brand new d-17

to me! I just traded for this d-17 series 3 and have lots of questions. it is in ok-ish shape. the brakes are gone or really out of adjustment and lots of worn bushings, like where the steering shaft goes inside the frame also the clutch pedal is attached. motor runs good but i need an exhaust gasket. i am trying to find a parts and operators manual. can anyone explain to me what all the levers do on the steering wheel? i know the one on the right is the throttle and front left is the rear lift but what does the one in front of it do?  alst there is a knob on the guage panel what does it do?  any one have a pic of what the parts for the brake adj. looks like? thanks jon

The things you describe are pretty common for an aged tractor that's seen lots of use. These can all be rebushed/rebuilt as desired. The lower lever as you said is for the rear lift. Push it up all the way to raise, let it center to hold, pull all the way down to lower. The upper lever is a pressure adjustment against the load being pulled that raises the implement under heavy load. Basicly it's a draft control, but since the Allis hitch attaches to the same location as the applied load from the implement it's much more sensitive in reaction. This setup is call Traction Boost. The hitch setup is called a Snap Coupler. An owners manual will help you get the brakes adjusted and will help you get familiarised with everything properly so you don't hurt the tractor and more importantly it doesn't hurt you. Almost forgot, if you have a black knob on the lower right of the dash is likely the engagement for a belt pulley. You can have the linkage and knob without having the pulley and vice versas. It was part of the attachment package. If you do have the lever and knob and don't want/need it I'd be interested as I'm missing this on mine.

Edited by D-17_Dave - 29 Dec 2011 at 11:03pm

Well, I just learned something! We didn't have a belt pulley on our D17, nor were there any knobs close to say anything about it. The only knob on the right side was to lock and set the brakes by pulling up on it. Thanks!

Serie IV 17's had the pump where the belt pulley went for low pressure high volumn hydraulics like most late model tractors had. If yours is a series III then someone likely installed the series IV setup onto it. Which is more deired for operating hydraulic late model equipment. And yes, it will connect/disconnect the drive for the pump.

note to self dont pull that handle the pump is capped off.   i just went out and looked at the brake pin, looks like it might be possible to reline it without splitting the final drive?

Interesting rear wheel weights you have there. Also you have a wide front end off a D-19 on it with the bolster weight hanging out past the grill and the wishbone cut down and braced. What's the odd canister on the left front. Keep the pics coming. We love pics.

Tin looks pretty good on it.  Ironically, you have the same rear rubber that my D17 has...........construction tires.  Funny..........

42043d is ite serial

D17 dave why do you say that is a 19 front end?  I looked at my 19s and they look similar but they are alot bigger than that front, and all my 17s wfs have that same front cast piece that the front piviot goes in and the 19 ones look different, and alot bigger.  As well as taller, also it looks like the front has been broke, or extended because it is a diesel and they are longer than a gas one.   The wheel weights seem to be the Oxnard 250 pounders, I would love to have a set of them

D-17_Dave wrote: Looks like an engine out of a series IV also. You may have the parts of a combined 17 and 19. Regardless, you have a nice tractor with lots of fun ahead.

How can you tell a series 4 motor?

Hanging on the front grill shell I believe that is a "Frantz" oil filter that uses a roll of toilet paper as the filter.

Welcome to forum, as you can see lots of help here.

donais wrote: hao does that hydraulic fitting work on the back? is it a single acting?

I could be wrong, but I believe it is single acting.  I have a very early D17, and we put a return line on it going back to the torque housing so that we could use it on "newer" implements.....................

Serial # places it as a 1962 model. Would fall right in with 19 engine production. Decals look like a series IV but no telling who might have painted or decaled or may have swapped out parts on it. Again, I would really recommend grabbing a few manuals before getting too deep into it. May help keep you from having to re-invent the wheel.

Edited by D-17_Dave - 31 Dec 2011 at 2:01am

looking at the trans fluid  its low looked in the book and it says sae 80 ep transmission fluid is that gear oil or where would i get it?

Edited by donais - 31 Dec 2011 at 2:28pm

it is looking to me that this is a series three early serial #. they used  old style brakes for one and new ais cleaner. anyone have any idea what this breather is for the chrome-ish one on the side in the pic? it hooks to just above the oil pan.. also im gonna try yo put some more pics of the steering wheel and power steering pump . still working on getting the operators manual .  i need the front seal for the pump and still not clear on the lever layout on the wheel

Edited by donais - 03 Jan 2012 at 9:27pm