My D21 story
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Topic: My D21 story
Posted By: ACscott
Subject: My D21 story
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:26pm
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Ok guys im going to copy ilgleaner here, except mine arnt near as nice as his I thought I would share a few things about my 21.
I found it on kijiji in alberta and after a couple calls to about the nicest guy you could talk to from over 3000 kilometres away, we agreed on a price and I bought the tractor.
Here it is when I first got it.
  When got it home I noticed something I thought was pretty neat, who ever owned this kept records of everything done to it over the course he owned it written in the cab frame . In the the pictures below it shows that it had a complete engine overhaul at 1598 hours in may of 1970. It now has around 4300 I believe.
  I put a new valve cover gasket in it and few other things but thats about it, its still isnt perfect but I like it.
Here it is present day.
    Thanks for looking and always welcome comments and enjoy reading them.
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:32pm
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What a beast !!! Looks right at home with the others. Thanks for posting pics. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:39pm
| one other thing is I do believe its original paint other then the one panel that I had to replace and paint. I was going to do the other side but it doesnt have too big of a hole in it. |
Posted By: JOHN N/IL
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:42pm
| Looking good you have some nice ac"s there . |
Posted By: AaronH
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:45pm
| Pretty straight 21, a series one at that.. looks good with the 210 and the 190. I really like how they look with out the cab. personal preference I guess. BTW.. what did you with the forklift? LOL |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:46pm
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Some really nice big orange horses there! Thanks for posting! ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:52pm
| the forklift at the moment is sitting out in the scrap heap. My dad says he wants to make it 3 point hitch so you can use it on some of the other tractors but I will believe that when I see it lol. I dont think the forklift did this tractor any good as it was pushing almost 20000 pounds with the 24-5-32s filled with fluid and four sets of rear weights in each tire plus the forklift. |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 7:54pm
| Also maybe Dr allis or anyone else, why would the motor of been overhauled at right around 1500 hours, was there common problems with these? |
Posted By: scott
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 8:02pm
| Sharp looking machines! |
Posted By: Chuck(ONT)
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 8:10pm
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Glad you got it, I was surprised when your brother said it was from Alberta. Will have to get a little closer look this summer. Hope you had a good time in FL. ------------- Never take life too seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway! 1C 1 WD45 1 AC180 |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 10:07pm
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Looking Good. Nice originial Series I's are rare. My D-21 came from Alberta as well but came here with a rod looking out of the block. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 10:10pm
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A crack in the air intake hose will take out an engine fast.
Good find. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 10:11pm
| Calvin your D21 is very nice I saw it at the goto in Milton. That was a very good show. |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 10:18pm
| That was a great bed time story. And pictures to. I like a story with a happy ending. |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 10:48pm
| i love them D21's, and that's the nicest cab i've ever seen on one yet!! yer so lucky!! |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2012 at 11:24pm
| Makes you wonder about what happened to some of these old brutes.My 220 had 3500ish hrs on a working tach but had a replacement block.Why? |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 6:52am
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Did the originial top for the air intake came with the tractor or did you find one? Have a friend looking for one for his series I ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 7:08am
| No I had to find this one, but if I remember correctly oldoug on this forum had some left or try wellerts ac parts in Ohio. Also did you repair your old block or did you have to find another one. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 8:10am
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That's a keeper! Great find! ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 9:26am
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Scott, my old block went to China. Found another good D-21 block out west. It a 3500 block with the correct serial number to have been in a D-21. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: Farrell(Utah)
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 9:47am
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Calvin, that is a nice machine. Those D21s are just brutes. Yours looks like it is still a working machine. Thanks. ------------- A(1937), 2 G, 2 WD45 diesels, 6 WD45 gas, UC, 2 WD, D17 gas, WF, Farmall 400, D12, Kubota B3030 |
Posted By: Farrell(Utah)
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 10:14am
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------------- A(1937), 2 G, 2 WD45 diesels, 6 WD45 gas, UC, 2 WD, D17 gas, WF, Farmall 400, D12, Kubota B3030 |
Posted By: Farrell(Utah)
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 10:17am
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Woops, I goofed on my post as I thought Calvin was the owner for some unknown reason. My comments on the tractor still apply. It is a beauty. ------------- A(1937), 2 G, 2 WD45 diesels, 6 WD45 gas, UC, 2 WD, D17 gas, WF, Farmall 400, D12, Kubota B3030 |
Posted By: BrianC,Ont
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 11:27am
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Scott; I seen that tractor the day it was posted. I would have bought it if I had the xtra money then. It's a beauty. ------------- 35WC on steel, B with belly mower, D17 puller, D15 Series II puller, D15 Series II with loader, 608 Lawn Tractor |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 11:35am
| Im glad I got it when I did because the price of them sure seems to have taken off on them lately. |
Posted By: wheatbreeder
Date Posted: 29 Jan 2012 at 12:53pm
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nice collection scott Morley ------------- Farm stuff 8050,6690,175,F2,5050,WD |
Posted By: dpower
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 10:49am
Looks like we had the same cab on our d-21 to. Its one of the better looking cabs that i have seen. Great looking d21 glad you saved it from that fork lift
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Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 11:23am
| That D21 is really nice Dpower are you planning on leaving the cab on it or are you taking it off, we decided to take ours off because some of the glass was cracked up and the door was bent but yours looks nice and you dont see to many D21s with cabs. Also my cab once had an air conditioner because there is a covered hole in the top of the roof and the one panel I replaced was cut out so the compressor could fit. does yours have that too? Also I see yours is missing one light out of each fender like mine, if you find a source for the good original lights would you please let me know. thanks |
Posted By: ACscott
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 11:32am
| also if you guys dont mind me posting pictures I will take some more this spring/summer after I get a few more odds and ends fixed up and give it a gooding washing/waxing. |
Posted By: dpower
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 12:04pm
| Ya we took the cab off and I also got a new air cleaner top from andy gubbels who had the same one that oldoug was selling. I need to get it all back together to post some pics. This one came out of winnipeg canada. Its never been turboed. I like yours alot besides your bigger tires they are twins lol |
Posted By: dpower
Date Posted: 30 Jan 2012 at 12:07pm
| also i was lucky the lights they mounted on the cab was the original ones from teh fender. So i was able to put them back on the fenders. If i ever see any d21 lights i will let you know. I am thinking the rear light on a 180 would be the same as long as it does not have the 3 way switch sticking out of it. |