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Topic: AC WD trivia

Posted By: captaindana
Subject: AC WD trivia
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2011 at 6:24pm

question now that Charlie's got me thinking! lol What was the first year the WD came out of the factory with a distributor, coil, points and batery replacing the magneto? I seem to remember as a youngster the dealer coming up to do the upgrade...and next month I will be 58, so maybe when our tractor was converted it may have been around 1960. Also my granddad may not have had the conversion done when it first apperaed...As usual thanks!

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Posted By: kev/ont
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2011 at 6:31pm

According to the bible, it was 1953 when the point's and distributer were added as well as the contant mesh (wd45) tranny

Posted By: Tramway Guy
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2011 at 9:09pm

I have seen late style transmission on tractors with Magneto...so I don't think that change was simultaneous.

Posted By: Matt MN
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2011 at 9:49pm

according to the "Bible" Constant-mesh transmission was effective in late 1952 at serial #127007 and battery ignition became effective in 1953 at serial # 136318

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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2011 at 11:37pm

So if 53 was the first distributor for a WD, would that have followed with the B and CA at the same time? Dad didn't remember a magneto on his CA but it's a 1951. It has had a distributor as long as I can remember and I'm 18 days older than the Captain.

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Posted By: allisorange
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2011 at 9:41am

We bought a 52 WD late in the year and it had a distibutor

John Carlson

Posted By: dsgraf
Date Posted: 13 Mar 2011 at 10:04am

I got a 1953 wd with the mag and the older style wd trans...straight shifter. All original.