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have question on allis chalmers if anyone here knows.. have found numbers on the tranny of h17g and maybe seriel number of h863724-8..are no identifying tags or numbers on this thing and only shows 553 hours on the hour meter...it does have generator not alternator on it...is bucket loader 4 cyl die...

Not this one!...it actually has a tailpipe out of the manifold with an elbow on it and long pipe to muffler and extension over the top of rops, so that is sealed... i then would suspect possible head gasket????? or something else?? air cleaner did have water and ice in it...but the connection from i...

well guys...got er off...and fixed -- the starter that is...not bad...just bushing 78 cents from jd...but they took er apart and charge $24 so not all that bad...had to turn shaft a bit and put smaller dia bushing on it... NOW engine is froze....wont budge...so will have to do some considering...i a...

jdjoepa, guess i shudda looked a little closer to this thing....when i get back to it i willl....sure hope it has an access hole in the sideframe...he pulled this thing up on a pile of tree limb blocks so i ainta gonna go under there!!! looks like cold tomorrow and rain snow rest of the week....so a...

lavoy or anyone knows,
is there some reason why the solenoid and wiring appear to be on the underside of these things? i would think that they should be on the topside of the starter so that u can access easily.

thks
dtoots1

jdjoepa, missed the 3rd line....that is copper also...it runs from from the sediment bowl outlet to the carb elbow inlet....this has the sediment tube screen which protrudes into the carb inlet....it is also larger tubing the the other feed lines...only is about4-6 inches long... i cant post pics he...

jdjoepa, the 2010 gas i am looking at has 2 different size lines on it!..the front one is a smaller diameter and the rear one is larger..both ends of each have different type flares or seals...the fuel tank connects are flares and the carb end has the slip on brass compression ring....both are coppe...

nuther follow up...

got my parts from ma deere...the second day after i visited them
by the way the $26. included $5.00 to ups to my home so price wasnt all
that bad!!!
when warmer will try to get er together for a fire up
we will see....

thks dtoots1

just an update...

i went and took off the distr....no NAMEPLATE whatsoever....however on
bottm side of body is ELECTRIC AUTOLITE CO....SO is the 4th kindof model distr for these things....they were bought out by prestolite....see
jdjoes posting for rest of story....
dtoots1

ok....all of you guys are great....now for the rest of the story!!! i went to machine and took the distributor clean off....and guess what..,. this is the number 4 type of distributor!!!...it is an ELECTRIC AUTOLITE CO. DISTRIBUTOR.....presumably it is forerunner of prestolite..since they bought out...

jdjoe, mite i ask on your jd2010 gas....what for distributor do you have...i am hving problem finding out whether mine is a prestolite...nameplate either not visible or gone...looking at top of shaft where rotor goes...mine has a simple slant on it...it does not have like a keyway in the slant..i th...

ladies and gents, ok..whats the story on these distributors....manual shows to be 3 different distr for these units....delco, prestolite and wico.... from the pics in manual and instructions....it seems that they all mite be switched out to whichever one is available....manual plainly shows that bot...

tiger, have his book on it now..shows that they have 3 different kinds and that the coil needs to match the distributor...however, they have now got an alternator on it with an unmarked coil...brands are...delco, prestolite and wico distributors....i need the rotor so guess wlll have to buy 3 and se...

went back again to look at sprockets and get a number off of them... right side sprocket has a number of either t13254t or 18254t...left side seems to only have a large number showing 316....pads have 4 bolts on the tracks....these sprockets actually appear to be very good shape the concave portions...

Lavoy and others, what is story on this...seen other bb's discussing ex. jd60 made into crawler with 2010 uc....if so can reverse be viable..since uc's are culprit in scrapping sure hate to see alll this scrapping going on..... i know wouild be slow for tired type units...but least not scrapped to C...