Recent content by Bob Bancroft

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    Checks

    When I was delivering for a dealership, I put a customers payment check in my coverall pocket. It went through the wash with the coveralls. The laundered money didn't hold up very well.
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    Literature---1981 Allis Chalmers 5050 Tractor Brochure

    They didn't sell nearly as well as the 5040. The smaller 5040 Fiat copy must have been a lot cheaper. The 5050, made by Fiat in Italy was a lot nicer fit and finish. I have a couple of modern versions of basically the same tractor- NH TN55 and TT60A. Simple, handy, utility tractors.
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    Another tool I like.....Dremel tool cutoff wheels that work

    When I started my reply, yours was not up yet. It takes me a while.......
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    Another tool I like.....Dremel tool cutoff wheels that work

    Yes the initial weld tries to expand, but the cooling draws the weld and race in. Professionals often use liquid nitrogen to shrink parts.
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    Confirmed a theory & story

    Almost looks like it was a two row. Is that possible?
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    New tractor

    I can't believe that paint looks that good! I don't know much about Averys. I didn't know hydraulics was an option.
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    Just saw the peak of the lunar eclipse...

    Woke up about 1:40AM. There was a chunk of the moon missing near the bottom.
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    Band sawmill

    Similar, but different. Even though I have perfectly capable machinery, Since age 70, I hire someone to cut my soybeans. I get TWO more people with that. One combines, one runs my cart, and I unload. Without logs, and without help, I just can't see how this works for you. We did a bunch of...
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    John Deere side console

    My 4020 power shift is long gone now. It was a 1965 with a loader. I liked the arrangement as I could be shifting with one hand and operating the loader with the other. Likewise, the first loader on the home farm was on a WD45. One could be operating the hand clutch with one hand and the loader...
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    Oil volume, dipstick or manual?

    This reminded me that Dad filed an extra line into the engine dipstick on his JD 2510 gas to match the recommended amount of oil. He had bought this tractor new. I didn't realize until many years later, working on switching engines in a 2520, that the dipstick holder is adjustable. There is a...
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    IH 3444 carb ??

    I didn't see your post until now. The engine as I recall was a BC144. British, carburetor, 144 cubic inches. I believe the OEM carb was a Zenith. It was definitely British. Unlike anything I ever saw. The float was round. It was an automotive type, downdraft carb with an accelerator pump. The...
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    Today’s Truck

    12V71? That's not possible! I can only see one stack!
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    IH 3444 generator -alternator ??

    I used to have a 3444 gas. I wish I could recall the charging system but I can't. It's one part of the machine which never bothered! If I'm remembering correctly it had the same instrument cluster as the domestic farm tractors of that period. In other words a fuel and temp gauge, and charge and...
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    B Allis with an oil leak

    No problem reusing spark plugs and the little seal washers on them. I use the hottest spark plugs I can find in my old gas engines which don't get worked. I freed up a WD45 once without removing the head. I ran it for a couple of years until one time I worked it hard. Must be the rust and crap...
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    Tie rods for Allis Chalmers D14

    Are they greaseable? The tie rods on my D15II are greaseable. I don't know where they came from. I don't recall that OEM ones were. The only thing I can say is any D series I've experienced without power steering is difficult to steer. This surprised me as I never thought the WD/WD45 steered hard.
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