[AT] another Allis Chalmers question

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Charlie,
Fuggedaboudit. Just give me your friend's name and number and I'll do him
and you a favor. :o)

Phil

> Cecil,  I want your opinion on something.  I have one D-14 that is in
> running condition and I use it for mowing, bushhogging, etc.  It is a
> wide front 3pt hitch.  I have a narrow front snap couple model with a
> cracked block and a few missing, minor parts,  I have single front wheel
> that is in rough shape due to sitting in a field for 15 years.  The
> engine is stuck ( left out with no hood and the spark plugs out) but I
> know the history of the tractor and it was used very little so things
> like gears and shafts etc are in good shape.  None of mine have power
> steering.
>
> Now my question.  I have a friend who has a D-14 snap coupler with power
> steering and a heavy duty front axle that, if it is in fact an AC axle,
> is NOT for a D-14 or 15 that I have ever seen.  His tractor is in good
> shape (better than the one I use) but he doesn't like it.  He wants a MF
> 135 and he wants to sell the D-14.  He told me if he could get $2500 for
> it he would sell it and buy a 135 he found for $5500.  I know he only
> paid $1400 for the D-14.  I hauled it home for him and have done the
> majority of maintenace and minor repairs on it for him at no charge.
> However, he is not offering to do me any favors on it.
>
> I would really like to have the power steering unit (even though it has
> a bad seal and leaks the fluid out)  It has good tires all around and a
> new manifold.
>
> I think that $2500 is too much for it but considering what I will have
> to pay in parts to fix all of mine I am thinking it might be worth
> buying if I can get it for  around 2k.
>
> I want to keep the drive train of the single front wheel model I have in
> one unit if I can because it is rare (only 54 made with single front
> wheel)  I figure I can use parts engine parts  and miscellaneous parts
> from the cracked block narrow front to make the single front wheel
> whole,  combine the best parts of my friends and my working tractor to
> make one really good working tractor and have enough parts left over to
> build a narrow front tractor and have the heavy duty axle left over.
>
> If you could follow through all of that what do you think?  Should I buy
> it from him at that high price or just let it go?
>
> Add into your thought process that I have not had the time or
> inclination to do anything other than bench engineer to any of them in a
> couple of years.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cecil E Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 11:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] another Allis Chalmers question
>
>
>> > Hi Cecil,  I don't remember the size.  All I know is what Valu-bilt
> shows in
>> > the catalog.     It might be that your manifold has been replaced
>> with
> one
>> > for a Series I or II tractor and there was a size change on the
>> series
> III
>> >
>> > Charlie
>>
>>
>> I asked the Parts Dept at Sandy Lake Implement about the difference in
>> sizes. I was told that the 1 3/8" dimension they give is the inside
>> dimension, not the outside, so I ordered one. I am sure it will be 1
>> 1/2" outside. I thought about a change in manifolds too, Charlie. I
>> hate to
> have
>> to send things back.
>>
>> Cecil
>> --
>> The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
>> what you said.
>>
>> Cecil E Monson
>> Lucille Hand-Monson
>> Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole
>>
>> Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment
>>
>> Free advice
>>
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