OLD Tractor Fork Lift

I bought one just like it last summer, great tractor to have around. I just run regular hydraulic fluid in mine.

Looks like I 600, series 2 muffler, and a hard nose radiator shell, although it could be a johnny cash put-together!

I think for the bearings you might have to pull one off and order one by measurements from a parts store. Probably not the kind of item on any old Allis dealers shelf.

Yhea i meant mast rollers. That's probably what i will have to do is take one off for measurement and see what I can get.  I hope to give the old girl a little love. the rollers on it have some flat spots, the mast still goes up and down but the rollers don't roll. I tested picking up an old chevy caviler, it got it up off the ground but didnt want to much higher than a few feet, it would tilt in and out with no problem but didnt want to g any further, could tell it it was just the rollers binding. I picked the thing up for 1500 and the guy had just put a new alternator on it and had the carb rebuilt. I am going to change the hydraulic fluid, seems a little thick and want to make sure it's clean. Not sure what to use though. It's a little tough to steer when it's below 20 deg.  

I recently brought home some I beams from work that weighed just over 5000 pounds each and at first the steer wheels came off the ground when I tried to lift one so I added 1500 pounds on the counter weight and then I could tilt the forks forward and bring them up tight to the beam and tip the forks back to lift it. It would not lift it straight up but I could still steer with the extra counter weight. I'm guessing they are rated at around 4000 pound capacity.

If it wasn't binding I think the only reason would be lack of oil because if it lifts the entire car off the ground a foot it should lift it all the way up. It takes a lot of oil to fill the lift cylinder and I'm not sure how much extra is in the reservoir, if it's a little low that might do it.

The mast rollers may be something that you could find if you do a search for "Cam Follower". It's a common industry style of bearing that's intended just for the purpose of following a rail... very handy.

I did find the serial number right after I had made the first post. So I went over things again and did another test lift, and yup it seems that its the rollers that are keeping it from lifting anything heavy very high. So new rollers is top priority. I will look at napa, I also went to an old school tractor store that use to be an allis dealer years ago. He says he could get them but that they wernt cheap, a 2-3 hundred each roller. I hope i can find them for less than that. i was thinking of around $50 each, $100 tops. See if i can come up with anything this week. But boy is it a hooot to play around on. 

A diesel d-15 II weighs about 4200 #, so add the weight of the mast, and counterweighting, and you prolly have a tractor that weighs in the neighborhood of 6-7K #.