[AT] another Allis Chalmers question

[charlie hill]

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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