[AT] Fire Damged tractors

[charlie hill]

John,  I have an Allis Chalmers B that was burned in just such a fire.  I 
haven't restored it yet but I've torn it down enough to know what is 
damaged.  Mine was sitting just under the barn front end first.  The tires 
were burned off front and rear.  The oil in the rear end and transmission 
are not burned so I think those components are ok.  The engine oil was still 
in the base so the lower end of the engine might be ok.  I haven't pulled it 
apart yet.  In the top end of the engine the babbitt bearings in the rocker 
arm melted out.  The valve train is ruined.  I assume the head is probably 
shot too.  I'm not sure about the block. Of course the radiator was 
completely ruined.  Some of the sheet metal is ok.  All that is warped up I 
assume is probably beyond help.

I know that doesn't answer your question but it might give you some insight 
for figuring out what damage you have.  In the case of mine it seems that 
the air rushing into the barn fire was pulling past the tractor such that 
most of the damage was forward and upward.  The lower and more rearward 
parts seem to be salvageable.

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Slavin" <chaunceyjb at sbcglobal.net>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 12:22 PM
Subject: [AT] Fire Damged tractors


> Hello all:
>
> Haven't posted in quite a while, but have a question.  My sister and
> her husband had a fire this spring that took their machine shed.
> Inside were a 6620 JD Combine, a Farmall 560 and my dad's beloved
> Super H.  The hottest part of the fire was at the north end and the
> fire seems to have drawn air from the south end which was where the
> wind was coming from. The 560 was at the south end and still has some
> original paint showing. The Super H was next to it, and still looks
> straight, but the sheet metal is discolored.  Both tractors lost the
> tires and anything that wasn't metal.
>
> Has anybody tried to restore a fire damaged tractor, or is all lost?
>
> John Slavin
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