[AT] another Allis Chalmers question

[charlie hill]

ok thanks Phil.  I take it you think it is worth $2500.  I guess it is
knowing that he paid $1400 for it and that I have done a couple hundred
dollars of free work on it that bothers me.  grins

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] another Allis Chalmers question


> 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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