[AT] Allis Chalmers D15 Series II spring

[Robby Armstrong]

Thanks to all for the detective work,

What was said makes sense, as my friend said yesterday "we don't have to
spend the summer now trying to figure out what the spring is for and how to
hook up a new one." It is not a very strong spring and the straight part on
one end is much longer than the other end as one person said, so it doesn't
exert much force when it comes into play. I will get new ones and hook it up
and see if I can tell any difference in the operation of my D15.

Once again, thanks to all! 

Thanks,
Robby Armstrong
rarmstrong37 at comcast.net
 
 
 
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Subject: [AT] Allis Chalmers D15 Series II spring

Guys,

 

I have a D15 Series II and a friend of mine has one too that he is
rebuilding. According to my serial number, mine was made in 1965. My friend
came over to see how a spring that is located in the area behind the side
panels is connected, we removed the panels on my tractor and the spring was
connected to a hole in the top (under the gas tank), but the spring had
rusted in two and the other end was nowhere to be found and we couldn't see
any place it might connect. There is a belt pulley shifter arm in that area
with no hardware attached since neither of us has a belt pulley, the hole in
the end of that lever is the only hole we could see anywhere in the area
behind the side panels. That hole is for a rod to shift the belt pulley if
you have a belt pulley. The spring looks just like Item 1 on page 108 of the
parts catalog. Both of our D15's have the modern choke cable, so that item
can't be it, we don't have all those rods in there at all. Everything that I
use on my tractor has worked all these years without that spring, so we are
both mystified.

 

Does anyone know where the other end of that spring should connect? And,
what it is used for? 

 

It must have been installed at the factory since both tractors have it and
in both cases the spring had rusted in two.

 

Thanks,

Robby Armstrong

rarmstrong37 at comcast.net

 

 

 

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