My 170
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Topic: My 170
Posted By: Claus
Subject: My 170
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 4:41pm
  I took a few shots of my 170 while the loader was off and the weights were back on, looks so much better with the weights. I took all of the loader cylinders in to be fixed. I told them to fix them whatever needs fixing (seals, shafts, we''ll see). They said they would call me and let me know where we're at. I hate oil leaks so I'm try to fix them all. Just did the pto seal and O ring and I need to do the oil pan gasket as well.I wish the paint, decals, fenders and grille were just a little bit better but it's not bad. tractor had a very ugly cabette/heater houser on it when we bought it and that left several holes in the fenders. Looks like it must have had tire chains on it as well at one time, the right fender is slightly bent like something rode around the tire while hooked in the chains. 
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Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 5:25pm
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Nice looking 170 you have there Claus!!!! And the corn is looking good too!!
Don ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 8:20pm
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I don't know what you're complaining about Claus. I don't have one tractor that looks half as nice as your 170 does. Nice tractor!! |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 8:27pm
| Chuck, don't get me wrong, I love my tractor. I guess I have a part of me that is never satisfied, my Dad always reminds me if I had it repainted and all "parade pretty" I wouldn't want to use it for anything and what good is that? |
Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 8:34pm
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Yep - looks mighty good from here in Massachusetts! But I know what you mean about oil leaks - I hate 'em! Tough thing with older iron. My buddy used to kit me a lot about it - and then help me fix the leaks!! ------------- WC, CA, D14, WD45 |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 8:37pm
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Looks great!
Let me know how hard a job it is to replace the pan gasket when you do it. That's one I need to do also on my one-seventy.
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Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 8:40pm
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That's one thing I was overly impressed with on the D17 series 4 that I picked up is that the engine doesn't leak. Now the hydraulics are another thing. I would say keep that one just the way it is. they are only original once. My d17 is going to get the wheels and grill cover painted and the rest is going to get waxed and cleaned up and whatever it looks like, it is going to stay that way. |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 8:48pm
Chuck I like original condition tractors as well. Here is a photo of my late Grandfather's 1964 D17 Series III, I sold it when I bought the 170. It had to work for a living but Grandpa always kept it inside and took good care of it.
 
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Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 17 Jul 2010 at 9:18pm
| that's one nice original as well! |
Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2010 at 10:28pm
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Any pics of that 170 when you brought her home? ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2010 at 10:37pm
   Sorry, no. It looked pretty much like it does, without the loader, had any ugly cabette or heater houser on it. The cream needed painting and it had a rusty muffler on it. Here is a few older pics.
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2010 at 10:49pm
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A yellow Frontier? I take it that box scraper is older? most are John Deere green.
Sounds a lot like my WD45, ugly heat houser (well, in the colder months), whole thing needs painting, and a rusty muffeler lol. ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2010 at 10:55pm
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I believe the reason the Frontier box blade is yellow is because it is commercial/industrial. It is 4 years old and you can still buy it and that model is still yellow. The heat houser thing had a fiberglass roof, we thought it was aftermarket. I sold it on this forum for $50.00, the day the guy came to pick it up we unfolded the nylon sides and it had large AC emblems on it. |
Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2010 at 12:01am
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This one is same as mine. http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5659433 - http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=5659433 |
Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2010 at 12:37am
| claus...come fix all the oil leaks on my equipment......PLEASE!!! |