My First Tractor! D17... But which series?

Took me 5 minutes to put 2 new Gates belts on my series I D17 diesel yesterday. Fan shroud is quite tight at the fan blades, found a sweet spot on the left side to navigate the belts around the fan blades. But I don’t have a pump hanging out the front either lol.

Oops, my mistake.  I read only the first page of posts from back in 2019 before I posted my previous comment.  Looks like you have done a very good job on this one.

One year later and Allis is still helping with projects and good times!

Thank you to Steve@B&B for all new wiring and the alternator. I went with the heavy duty key and he was kind enough to add a couple extra circuits for lights I plan to add. Switched to his alternator and was able to use the upper adjusting bracket. Initially I tried using one of the bottom brackets flipped around, but it had a lot of wiggle, so I made up a bracket out of some flat stock and all is well now

Went to a couple more pulls last year and first of this year last weekend, always a fun time! May even make it to two more this weekend.

Think I'm going to pick up a few more hydraulic quick connects to make removing the loader lift arms easier. Also need to adjust the quick attach latches as I pop the bucket off when back dragging. They go a little too far past "lock" and the locks actually start to come back up.

Hope you all are well and thank you again to all that have helped!

Agreed Steve!

Couple weeks ago the Southeast Pullers came around, so off cam the loader and pump and out we went to play. Got 7 out of 8 and learned a few more things.

In the process I removed the other tire and wheel which was still filled with C.C. Tuesday before the even I pulled into garage and it sprung a leak. Spent that evening patching the 1st wheel I took off 2 year ago and had sand blasted last year with good intentions.

Buddy brought over a bead breaker and made short work of breaking the bead. Sure bears how I did it last time! Then we drew 55 gallons of C.C. out and mounted the repaired wheel. Next evening I mounted the replacement tube and tire back on after flushing and washing out the tire, the grinding and cleaning rust off the bead. Found out Thursday that I had pinched the tube. Loaded onto trailer and went to buddies farm where we bolted weights to the frame rails and hung 400lbs off the lift arms. Came in at 5400lbs and was again reminded that I could(should) raisey hitch height about 5 inches

Good work! Takes a while to fit those patches in.

I plan to put the bucket that came with the loader off to the side for a while. To make it more functional for me and to save some wear on the front end I am planning to fab up a quick attach for skid steer attachments (J2513). My fork plate should be here tomorrow and the plates with the latches Monday. I still need to get some 3/8" flat stock - I'm hoping 4" width will work and some 1.5" OD 1/4" wall tubing for bushings. These loaders use 1" pins from what I can tell around 5" long. Here's what I've come up with so far:

Once I have the plates, I'll be able to determine how wide the flat stock needs to be. I want to keep the pins as close to the plate as possible, reducing additional stress and leverage the attachments seem to have utilizing some of the "adapters" out there. Looking, many of them are 4-6" thick?! That's got to reduce capacity and add undue stress. If I get lucky and can pull this off (based on the measurements I've taken so far I'm pretty confident it I will) I think this will look less like an afterthought.

Thoughts/ experience?

Dave - great write up! I have noticed some fluid on the ground, haven't had time to pinpoint leak(s) though I remember thinking I may have to get ram seal kits. 

The reason I mentioned "running out of oil" was you have 4 long rams to feed now instead of that single ram inside the housing. Most of the A-C loaders that operate with four rams have a separate reservoir built into the loader frame to provide more volume.

Dave- sorry, I should have clarified. When I curl the bucket the rod does go all the way in. I'm running Farm and fleet Universal Hy Trans. I will be searching for information on this valve to see if I can get some type of reference and then do as recommended. I was dragging heels on pulling apart the valve until I get a pressure guage, so I know where I'm at least starting at.

Brian-

While cycling the lift and bucket I was pausing and filling it. Continued to do so until fluid was burping out of the reservoir. Adding a secondary reservoir to the post may be the fix, but I have to believe that it was designed with sufficient capacity, no?

Edited by Strokendiesel002 - 06 Feb 2021 at 8:11pm

First, how do you KNOW the relief valve is actually adjusted to 2,000 or 2,200 psi ?? You don't, unless you got a gauge plumbed into it somewhere. Second, are you sure the lift cylinders aren't already bottomed out when you can't lift the front wheels off the ground ??

The larger pump will not lift anymore weight, only faster. The psi rating will determine how much weight it will lift. I'd imagine you are expecting too much if the snow is wet and heavy. 2,200 psi probably won't hurt anything and is 10% more lift power.

Pics!

Keep up the good work! Fun to follow!