[AT] Allis Chalmers ED40 injector pipes

[Thomas Martin]

I seem to have missed a lot of this. Been out of town...
Back last century, my father had the local AC dealership. My memorable moment with an ED40 was when driving a new one to the local show with a mounted rotary hoe, an o-ring failed dumping the hoe on the tar-seal and showering me in oil! Evryboy stard!:-( Needless to say, it was sold at the show. The only one in the district. Loaders were our best sellers then, followed by crawlers...
That 23c engine was different. the crankshaft goes into the engine from the end like early Aston Martins, courtesy of WO Bentley. The main bearings are fitted in circular flanges to the crankshaft and then the whole assembly is fitted end on into the block, the flanges then being bolted to the block.
The engine was also fitted to Standard Vanguard cars & Land Rovers, we had a few in the area.

Anyway, I found this: https://tinyurl.com/t2bq92v
Could help :-) You may have to move though.



> On 01 February 2020 at 20:43 John Maddock <agtronixjv at southcom.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
> That's correct James.
> 
> The 35s followed the TE series,the majority of which used Standard (petrol
> (which you would call gas) engines, although  some of had Freeman diesels.
> If I remember correctly, there was also a factory conversion kit to allow
> Perkins P3.144 diesels to be fitted to the last of the TEs as an
> alternative to the petrol engines, the P3.144s being a much taller engine.
> 
>   The grey & gold FE35 diesels used the Standard 23c engines. After Massey
> bought Ferguson, they continued using the 23c diesels for a while, then
> changed to the Perkins A3.152 diesels.
> 
> I remember a neighbour buying a new MF35 (red and grey) in 1958, and that
> had the 23c engine.
> 
> As I remember, the change can be identified from a distance by the locks
> on the panel providing access to the fuel tank & radiator. The 23c
> tractors had two chromed push buttons; the A3.152 tractors had chromed
> rotating locks, which were also used on the next model, the MF135 which
> had the AD3.152 engine. The 23c diesels developed a (well deserved)
> reputation as very bad starters after a few years of work.  As I
> understand wear in the injector pump timing chain allowed the pump timing
> to drift, causing the hard starting.
> 
> The Perkins AD3.152 on the other hand is a superb starter.
> 
> More than you ever wanted to know ;-)
> 
>  JV
> 
> > Looks like standard started to produce the 23C engine before they were
> > purchased by MF. Did Standard design the engine?
> >
> > https://www.agriline.co.za/tractorparts/fe35/standard23c.php
> >
> > John Maddock AT List Member (agtronixjv at southcom.com.au); Thanks for the
> > link Spencer. I understand time is not of the essence. Further research
> > indicates that the UK is probably the best place to look, since only about
> > 600 of tractors with the Standard engine entered the U.S. All grist to the
> > mill!
> >
> > Spencer Yost AT List Owner (spencer at rdfarms.com); I post this as much for
> > the US diesel owners as much as for John:> Central Injection of Esterville
> > Iowa is phenomenal.   I've used their> products, services and visited
> > their shop once before (in fact I > bought an old atlas/craftsman lathe
> > from the owner while I was > there!).  They probably can build the lines.
> >
> >
> >  https://www.centralfuelinjectionservice.com/
> >
> >  I have not found an old pump/lines/injectors I can stump them with.>
> > Unfortunately for John, having dealt with shipping/customs on auto >
> > parts from your part of world(piston rods for a turbo charged diesel >
> > trooper engine - which are WAY more common is OZ that the US) I doubt
> > this is> viable; cost-wise.   But probably worth an email or two and some
> > research> to find out.
> >
> >  Of course shipping and customs has a lot to do with how fast you need >
> > it and the category used for the paperwork. Maybe slow shipping on >
> > agricultural parts is actually affordable? All I know is the > reasonably
> > fast shipping (~10 days) on the customs category of “auto >
> > parts€ on my rods were more expensive than the rods themselves.
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> Be a good ancestor
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