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off brand muffs are inferior. ... Hope Nelson put the same quality as original or better into the new Nelson mufflers.
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Posted: 11 Jan 2020 at 6:13pm |
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Is there option for the D 19 Diesel tractors?
As far making the hood for oval muffler, draw out the patter use a hole saw for the outer portion and air nibbler for the rest. Did this for my spray rig tractor
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D-19 diesels never had a muffler.
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Posted: 11 Jan 2020 at 10:27pm |
I thought D19 diesels had a stright pipe from the factory! Thanks Dr Allis for confirming!
JC- The paperwork Nelson sent me for the D17 muffler was dated 1962, they will go by those specs when they manufacture the mufflers. They still had most of the tooling, but a couple dies were either missing or worn out so they had to replace those. So I would think the quality would be the same for these new ones.
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Alex, have you contacted AGCO to see if they are interested in the mufflers? They have to buy them somewhere, might be good to buy them from you.
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That's cool Alex that they had the specs an stuff.
Reading that made me think of my dad telling me how years ago him and his buddy would go to local Chevy dealer and just buy 55 Chevy parts, just pick something dif each time. Well he got a set of fenders and there wasn't any metal at all in fender just over head light. And they said the reason was the dies were so wore out.
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But yet my question pertaining to the OP'S topic (thanks DR for the round/oval muffler decibles) is WHY the need for the NELSON MUFFLER ???? |
It isn't a need,it's a desire. If you ran tractors with a Nelson and then any brand X (other that a Walker WD-WD45) you would know the answer. If you ran a D17 with the oval Nelson,you would really appreciate at the end of a day of plowing. If you think a crap Stanley sounds fine ,you wouldn't understand. It's all about the sound.
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I think it is tremendous that you got them to manufacture some new ones.
We put an oval on a series 2 D17. We used a saber saw on the hood. That was our main field reactor back then. It was much better for our ears.
We still have that D17 but do not use it much. The muffler is still pretty good but I will buy a new one from you and put it in storage until needed.
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I doubt very much that AGCO would be interested. They have been selling the cheaper Stanley mufflers for 20 or 30 years or dealers have been selling Stanley's for 30 years because the Nelson mufflers cost too much. People (dealers AND customers) didn't care about originality. They just wanted a new muffler,
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And didn't they hold up better too. The cheapes rot off in a few years
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I would like to submit the idea of the D-19 gas muffler for your next run. Thanks. Don Jr.
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My recommendation for the next Nelson muffler run would be for the 180/185. Why ?? Because there are THOUSANDS of them still in service yet today, and many have already had the OEM muffler replaced with a Stanley equipped with the centered and smaller outlet pipe and shorter main body. All the other A-C tractor models surviving numbers wouldn't be as great as the 180/185.
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Guess that why when tried to look for one I could not find it.
The one I got from Eldon the piping from the manifold to were goes out the hood could get water down the motor if sit outside and it was raining.
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Posted: 12 Jan 2020 at 2:45pm |
SteveM C/IL wrote:
FREEDGUY wrote:
But yet my question pertaining to the OP'S topic (thanks DR for the round/oval muffler decibles) is WHY the need for the NELSON MUFFLER ???? |
It isn't a need,it's a desire. If you ran tractors with a Nelson and then any brand X (other that a Walker WD-WD45) you would know the answer. If you ran a D17 with the oval Nelson,you would really appreciate at the end of a day of plowing. If you think a crap Stanley sounds fine ,you wouldn't understand. It's all about the sound.
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Our gas D17, series 2 if I recall, had a round muffler and ran MANY hours pulling a 4/16 semi mount plow  . To my knowledge, I can still hear today without "hearing aids" LOL!! When dad made a "supposed" upgrade to a gasser D19,that's the first we had been around an oval muffler. Not a fair comparison in decibles as I suppose the 2 extra cylinders in the '19 might come into play  . I thought maybe it was a "correct" muffler to be hailed by the trailer queen/parade people for shows. I still can't fathom the idea of cutting somewhat large holes in a hood for the sake of "sound". Thanks though for your insight.
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I don't know how old you are,but the noise induced hearing loss doesn't show up right away so the hearing aid comment is moot. If you ran that tractor for hours and years plowing,as you age you will be saying "huh" a lot more as time marches on. BTDT. It ain't really funny.
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Yea, constant ringing in the ears and everybody mumbles and can't here anyone I am talking to if there are any other people talking at the same time... Sucks and I don't hear crickets when I am even looking at them. that sucks for others, they hear them dang crickets an it doesn't drive me nuts... but I hear the continual squeal of tinnitus hour after hour and that is no fun.
Difference between the round muffler D17 and the 170 oval muffler was a day and night difference, you could hear the fan on the engine of the 170 instead of the crackle off the pipe on the D17/WD45.
And on the old D17 Diesel with a straight pipe, you had to wear ear plugs and ear muffs when it was working hard.
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FREEDGUY wrote:
SteveM C/IL wrote:
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But yet my question pertaining to the OP'S topic (thanks DR for the round/oval muffler decibles) is WHY the need for the NELSON MUFFLER ???? |
It isn't a need,it's a desire. If you ran tractors with a Nelson and then any brand X (other that a Walker WD-WD45) you would know the answer. If you ran a D17 with the oval Nelson,you would really appreciate at the end of a day of plowing. If you think a crap Stanley sounds fine ,you wouldn't understand. It's all about the sound.
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Our gas D17, series 2 if I recall, had a round muffler and ran MANY hours pulling a 4/16 semi mount plow . To my knowledge, I can still hear today without "hearing aids" LOL!! When dad made a "supposed" upgrade to a gasser D19,that's the first we had been around an oval muffler. Not a fair comparison in decibles as I suppose the 2 extra cylinders in the '19 might come into play . I thought maybe it was a "correct" muffler to be hailed by the trailer queen/parade people for shows. I still can't fathom the idea of cutting somewhat large holes in a hood for the sake of "sound". Thanks though for your insight. |
To answer your question with a simple straight answer: There is no NEED for the nelson muffler. We CHOOSE the Nelson muffler over the other options because Nelson's are the best of 3 worlds:
1. FUNCTION: They muffle the tractor exhaust better than a stanley or a straight pipe, just as toilet paper wipes your butt better than a bolt.
2. SOUND: Nelson mufflers have a unique sound compared to a Stanley. A lot of our forum members grew up on Allis tractors that had Nelson mufflers, so when they hear the "nelson sound" it is comforting. Just as you would rather hear your favorite song come on the radio, instead of your least favorite song.
3. QUALITY: Nelson mufflers last longer than the stanley ones. Either because the steel is thinner, joints are weaker, or because the paint/coating they use is inferior. Just as a steel roof lasts longer than a shingle roof.
Now there are some people who don't care about the above points. If you don't care about an item performing a task better than another item, and have complete indifference to the sound a muffler makes, and if you could care less about buying parts with a longer lifespan than others, the Nelson muffler is not for you.
Now since I have answered your question sir, would it be too much to ask for you to answer mine?: Which Nelson muffler would you like to see available next?
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Posted: 12 Jan 2020 at 6:45pm |
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My recommendation for the next Nelson muffler run would be for the 180/185. Why ?? Because there are THOUSANDS of them still in service yet today, and many have already had the OEM muffler replaced with a Stanley equipped with the centered and smaller outlet pipe and shorter main body. All the other A-C tractor models surviving numbers wouldn't be as great as the 180/185. |
I would agree. Probably would be the last muffler you would need. My 185 my uncle bought new has just shy of 3000 hours and still sports the original Nelson that came on it.
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Alex09(WI) wrote:
FREEDGUY wrote:
SteveM C/IL wrote:
FREEDGUY wrote:
But yet my question pertaining to the OP'S topic (thanks DR for the round/oval muffler decibles) is WHY the need for the NELSON MUFFLER ???? |
It isn't a need,it's a desire. If you ran tractors with a Nelson and then any brand X (other that a Walker WD-WD45) you would know the answer. If you ran a D17 with the oval Nelson,you would really appreciate at the end of a day of plowing. If you think a crap Stanley sounds fine ,you wouldn't understand. It's all about the sound.
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Our gas D17, series 2 if I recall, had a round muffler and ran MANY hours pulling a 4/16 semi mount plow . To my knowledge, I can still hear today without "hearing aids" LOL!! When dad made a "supposed" upgrade to a gasser D19,that's the first we had been around an oval muffler. Not a fair comparison in decibles as I suppose the 2 extra cylinders in the '19 might come into play . I thought maybe it was a "correct" muffler to be hailed by the trailer queen/parade people for shows. I still can't fathom the idea of cutting somewhat large holes in a hood for the sake of "sound". Thanks though for your insight. |
To answer your question with a simple straight answer: There is no NEED for the nelson muffler. We CHOOSE the Nelson muffler over the other options because Nelson's are the best of 3 worlds:
1. FUNCTION: They muffle the tractor exhaust better than a stanley or a straight pipe, just as toilet paper wipes your butt better than a bolt.
2. SOUND: Nelson mufflers have a unique sound compared to a Stanley. A lot of our forum members grew up on Allis tractors that had Nelson mufflers, so when they hear the "nelson sound" it is comforting. Just as you would rather hear your favorite song come on the radio, instead of your least favorite song.
3. QUALITY: Nelson mufflers last longer than the stanley ones. Either because the steel is thinner, joints are weaker, or because the paint/coating they use is inferior. Just as a steel roof lasts longer than a shingle roof.
Now there are some people who don't care about the above points. If you don't care about an item performing a task better than another item, and have complete indifference to the sound a muffler makes, and if you could care less about buying parts with a longer lifespan than others, the Nelson muffler is not for you.
Now since I have answered your question sir, would it be too much to ask for you to answer mine?: Which Nelson muffler would you like to see available next?
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH !! That's the type of answer I was seeking !! I applaude your tenacity to get a MAJOR manufacturer "on-board" to produce a discontinued product . To answer your ??, we run a '68 gasser 180 with an oval muffler that we replaced 15 years ago with a NAPA supplied muffler. This tractor is NEVER going to see WOT use for the rest of her days; planting/bush hog/auger duty only  . Again, THANKS for the definitive reasons, greatly appreciated !!
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I don't know how old you are,but the noise induced hearing loss doesn't show up right away so the hearing aid comment is moot. If you ran that tractor for hours and years plowing,as you age you will be saying "huh" a lot more as time marches on. BTDT. It ain't really funny. |
I will be 54 on the 27'th of this month, never said hearing loss was funny . What's getting my hearing is the routers that we use on residential job sites. Would still LOVE to run a straight CHROME pipe on the XT 190 diesel pulling the White 18' disk though, it came with and has had a black,round muffler on it(don't ask me the brand) since we have owned it 
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This is awesome that Nelson is going to be making these mufflers again. I got lucky a while back and found a NOS Nelson muffler for my early D17D. To make sure it stays looking like new, I sent it off to Jet-Hot to be ceramic coated. It cost $189 to be done, but it shouldn't ever rust or lose it's silver shine.
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I had some time today to run numbers on the potential market with each model of tractor. Now the following numbers are just my BEST GUESS, and are based off my own observations in my part of WI, and the calls i've made when I researched the D17 oval muffler. So these numbers possibly would be different in other parts of the USA. I do need to point out that during my research for the nelson mufflers, the consensus is that 99% of guys who use their tractors for farming or who work their tractors, will not fork out the additional money for a Nelson muffler and will instead put a stanley on and keep working.
D10, D12, D14, and D15 series I gas tractors that used muffler A-C #227240/233450: Total made is 47,150.
Out of the total, I guess 50% are still floating around not in a salvage yard, or scrapped. Which makes the total remaining: 23,575.
Out of those tractors, I guess 75% are non-working tractors or restored which might get a Nelson muffler. So the number of prospective Neslon muffler buyers is 17,681.
D19 Gas tractors that used muffler A-C #246130 total production was 7000
50% are still floating around not in a salvage yard, or scrapped: 3500 I guess 75% of those are not working tractors, which might get a Nelson. So D19 Nelson muffler prospective buyers: 2625
D17 Late GAS tractors total using muffler A-C#246129: 39000 50% not in salvage yard/scrapped: 19,500 60% non working tractors/ potential Nelson buyers: 11,700
D17 late Diesel tractors total using muffler A-C #237290: 7990 50% not in salvage/scrapped: 3995 75% non working tractors/potential nelson buyers: 2996 <-----\
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D15 Series II Diesel tractors using muffler A-C #237290: 1100 |
50% not in salvage yards/scrapped: 550 /
90% non working tractors/potentail nelson buyers: 495+ 2996--/ (same muffler) =3491
D15 Series II Gas tractors using muffler A-C #237290: 11,300
50% not in salvage yards/scrapped: 5650 75% non working tractors/potential nelson buyers: 4237
D15 series I Diesel Tractors using muffler A-C #234493: 950 50% not in salvage yards/scrapped: 475 90% do not work for a living and are collector owned/potential nelson buyers: 427 <
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D17 early diesel tractors using muffler A-C # 234493: 6075 |
50% are not in salvage yards/scrapped: 3037 |
90% are collector owned/non-working tractors/potential nelson buyers: 2734+427--/ (same muffler) =3161
170/175 Diesel tractors using muffler A_C #250049: 8500 70% are not in salvage/scrapped: 5950
30% are collector owned/not used as a farm tractor: 1785
170/175 Gast tractors using muffler A-C #249324: 6000 70% are not in salvage yards/scrapped: 4200 50% are not used for farm work/potential nelson buyers: 2100
180/185 tractors (gas or Diesel) using muffler A-C #248883: 27000 50% are not in salvage yards/scrapped: 13,500 30% are collector owned/non-working tractors/potential Nelson buyers: 4050
I could use more data so please continue to chime in if you would be interested in a nelson muffler for a certain tractor. THANK YOU for everyone's responses so far!!!
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I'd go for a D15 Series 2 gas, and a D17 Series 4 diesel.
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And for a D14
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Have a series 1 D17 diesel, if you end up getting any mufflers made that could be adapted. I'd be interested since I can build and attach the flange.
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Why cut a hole in the hood? Just put a longer pipe up through the hood and clamp muffler to that. You can't care about originality too much if you're using the wrong muffler and you can always put back the original style and have the original uncut hood later if you start feeling like an originalist. IH did that from the factory, extending a pipe through the hood with a visible clamp holding the muffler all above the hood.
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