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JM 
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 9:34pm |
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I always figured either 45 hp. or 4.5 inch stroke. Does anybody know? JM
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Rfdeere
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Posted: 18 Jan 2011 at 9:43pm |
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45 engine Horsepower.
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Steve M C/IL
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 12:00am |
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But they were only 42 or 3 weren't they?
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 12:11am |
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They were 42 to 43 at the belt pulley / pto. They lose a few horses in the gearing.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 7:03am |
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Either 45 hp at the engine or at corrected sea level belt hp they were at 45 hp. Not sure my sentence is all that coherent this morning.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 7:10am |
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i was always told the wd45 had a 4.5 stroke and the wc and wd had a 4.0 stoke engine that was the change in the engine .
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 7:26am |
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I think the 45 stands for forty five. The belt HP was tested at 44.13 though.What does the WD stand for?
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 8:48am |
 CTuckerNWIL wrote:
I think the 45 stands for forty five. The belt HP was tested at 44.13 though.What does the WD stand for? |
The D in WD followed the C in WC, but
I guess that doesn't make sense with the WF because it was earlier than the WD, and then there was no WE tractor, I think I'm confusing myself.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 9:14am |
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45 gross hp
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 9:22am |
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 9:25am |
Steve M C/IL wrote:
But they were only 42 or 3 weren't they? |
'cause no farmer and 98% of the dealers didn't have a dyno, LOL
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 11:07am |
CTuckerNWIL wrote:
I think the 45 stands for forty five. The belt HP was tested at 44.13 though.What does the WD stand for? |
Wonder Dart: Because we always wondered where it was going to dart next! It's a narrow front, well worn and rather exciting to drive in road gear.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 2:09pm |
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Here I always thought it was War Developed.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 7:59pm |
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I thought thats how tall you needed to be to get on one 4'5" My leg goes OVER the hand clutch and rest behind my knee!!
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 8:06pm |
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Who Dunnit? that's about the best I could think of.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 8:53pm |
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A very good sales pitch.
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 9:44pm |
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Larry, you need to move your seat back!!
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Posted: 19 Jan 2011 at 9:50pm |
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Good one Randy
Edited by Steve M C/IL - 19 Jan 2011 at 9:51pm
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 6:19am |
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Randy, I don't think I can get the seat back that far with my long legs!!. I have thought about making a new handle that would stand up beside the steering shaft for the hand clutch!!
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'40 WC puller,'50 WD puller,'50 M puller '65 770 Ollie
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 7:36am |
From memory let's take a look at the questions.
What does the WD stand for.
The W series tractors were WC - W tractor cultivation or narrow front - WF W tractor wide front or wheatland type. The WD was the successor to the WC or WD next letter.
What does the 45 stand for in the WD-45
Answers above are basically correct in that the 45 was the about horsepower of the engine with the 4.5 stroke.
Hope this is some help.
Good luck!
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 7:43am |
WC = World Class
WD = World Dominater
WF = World Farmer
45 = 1945, the year it was first conceived and engineering began!
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 12:13pm |
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We called it the WonderDog when I was a kid. But that was 43 years ago and its still going........... kids are dumb!
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 4:34pm |
WC=Won't Cease
WD=Won't Die
WF=Won't Fail
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 4:38pm |
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I'd say 45 stands for the number of competitors the engineers expected her to put to shame and we all know how AC underrated its machines(hp) at first but often had to make changes once one was actually tested.
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 6:17pm |
Maybe wishful thinking on AC's part. If they could have introduced the WD45 in 1945, instead of 8 years later, the other tractor companys might never have been able to catch up to them, AND if the D series came out in 53, it may have sealed the deal . And we would never heard of agco.
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Posted: 20 Jan 2011 at 10:50pm |
Gary, It was the 1946 strike that killed AC. We could have sold anything after WWII and even though we were a small dealer we only got 6 tractors in 1946. Most of them C's.
The income lost from that Communist Led strike was the start of the closing of Allis Chalmers.
Good Luck!
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Posted: 21 Jan 2011 at 9:34am |
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Have loader parts off D-17 what are you looking for? Gary IN
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 7:30pm |
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WC - Will Crank
WD - Will Drive
WF - Will Finish!
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WD - Will Drink
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Posted: 22 Jan 2011 at 11:46pm |
LionelinKY wrote:
WC=Won't Cease
WD=Won't Die
WF=Won't Fail |
I like that.
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Posted: 23 Jan 2011 at 8:49am |
Really bored-thought up another set.
WC=Whoops Case
WD=Whoops Deere
WF=Whoops Farmall
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