Good old D14 added to the pile

ac,

 It turned out it was just water running out of the front of the lower frame. So I dodged a bullet on that for a little while. Probably would be a good idea to flush and refill the rad too. Water in it looked kind of brown when I did check the drain port.

 Regards,

 Chris

Chris, that must be it, the old shoe thing. Grew up on a WD, learned to drive on that old tractor. They are just second nature to me I guess.

I hear a lot of drivers of other color tractors complain about getting on/off of WD's and 45's and saying that they are hard on the back. I must be impervious to that. I've put in some pretty long days plowing with my 45's and my back never seemed to suffer.

The starter is usually the culprit when it doesn't want to start nor spin over very well.  Usually just a kit will set it straight.  Bushings for the ends of the armature, brushes and new springs.

Thanks for the pics of the front plow.  That gives me some ideas.  No, I don't think that was ever made by Allis.  At least I have never seen one.  I would think it was just painted orange or they used orange parts to build it.

Take care and ONE of these days we'll see some spring,,,,,,,,,,I HOPE!  Still cold here and they are saying more snow in the offing...

 Thanks! So it is a Allis dozer blade. I am not familiar with the 400-500 series loaders. But the pictures you show really looks like you nailed it. 

That helps with the back story on the tractor and equipment too.

Having a loader tractor in the family was one of my attractions to this unit. Second was the fact that I might be able to use it to plow the drive next winter, maybe easier than with the Ford Jubilee and back blade. Ok we had snow the last two days but not enough to plow.

I do need to pull the starter and check it for function. The D14 did start on its own twice last night but only after several grunts of the starter. So I think you guys are pointing me in the right direction on the root cause. Where is a good place to order the components such as brushes for the starter?

On the charging system I do see it show charge (maybe 5 -8 amps) when reved up. When at idle it shows a little discharge, (about -3).

Regards,

 Chris

 Well it has been a long time since an update on the D14.

It has not started well for a year and a half. Finally a friend came over and helped me remove the starter, clean all the terminal connections. I took the starter apart, shined the commutator cleaned it and re assembled. While in there we removed about 2 gallons of mouse nests and debris from around the fly wheel and clutch. Cleaned up the ground surfaces of the starter to the bell housing area. 

Replaced the starter and it starts like new tractor on 6 volts.

Then removed the generator gave it the same clean up inside and out and cleaned connections too.

Polarized the generator and seemed to have a good charge on the battery.

I want to use this D14 for snow plowing, if we get some?

Last year I put new tires on the front about the time of the first snow storm.

A week ago I was so happy with this tractor starting I thought it should have the seat re-done. We removed the cushions. Then had to cut the 1/2 inch dia seat pin to get the pan off the tractor. Cleaned the seat pan in the Electrolysis tank for several days. Today I removed it from the tank, wire brushed it, sanded, sandblasted and primed it. The upholstery shop has some white pleated vinyl for the center portions of the seat.  A pretty good match. 

I hope to have this seat done in a couple weeks. I can still move the tractor setting on the seat frame.

We built a new mini shop this year for most of our tractors. It matches the look of the big shop. At 24 feet wide x 32 feet deep. I have 9 tractors and a bunch of small equipment in there too. Really nice to have these out of the big shop. Hope to get back to the CA project too.

Regards,

 Chris and Cheryl

 Sent you a PM. Thanks.

It is a good old tractor!

Folks,

 I did get the two cushion supports back from the upholstery shop. Put one through the E tank and the big one is in there now. A little welding and sandblasting and they should look and work almost as good as new.

Regards,

 Chris

wjohn wrote: I'm sure glad to hear you're getting some tractor time Chris!

X-2!!

Had to add a picture since I got a new wireless router and my speed went way up and pictures loaded way way quicker!

This was where I had to repair the steel liner that the upholstery was glued to.

Regards,

 Chris and Cheryl