Since I am sharing about my projects, past and present, here is a 1952 Model D Grader that my brother and I redone:
Allis Chalmers Model D Grader
I have an old Allis Chalmers D that was my Dad's. He bought
it rough, but running. He never did like the thing, but it NEVER ran
right.
I had torn the head off years ago to find the miss that never was
consistent. I had the head redone, thinking that it was a burnt valve,
but the problem was always there. Compression was good and consistent.
It was always parked outside, and I had to change the oil every time I
wanted to try and fix it (way back in my teens). I cannot believe how
much water I dumped out of the pan every time... (Hard to believe the
bearings were not completely washed out.)
The machine was parked for quite a while. I finally decided to try again
at getting it going. The manifold was good, so I tried a different
carb. I went to a old-time bone yard and got a carb off of a WD45. The
carb was rough, but I was able to get it built. I slapped that thing on
there and I could not believe the difference!!! I rebuilt that old carb
countless times and always the same. This completely changed my outlook
on this machine. It could actually drive in 3rd gear. It FLEW in fourth!
I used it a few times and grew to enjoy it. Dad was not interested in it, so it really never got used much.
He passed away a few years ago, and after he died, my brother and I got the wild hair to see what we could do with it.
It was shortly after he died, we cleaned up the shop a bit, and we
commenced to shine the old gal back up. It was nice to come back home
and turn wrenches a few evenings a week. Kinda therapeutic.
Here are some of the pictures of the process. It was an adventure, but we were proud of it when it was done.
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Very nice, beautiful grader.
