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A Story About "Allie", The 1953 WD

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    Posted: 12 Oct 2021 at 8:06pm
Let Me introduce myself. My name is Justin, A small town local to Elmvale Ontario Canada. Farming Community and home of a ton of great folks! And my Wife, Sarah. She's mentioned here but you will rarely see her reply here. 

Our journey of "Allie" Started about a week ago. I was invited to take part in a local tractor parade for our Canadian Thanksgiving. I reached out to a local farmer that is very good friends of ours and asked if he had anything since my 1949 McCormack W4 is out on a field working away with other family members. Our local farmer was happy to have us take his fully restored Allis Chalmers Two-Ten into the parade. Ecstatic, We planned for the weekend to be running a "large" restored tractor for the whole community. The Friday before the parade, we found some injector issues with the Two-Ten and did not feel comfortable running the tractor through the streets just in case something did not go as planned. 

So, My Wife and I ended up with a very nicely restored 1955 WD45 as seen pictured below. It was an absolute blast to drive and we thoroughly enjoyed the day with the WD45. Here is a couple of photos of the parade tractor we had the pleasure of driving. 


Immediately following the parade, My other half turned to me and asked if we could purchase one to restore into that condition. My answer was definitely YES! so, We continued to look online for the best candidate. Luckily, We found one about 1 hour away in another small community. Here is a couple photos of the internet Ad:




We scheduled to look at the tractor 2 days following the original parade. Drove out there with the truck and the trailer in hopes it was good enough to bring home. 

The owner of the tractor was a great fella, Father and son duo that were looking to do the same thing as us but ran out of time and space. The tractor fired up and we drove it onto the trailer to bring it home. it came with a complete spare engine with all accessories including 5 blade fan and water pump. 

We mentioned to the father/son duo we purchased the package off of we would keep them in the loop with updates. Both Sarah and I figured this would be best done on a forum site or YouTube. 

Here "Allie" is on the trailer for the ride home


And after the first round of pressure washing. 


We pondered the name for a while, Talking about different names that were fitting to the tractor for humor. We actually settled on what the previous owner called it in an email after we picked it up. here is a clip from that email:  " I would like to follow with great interest your work on Allie. Enjoy. " There we had it. A running tractor with a fitting name! 

Keep following along for a winter/spring build to prepare for tractor show season next summer. I will keep it picture heavy as possible for all interested! 
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Welcome to the Forum. WD-45 are a great tractor. Have a few. Fellow Ontarioian from near Stratford.  
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Thanks for posting, we'll look forward to seeing your progress with pictures. Enjoy!
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Welcome Justin and Sarah! Lucky man to have such a sweet wife that likes tractors too. They are a lot of fun to tinker with and make a great project for the 2 of you to enjoy together. I’m sure most of us wish our wives were like Sarah lol. Got a WD that needs a lot of cosmetic repairs but until i fix some leaks she will remain as is. Just need to find time to do that. Enjoy your project, I hope you find it fun and enjoyable for you both.
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Hi Justin. I’m 20 min away from you in New Lowell. I have a WD45 that I have done some work to. A family piece which is nice. Give me a shout if you need some help. Do you know the year and serial number of yours. Mine is 1954 model. 😀
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Originally posted by Ed (Ont) Ed (Ont) wrote:

Hi Justin. I’m 20 min away from you in New Lowell. I have a WD45 that I have done some work to. A family piece which is nice. Give me a shout if you need some help. Do you know the year and serial number of yours. Mine is 1954 model. 😀

Awesome! Glad to see an active local! 

ours is #WD139778
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Well, A small progress update. the tractor would not run unless the choke was left on and the carb was leaking some fuel. I took the carb off the tractor and prepared for an inspection and cleaning. 

here is the carb coming off the engine. pulling all linkage out and draining fuel.



It looks like we have ourselves a Marvel TSX-464 carb. I found the throttle shaft bent causing it not to see full throttle and the choke shaft has a bunch of play in it. Floats are in good shape. 







once all jets were cleaned, I put the carb back together temporarily to move the tractor under its own power until we have a nice spot to pull it apart. 

New carb kit is added to the list to repair. 




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sounds like you are having fun, enjoying...so keep up the good work and keep us up to date, as you said you would.   Congrats on your finding Allie.
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After all these years it's hard to say what all you have there. I haven't looked up year by # but it has a WD radiator shell complete with shutters. Wide front is WD - early WD45,curved shifter is late WD or WD45. Has WD45 governor /distributor housing....Doesn't matter as long as you steer clear of "correct police".
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I just went through getting the right carb kit for my 45. Make sure to check the throttle shaft for size and the bore size. There is more than one kit for the 464 carb if that is what you have, so read what the specs are and then check your carb. And you sure got a better looking tractor than most of us started with. Have fun.        Leon
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Looks like a great project.
The carb looks like a WD45’s if that helps.

Them o’ll Allis’s are the best to mess with!!
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Looks like the air cleaner hose is pinched a lot smaller on air cleaner indicating WD. 45 has air cleaner pipe same size as carb.Can't see if it's got short head/tall cover or tall head/short cover.

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Originally posted by SteveM C/IL SteveM C/IL wrote:

Looks like the air cleaner hose is pinched a lot smaller on air cleaner indicating WD. 45 has air cleaner pipe same size as carb.Can't see if it's got short head/tall cover or tall head/short cover.


If I am not mistaken it has a tall head and short valve cover. I also have a spare wd engine with the same setup (numbers matching engine)

Looks like it has the wd45 carb but everything else has wd all over it. I will have to pull a spark plug and measure the stroke when I get a chance this week
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And it has the 3 bolt wide front( which would be on most wds and maybe the early 45s). I’m sure that the manifold is a 45s so maybe the owner before you had a parts 45 possibly.
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Originally posted by 55allis 55allis wrote:

And it has the 3 bolt wide front( which would be on most wds and maybe the early 45s). I’m sure that the manifold is a 45s so maybe the owner before you had a parts 45 possibly.


The block does have the right block plate as all wd's should. I wonder if it does have a 45 crank in it... Time will definitely tell!
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It also has a 45 seat, the Wd ones are straight. For example look at my Wd compared to my 45 seat.
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Do you know the serial number on the rear end?
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Originally posted by 55allis 55allis wrote:

Do you know the serial number on the rear end?


It is listed above I think on post 4 or 5
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Originally posted by Jtaylor Jtaylor wrote:

Originally posted by 55allis 55allis wrote:

Do you know the serial number on the rear end?


It is listed above I think on post 4 or 5

sorry, don’t know how I missed that!!
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55allis, what brand and size tire is that on your WD? Looks really mean and aggressive. Size of the rim?
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Originally posted by AC720Man AC720Man wrote:

55allis, what brand and size tire is that on your WD? Looks really mean and aggressive. Size of the rim?

Firestone fwd 16.9-28 on a 16 inch rim. Same size on the 45 just BFGood Rich brand.

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Thank you, man I love the look of it. My 160 has 14.9x28’s on it that need to be replaced soon. I’ve only dealt with factory rims, what are the rims off of?
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Is that a radial or bias ply?
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I think a d17 or d19.
They are radials.
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Thank you, I appreciate it. My 160 will be getting a fresh paint job this winter after the complete engine and clutches rebuild I just finished. Really glad you posted that picture. Hope you don’t mind me stealing your idea?

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Not at all, plus that’s what it had when I got it.
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I’m sorry to jump your thread Justin, 55allis pic of his WD was very appealing to me. Good luck with your WD project, I will be following it with great interest.
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Well, We got the tractor into its home for the winter. I own my own business (vinyl signs and graphics) and currently is operating from the garage until we find a decently priced place to rent out. 

Here is a photo of the garage as it currently sits sort of explaining my predicament: 




So, We built one of those shelter-logic shelters. originally it was bought as a 10x10ft which with some modification and a couple extra lengths of steel, we were able to get it to 14ft long x 10 wide x 8ft tall. a new tarp at princess auto (the canadian version of Harbor Freight) and we're off to the races. 

Here is some photos of the inside of the shelter: 



And Sarah driving it to the shelter for the winter:






Now to get a couple of lights in the shelter for night time and get this pulled apart. 


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Well if you need some help figuring out something, I can give some pictures of mine.
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Originally posted by 55allis 55allis wrote:

Well if you need some help figuring out something, I can give some pictures of mine.

I certainly appreciate that! 
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