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Allen 
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 Topic: Allis D grader
Posted: 27 May 2010 at 3:48am |
New to the site and figured I would post a pic of my current Project ! My father purchased this from the ohio highway dept the day i was born Oct 8 , 1976 , sadly he passed away nov 29 after a long illness , he collected tractors and engines and always joked about how he should restore the grader instead of using it ,,, I purchased it at the auction and am working on restoring it now ! 
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GlenninPA
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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 6:50am |
Very nice. It is always special to have a machine with a family connection.
Welcome, and good luck. Keep us posted on your progress.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 6:51am |
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if it works and runs then other than a fresh coat of paint , what more is needed.
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Allen
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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 1:25pm |
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Runs and works great , I need to swap the manifold , and the steerings loose but other than that its all cosmetics ,,, I also have a 1926 fordson with the wier grader on it that dad restored back in the 90's wrong color lol but still a very neat machine !
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DonBC
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Posted: 27 May 2010 at 10:14pm |
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You can get reproduction manuals for these machines from some of the suppliers on this site. Used or after market manifolds should not be hard to get as the engine is a farm tractor engine. It must be one of the older models as the engine appears to be still using a magneto. If you know the grader's serial number it is easy to check the year. If your steering play is in the steering box the service manual describes how to adjust it. They are a great little grader.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 28 May 2010 at 7:39am |
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You have a nice looking machine there. A neighbor has one, it's more of a red color, but back then I don't know if there was a standard color for Municiple machines. There is one at auction here in Mid MI next Sat. but my driveway isn't long enough tow warrant that much machine!!! LOL
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Allen
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Posted: 03 Jun 2010 at 12:16am |
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the serial # is D-615
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DonBC
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Posted: 03 Jun 2010 at 8:17pm |
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Looks like that makes it a 1950 model. It should have the same engine as a WD45 tractor.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 03 Jun 2010 at 9:00pm |
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That looks like somethin I need for my driveway. Put some chains on it for pushin snow too. Keep us up to date on your progress. Charlie
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