Just curious
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Topic: Just curious
Posted By: rdean33422
Subject: Just curious
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 6:41pm
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What year did they start putting distributors on WD tractors? Thank you Ray
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 6:53pm
| I know my Dad's bent gearshift late 1952 or 1953 WD had factory distributor ignition. Not the add-on style that bolted up to the mag drive. |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 8:48pm
| My 50 WD has a mag. |
Posted By: Bill Deppe/AC Salvag
Date Posted: 12 Oct 2024 at 9:30pm
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WD parts book indicates distributor began with sn 136318 |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 6:01am
So that would be quite early in 1954.
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Bill Deppe/AC Salvag wrote:Posted By: allisorange
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 6:21am
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We bought a 1952 new and it had a distributor. J. Carlson
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 7:11am
| WD-45 production started at chassis s/n 146607 in summer/fall of 1953. WD's started distributors at 136318 which is also 1953 and about 10,000 tractors before the WD-45 started. Looks like no battery ignitions in 1952 according to the parts book. Sometimes mistakes are made, but that's what it says. |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 9:33am
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I checked the CA Parts Catalog: Generator, Electric Starter, and Distributor all started at Engine Ser. 149840. Couldn't find any Tractor Serial Number to correspond to this Engine Serial. Checked Bryan Smyths 'Tractor Ser. - Engine Serial reference Year Tractor SN Range Engine SN Range 1950 14 - 321 140553 - 141017 1951 322 - 10538 141018 - 156449 1952 10539 - 22180 156450 - 174033 1953 22181 - 31423 174034 - 187993 That indicates about mid 1951 for CA Distributor. Gary |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 10:06am
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Dr. Reading this Forums 'Serial Number Reference' Chart: I get the same conclusion as WF. 1954 WD 1st 131243 last 160384, since early Serial Numbers posted are ending #s Ser. 136318 falls in this range, so a 1954. BUT the 'Serial Num. Ref.' states "** WD-45 production began at 146607 in 1953" Something is not right. perhaps WD-45 started in 1954 ? I have a picture of myself sitting on a brand new WD-45, with another one parked in view behind it. This would have been when my father first started with his Allis Chalmers Dealership. Unfortunately there is no date on the picture. G |
Posted By: Straanger
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 11:23am
| We like pictures |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 1:13pm
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Me too Straa, but I never learned how to post pictures. Guess I should learn. G |
Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 7:11pm
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. Just random data add: 1952 WD WF 125xxx with distributor on mag mount (suspect dealer/aftermarket) 1952 WD NF built two weeks before with magneto First is the one I have now, bought a few years back. The other was my father's that we had when I was a kid that my brother has currently. We tried getting our father's running but got the mag gears indexed wrong and need to get back to it. . .
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Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 7:38pm
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My 52 has a distributor. Would have to check to see what the S/n is ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: rdean33422
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2024 at 9:51pm
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Thank you all for the replies My serial number is some what messed up on my tractor so the best I can tell it is either a 1949 or a 1951. WD with a magneto and a straight gear shift lever. Thank you again Ray
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Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2024 at 6:05am
This is all correct. Where the 1954 thing comes from I don't know. To expand a bit, the snap-coupler hitch became standard equipment at serial number 151381. I believe it was optional before that and many WD tractors have been retrofitted, I have one of those. Diesel engine production started at serial number 181341, 4 bolt wide front ends corresponding with this. I'm not 100% certain on this but pretty sure. Couple other random thought on this as I'm paging through the bible; My Grandpa's WD that he bought new is 115xxx and came with a mag. and straight stick. It's still here but now has battery ignition I installed. On page 80 of Norm's bible there is a picture of a 45 with 15-28, (18.4x28) rice and cane tires that were a factory option. I mention this because there was some controversy at Hutch about my 16.9x28's being larger than "stock" tire size. There was also a diesel in the 5000 lb. farm stock with the same size tires. I don't remember him getting any flack about his tires but I digress. Maybe next year I should take the book with me and show them that picture?
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Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2024 at 6:19am
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re: What year did they start putting distributors on WD tractors? 3 days after some engineer got out of the hospital with his busted up finger,wrist and shoulder ? ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |