radiators- WOW!
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Topic: WD radiators- WOW!
Posted By: Don(MI)
Subject: WD radiators- WOW!
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2010 at 9:27pm
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Anyone know of a cheaper price than $260 for a new WD radiator?
Holy cow I can't believe the sticker shock! These suckers oughta be able to warm up your eggs and bacon in the morning for that price!
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Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2010 at 9:32pm
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That's nothing. The only newer radiator for an unstyled WC I've seen was $750!!!! ------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Posted By: JimD
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2010 at 9:34pm
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Ours are $230. Not much better, but at least a little savings.JimD ------------- Owner of http://www.OKtractor.com" rel="nofollow - OKtractor.com PM for an instant response on parts. Open M-F 9-6 Central. We have new and used parts. 877-378-6543 |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2010 at 9:37pm
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15 years ago or so a customer at the AC dealer I worked at bought one from AGCO for around $700 for her WD. Back then they were at least USA made but still $700. Am I remembering that right? At the CaseIH dealer I worked at I paid $90 for one made in Ireland about 10 years ago but I got it at 10% above cost and it was a closeout sale from Herschel Walker or A&I or Tisco. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Osage_Orange
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2010 at 10:49pm
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I paid $240 for one a couple years ago from a local radiator shop. ------------- Why is there never time to do it right the first time, but always time to go back and fix it? |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 12:58am
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got one for my WD from Restoration Supply Co. for 233.70 with shipping, about as cheap as i could find ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: Leonard
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 1:12am
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Had to buy a new radiator for dad's WD45 this summer. Cost me $250 at a local radiator shop and had to be ordered in. Not much new stuff is priced reasonably any more. Leonard |
Posted By: Chris/CT
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 6:25am
| Are these new units made of copper/brass or Aluminum?? I have heard the 45D radiator is over $500 and made of Alum. You can still find good used units. If you can find a GOOD original and have Rad. shop go thru it, you may just as well off. |
Posted By: Bill_MN
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 8:16am
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the one I got was a copper/brass unit just like the original, made in india but seems like a good quality piece ------------- 1951 WD #78283, 1918 Case 28x50 Thresher #76738, Case Centennial B 2x16 Plow |
Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 8:22am
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i bought one for 140.00 from jim cambell ------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |
Posted By: KenBWisc
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 9:57am
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I had $800 in a rebuilt WC radiator.
------------- '34 WC #629, '49 G, '49 B, '49 WD, '62 D-19, '38 All Crop 60 and still hunting! |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 10:14am
| I had my WD rad recored last spring by a local rad shop. Core is made locally and is all brass and copper. Cost me about $300. The high costs are due to the huge increase in the price of copper over the last 2 or 3 years. But I can now work the old girl as hard as I want and temp never moves out of the green!! Did a lot of heavy brush hog work this summer with no problem other than the occasional sheared drive bolt! |
Posted By: Larry(OH)
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 11:45am
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I guess if that is what I have to pay, then so be it. I don't like it, but what is a person to do. I would definatly buy from one of the supporters/sponsors of this site. I think they all are in the ballpark, and good guys to deal with the way it seems. ------------- '40 WC puller,'50 WD puller,'50 M puller '65 770 Ollie *ALLIS EXPRESS contact* I can explain it to you, BUT I cannot understand it for you!! |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 12:45pm
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I talked to a guy about 15 years ago that paid $300 for a used radiator. He said that wouldn't happen again after he paid $300 for a complete tractor to use for parts. Why would you need new? There were around $240,000 WD's and 45's made. Surely there are good used rads out there.
------------- 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: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 1:41pm
| Took mine to a local radator shop last fall $200 to Repair it . took a while When I went to look they had it apart and were re attaching all the tubes worked much better than the last new one I bought that came from China. |
Posted By: CJohnS MI
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 5:03pm
| I know a buddy just paid 200 to have his WD re-cored. Not a bad price, all considered - right in line with having an American car done. |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 22 Sep 2010 at 8:43pm
| Don, is your lower radiator hose hookup still in good shape on your bad radiator? I have a WD radiator that is in pretty good shape, but the lower radiator hose hookup rotted apart, and where it was soldered on was loose, so I took it off and the rest of the radiator is on the shelf. If someone had a good lower hookup and the time to take it to a radiator shop and have it soldered on, it should be fine. I did put water in the rest of the radiator at one time with a cap in the top and filled it to where the lower pipe should be and it didn't leak anywhere, but there was no way for me to pressurize it. I don't know how much it would take to get it from WI to MI. Just an option. PM me if you're interested. |
Posted By: Onslowe in Mo
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 5:24am
| Shoup Manufacturing has them for $229.50. I bought one from them years ago and it is still going fine, then I ordered one for another WD a few weeks ago. Quality seems good, both were imports, but that is the way it is, nowadays. |
Posted By: Jack(Ky)
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 5:38am
| I am about as conservative(cheap) as they come but to me that doesn't sound unreasonabley high. I bought a new one for my D14 a few years ago and think it was three something and made in china but it looked and fit just like the original one did.JP |
Posted By: Jim in SE ND
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 8:14am
| A little off topic but I needed radiator for my 8030 last summer, from AGCO was $3200.00, complete recore for $850.00 |
Posted By: Jordan(OH)
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 12:58pm
| Yea, I thought it sounded pretty reasonable as well. Got the one for our 8030 re-cored this spring for $1000. |
Posted By: KY
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 2:12pm
| Watch the cheapos if your going to use the tractor. Many may look and fit good but they do not have as many cores or cooling capacity as a good quality radiator. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 2:23pm
And they may rattle apart as one of my Chinese one did. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
KY wrote:Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 6:34pm
| Yes, I bit the bullet, I am having my old radiator re-cored by a local guy for about the same cost. Should be a lot better quality than the china radiators. |
Posted By: Gary in da UP
Date Posted: 23 Sep 2010 at 6:34pm
| I get sticker shock too, when I make a purchase I haven't made in a while. Diesel is $3.05 a gallon here , so $100 to fill up makes a $300. rad seam rather reasonable. It's only gonna get worse, When fuel is $4.00 a gallon you will know the economy has recovered. |
Posted By: clovis
Date Posted: 24 Sep 2010 at 12:07am
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If you have a salvageable core, I'd look into having a radiator shop fix it up for you. |
Posted By: Wyattstoll89
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 6:31pm
| I need a radiator. |
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 6:53pm
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Local tractor guy had field full of old parts tractors . Thieves came in the night and stole all the radiators down to the last one. Sheriff's Deputy told him the thief stole them to scrap them. Deputy said they were watching and waiting for the local scrap yards to report anyone selling more than one or two old brass/copper radiators. Asked the guy if he could identify any of his stolen radiators. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 31 Oct 2018 at 7:02pm
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This is a very old thread. This is the best price I could find on a new radiator. $199.99 with free shipping. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Tractor-Radiator-WC-WD-WF-WD45-Gas-LP-OE-70228587-70228585/252284003441?hash=item3abd4c6471:g:1ZwAAOSwPCVX-7qY:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!12914!US!-1" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-Tractor-Radiator-WC-WD-WF-WD45-Gas-LP-OE-70228587-70228585/252284003441?hash=item3abd4c6471:g:1ZwAAOSwPCVX-7qY:sc:ShippingMethodStandard!12914!US!-1
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Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 01 Nov 2018 at 9:53am
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |