CA owner question
Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Allis Chalmers
Forum Name: Farm Equipment
Forum Description: everything about Allis-Chalmers farm equipment
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28874
Printed Date: 03 Mar 2025 at 11:48am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.10 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: CA owner question
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Subject: CA owner question
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 9:28am
|
Yesterday a CA owner at the Canton TX Show and Swap asked me how to properly mount a alternator or a generator on his CA engine. He was not able to figure out why his engine block had no mounting holes for a generator bracket like everyone else does.
After a look see, I pointed out that the Engine SN # R 2xxx K and a casting # ending with a 11 tells me the block could have been from a early 39 handcrank low octane 60H Power Unit. His block was cast before block molds were changed making provision for a genererator to be mounted to the block and this old buddy was used to replace the original CA engine before he got the tractor.
Could it also have been a dual fuel engine out of a RC? Or. Were all the RC blocks in 39 able to be outfitted with generators?
Footnotes
Power units. How do you date them? Are there Serial # breaks for Power Units by Year?
The BE116, and the CE,R, CR125 engine SN prefixes were all used in Power Units. Is this Correct?
The 3 1/4 bore BE engine was standard in all B tractors before B tractor 64501, 1943. The 3 3/8 bore engines were available during the same time period in power units, RCs and in the C . Is that Correct?
|
Replies:
Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 9:38am
Yes. ------------- Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance. Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. |
Ken in Texas wrote:Posted By: wkpoor
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 9:45am
| Ha! I bought a CA last yr that had a gen but upon closer look it was mounted with an adapter bracket that wrapped the front of the engine.After I removed it.....no holes. I had an early B block on my CA. Plus side was I like mags or at least mag drives to drive the distributor which this had the Delco distributor. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 9:50am
| Model "RC" had the gen mounted to the left side frame like a WC did. |
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 9:54pm
| Were the RC engine Serial Numbers stamped into the Top Edge of the Left Hand rear flange of the block? How can you tell if a RC has its original RC engine by reading the engine Serial Number? |
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2011 at 10:35pm
| My Terry Dean AC data book say The RC Engine SN is on the back of the block like early BE B engines. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 6:33am
|
I believe the original RC engines had an "R" in the engine serial number. I'll have to look at my RC again, but I remember seeing an R in the block serial number which is stamped on the block where the bellhousing bolts to like my B, IB, & C has. CR? That CRS is kickin' in again... lol!
mailto:Steve@B&B - Steve@B&B
|
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 7:09am
| RC s/ns were stamped in the rear flange of block on the left side , the K letter at the end would be a dual fuel engine and is a rare find! Like DR Allis siad RC gen bracket mounts to the left side frame rail. |
Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 11 Apr 2011 at 7:25am
| Ken I at one time owned RC8 and the engine no was R12G so for some reason the engine numbers will be a little higher than tractor num. |