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Allis-Chalmers tractor purchase. Now, The Old Tractor thread. Post yours.

78K30 said:
Just went on a trip today with a friend to pickup a parts C to put together with his and make one good one. Yours is what his aspires to be minus the mower!
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The IH Farmall is a cool tractor, rear tires on the C can be a pain in the ass, when I bought new tires for mine couple years ago there was only a few manufacturers that makes that size and no options on the tread pattern. A dude I know made new hubs for his C and yeah you get the idea. :haha:

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They used oddball front and rear, 36" rears and the fronts are 5.90x16's instead of the standard 5.50x16's. Never got why they did that on the C's
 
streetrodchev said:
‘49 C, picture is from the early 50s
That is my Great Grandpa, he took it out to the woods to get some wood on an extremely cold day, and there was a flaw in the casting. It was fixed afterwards.
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That thing is broken like 6.2 crankshaft!
Was it under warranty? Or did IHC stand behind it?
 
beags86 said:
That thing is broken like 6.2 crankshaft!
Was it under warranty? Or did IHC stand behind it?
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I’m not sure who paid the bill for fixing it (IH warranty or grandpa) I just know it was fixed. Anyone that might remember is no longer with us.
 
streetrodchev said:
I’m not sure who paid the bill for fixing it (IH warranty or grandpa) I just know it was fixed. Anyone that might remember is no longer with us.
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I assume the split casting means a new tranny was sourced?

I ask because my grandpa had a habit of just welding stuff back together, regardless of how big the crack was.
 
This thread has been quiet for quite awhile. Allow me to change that. Just drug home this one Saturday. Bought it last Wednesday at a large consignment auction.

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Used the dodge and borrowed a heavier trailer frik a friend in case it has fluid in the rear. All loaded up for the trip home.

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Getting the larger trailer was wise, it’s definitely got fluid in the rears which put me into CDL territory

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And since I’m bumping the thread might as well get all caught up. Learned of a few old tractors locally that were in need of rescue so I jumped at that chance. First to get drug home was the 1941 Farmall M. It was stuck when I looked at it but a slight bump of the clutch while being towed home freed it right up!

Here’s where it sat for the last 30 years
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Being rescued with the H I’ve had for years

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this tractor was by far the easiest thing I’ve ever messed with. All I did was drag it home, put gas in it, check the oil levels (fresh oil for the engine), a new battery and cables, and it has fired right up every time! This picture is from the week before we had a plow day at home, testing out the “new” plow.

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since the plow day I have replaced the entire ignition system. I will have to dive into the rear to do some leak fixing as well as clean the carb so it runs like it did in 1941. But for now it works very well as it
 
Second tractor to be rescued was the 1949 WD that was parked behind the M.

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Getting rescued by the H just like the others.

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Sadly this one I figured was in better shape than the M but I was mistaken. All of the things replaced to get it to plow day- rear tires, radiator, water pump (which involved bolts broken off in the block), manifold gaskets, muffler, thermostat and housing, complete ignition system, ignition switch, and plenty of flushing the rust out of the cooling system. The WD didn’t really like the 3 bottom snap coupler plow either. The larger rear tires prevented us from be able to adjust it to dig in properly.

WD and plow

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And lastly a picture from our first plow day. Had 3 friends bring tractors and plows out in addition to the 4 dad and I drug out to play.

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78K30 said:
Second tractor to be rescued was the 1949 WD that was parked behind the M.

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Getting rescued by the H just like the others.

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Sadly this one I figured was in better shape than the M but I was mistaken. All of the things replaced to get it to plow day- rear tires, radiator, water pump (which involved bolts broken off in the block), manifold gaskets, muffler, thermostat and housing, complete ignition system, ignition switch, and plenty of flushing the rust out of the cooling system. The WD didn’t really like the 3 bottom snap coupler plow either. The larger rear tires prevented us from be able to adjust it to dig in properly.

WD and plow

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And lastly a picture from our first plow day. Had 3 friends bring tractors and plows out in addition to the 4 dad and I drug out to play.

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Cool finds. :thumb:

Why did you change the rear wheels on the WD? I kinda like the original adjustable-width rims. Not that they're often needed.
 
campfire said:
Cool finds. :thumb:

Why did you change the rear wheels on the WD? I kinda like the original adjustable-width rims. Not that they're often needed.
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I still have the factory power adjust wheels sitting waiting their turn! Factory tire sizing is 13.6-28 but the tires were too far gone to hold air longer than 20 minutes and the one rim needs a little patching. I found these 14.9-26’s stupid cheap on rims so I ran up by Waterloo and got them just so I could use it without having to spend hundreds on tires just yet. Never fear the power adjust wheels will return!
 
I also drug this farmall 300 out of the corn crib near where the WD and M were sitting. This is the one I was most excited about due to it having all the options I’d have wanted back when it was new. Sadly it was overhauled in the corn crib 40 years ago and never put the rest of the way back together is what I was told. It’s stuck quite hard. I poured ATF in all of the cylinders and so far the only one that isn’t draining past the rings to the oil pan is cylinder 2. So that’s my stuck hole

It took my friend Tucker and I a good 45 minutes to unbury it. The goats kept getting in the way

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Tucker at the wheel as dad drug with the M, first daylight it’s seen since the 70’s

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