Any interest in a project WD?
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Topic: Any interest in a project WD?
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Subject: Any interest in a project WD?
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 8:12pm
This weekend I brought home a WD, that I thought for sure would be a parts tractor, as it has been sitting outside for some time. Tonite I got to tinker with it for the first time. Put a pipe wrench on the hand crank as I couldn't find my hand crank lever, and it didn't want to turn but with a little bit of a pull, she popped free and cranks over good by hand. Front tires are good, rear are matched, dry cracked but ok. Rear fenders are all beat up. Front tin is good. Tractor is complete with starter, generator, and distributor conversion. I don't think it would take too much to get it going. The only bad things I see on it, is the blocked is cracked behind the carb, and repaired and not leaking. Also throttle quadrant is broke on hyd. lever side, but piece is there so it could be repaired. Fan blade rubs on shroud on side of radiator, so that will need to be addressed. Also eccentric bolts are buggered up and a bigger nut is welded over them. Gas tank looks clean. I haven't done anything to it, other then bring it home and see if it was free. It will need some work, but I hate to part out a tractor that with some work, will be a good runner again. I don't want to sell it just to have someone else part it out. It would be nice to sell it as a 4H project or a project for some young kid who is looking for the right project to get into tractors. I am going to post it on here, as well as YT and craigslist. If I don't get any interest, I will start to tinker on it and see if I can get it going but if I do, then I will try to sell again but for whatever else in parts I had to stick into it. As it sits right now, I would like to get $400 for it, which I think is more then fair considering what scrap is at, and we all know it's worth way more then that if I part it out. I just don't have the heart to do it to this one, as the guy who owned it that passed away, this tractor was his fathers first tractor on the farm and was the only tractor for many years. Here is one picture of it. Email me or PM me with any interest.
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Posted By: boergoatfarmer
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 9:03pm
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how much to bring to ohio?? ------------- Raising tunis sheep and oberhasli dairy goats and driving my allis chalmers tractors... Life is great |
Posted By: BennyLumpkin
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 9:06pm
| if you were closer to PA I'd be all over it |
Posted By: NCAllisnut
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 9:21pm
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Looks like a deal!
A little hard on the trailer fenders, aren't you Chuck????
Adam
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Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2010 at 6:06am
| Yea, Adam they came getting more and more dinged up. I found replacement fenders for 20 a side, but then I would feel bad the first ding they get. These are just thin metal. I was thinking of bending a piece of rebar and welded it to the front for strength. I don't have any reason to drive to OH. Maybe someone is coming that way empty and can haul for cheap. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2010 at 12:40pm
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Ever make it to Iowa like Des Moines or Waterloo? ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2010 at 1:37pm
Adam, Them fenders look like mine. I had a guy loading my trailer with a
JD skid loader with a grapple. He did it for free so I had to bite my
lip. This is what he was putting on the trailer. I got ten loads from
him. ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 28 Apr 2010 at 5:27pm
| Brian, I sent you a PM. Chuck. |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2010 at 7:23pm
| bump |
Posted By: chevytaHOE5674
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2010 at 7:31pm
| Ever make it towards the western UP of Michigan? |
Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2010 at 7:33pm
| If you come to PA let me know... |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 4:44pm
| Tractor is sold pending receiving check. Thanks for the interest. |
Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 4:48pm
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hmm if i had known you take a check i would have bought it days ago. i have a canceled one right here ready to mail. ------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 5:07pm
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Well, we all know checks are only worth the paper they are written on. Once the check clears, she can go away home to the new owner. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but definately not the dullest either!! |