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Best Practices for Winterizing Allis-Chalmers Trac

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Topic: Best Practices for Winterizing Allis-Chalmers Trac

Posted By: elitecontainer
Subject: Best Practices for Winterizing Allis-Chalmers Trac
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2024 at 5:16pm

Hey Allis-Chalmers enthusiasts,

With winter approaching, I wanted to share some tips for winterizing our tractors:

Fluids: Drain and replace engine oil, coolant, and other fluids.
Battery: Disconnect and store the battery in a warm place.
Fuel: Add a fuel stabilizer to prevent the fuel from degrading.

What are your winterizing routines? Looking forward to hearing your tips!

Replies:

Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2024 at 5:47pm

4. Raise tractor up on blocks,so no weight on tires/tubes/rims

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2024 at 6:17pm

no need to drain anything.. get antifreeze down to -20 degree level ( or lower if your in COLD area)... charge battery with tender and leave in the tractor.. no blocks, it can set for 3-4 months... run the fuel down as low as possible.. add stabalizer to the las gallon if you want.. i dont bother and have had no problems.

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Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2024 at 7:59pm

My personal opinion is if I was going to drain (change) fluids, I would rather do it in the spring, just before I was going to use it, so any condensation is drained out. I do watch for milky fluids.

My tractors don't get enough hours on them to even change oil every year. Some are lucky to get 5 hours of actual run time in a year.

Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024 at 7:47am

So WF, how often should one change oil in a tractor that only runs a few hours per year? I have the same problem; they are stored in an insulated building and rarely does the temperature get below freezing. Thanks.

Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024 at 8:24am

Winter approaching? Check your calendar, it’s July where I am.

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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024 at 8:24am

Run the fuel in the tank way down.

Add some Stabil in the fuel tank.

Drain the Carburetor and fuel line completely

Pull the Battery and put it on a Battery tender in the wire shop

Air the tires up a little higher than I would normally have em'.

If sitting outside, I put a 4 mil plastic zip bag over the Alternator or Gennie

Give it a good coat of wax on it for the Winter months.

I do the same thing with my Antique cars. But I put the cars on jack stands to get the weight off the tires to eliminate flat spots. I leave the Antifreeze in all the Tractors and vehicles....

Steve@B&B

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39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife