[AT] Deutz air cooled diesels was OT shifting blame

[Cecil Bearden]

The first problem was the use of those air cooled diesels. farmers were 
used to gearing up and throttling back.  The air cooled diesels could 
not handle the heat  buildup they had to run fast to keep cool.  Also in 
our dusty environment you had to blow out the air boxes nearly every 
day.  It  took nearly an hour out of the day to get them blown out.  
They were just not practical....

That green color also caused the loss of a lot of customers. There is a 
good website on Allis Chalmers about the demise of Allis.

Cecil

On 2/27/2019 10:45 AM, James Peck wrote:
>
> The last time I was in West Allis, 2005, the main part of the AC plant 
> was still standing.
>
> I seem to remember that the lime green SDF (Same Deutz Fahr) tractors 
> were no longer using Deutz air cooled diesel engines. Saying this 
> without verifying it first is risky.
>
> [Cecil Bearden] <snip>  Allis Chalmers died due to the Germans buying 
> them out and changing the engine design. <snip>
>
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