D17 Diesel tear down.

Tear down has begun after many repairs...and continued repairs as I get further into it. Replaced the brakes, brake drum, pinion seals, axle seal, bull gear gaskets and oil. Pulled the pump yesterday to send to Ed for a rebuild. I’ve repaired a lot of stuff on the ole girl, finally starting to prep for paint. Steve has repaired my generator, built a new wiring harness, and I rebuilt the PS pump, replaced seals in the front support. Also removed the oil filter housing the drill out the drain that was broken off, tapped and replaced the plug. At least I won’t have a mess when I change the oil. Trying to get as leak free as possible lol. Will update in a few weeks.

Edited by AC720Man - 04 Mar 2023 at 10:06pm

Sure wish I had a new fuel filter long bolt on the right filter Mike.

I think you did now that I think about it.

I actually like the WD headlights on it versus the D17 bug eye lights. I will see how it looks with big lights first, I like originality but It will be what looks best including color IMO.

Edited by AC720Man - 04 Mar 2023 at 11:59pm

These 59’ models are kinda confusing. In some photos you see the big lights, others the WD size. I bought a really nice 59’ diesel shroud, 3 bar grill and head lights from a forum member who parted his tractor out. It has the big lights, so go figure, I may stick to the smaller lights as I agree look better. Maybe his was at end of series 1 that got the newer lights? Who knows?

Found it odd that after draining the tank of fuel, I removed the petcock assembly so I could get the remaking fuel out. 2 more gallons came out. I’m going to reinstall it tomorrow and look in the tank to verify the stub sticks through the tank that far. That’s a lot of unused fuel, it may have been replaced at some point with the incorrect one. Will see if the manual has a picture of it in the parts section.

Mike it’s actually D17 24587D so it’s newer than I thought! Lol, by 50 tractors. Just wire wheeled the paint off the stamp.

Exciting day for me. I was able to borrow a friends blasting cabinet to do my sheet metal! I can’t tell you how good it felt not to be covered in sand. I usually do this chore outside in full gear and still wind up with sand all over me. I didn’t miss the respirator fogging up my safety glasses under the hood. That stuff gets in somehow under the suit. Completed both fenders, battery box, dash, grill shroud, middle hood brace, and a few other small items in less than 2 hours. 1 hood is half done. Will finish up in the morning.

Edited by AC720Man - 16 Mar 2023 at 7:44pm

Robbie, that's a huge blast cabinet. I've got a Texas barrel blaster. That fender would not fit in,lol. But its nice when you can do it yourself.

Dr Allis, I pulled the part numbers a few months ago when I first started finding some miss matched parts on this 59’ diesel. Mainly the shroud and grill. After purchasing a nice used shroud, grill, head light assembly that’s when I began to question the headlights. The new to me shroud, 3 bar grill, headlights came from a 59’ diesel being parted out from a forum member. So I feel they are correct but I wanted to verify the head lights. Unfortunately AGCO doesn’t give a size of the headlight bucket. The part numbers you posted are the same I came up with. I have not pursued a AGCO dealer yet to see if anyone has one in stock to get me a measurement yet. My guess would be the larger light but would like confirmation of the size. So far the shroud, grill, headlights are the only items that I have found not to be correct on the ole girl. The shroud and grill was damaged from the use of a loader that used to be on the tractor. Apparently something fell out of the loader and hit the grill/ shroud. I was informed of that a few months after I purchased it.

Edited by AC720Man - 19 Mar 2023 at 8:03pm

Working on rust issues. Time consuming work.A lot of dents as well.

Edited by AC720Man - 28 Mar 2023 at 8:36pm