First Start of the Year, 1939 Allis Chalmers K

Getting the 1939 Allis Chalmers K started and moved out of the shed

[@darrelschulte6214]

What a sweet crawler, love it ‼️

[@utubedaveg]

AC was at one time a very diversified company. Sad ending for a great company. Thanks for sharing.

[@RJ1999x]

Very sad

[@danieledwards1081]

Love the little fireball it shot on startup... cool

[@kylechrist]

Haha, definitely "fired" back to life

[@notajp]

Love the sound of that big four cylinder coming up on the throttle!

[@billyoleary8291]

Just lovely.Thanks.

[@donaldwallace7934]

The initial bit of flame out the pipe when she started was cool! She runs sweet!!

[@kylechrist]

I noticed that editing the video, neat to see!

[@larrydavidson3402]

Amazing how well that started. That is one sweet running engine Kyle.

[@hawksights]

And how it shut off :D

[@kylechrist]

Thanks Larry

[@boe4448]

Kyle, That is a very clean machine.

[@kylechrist]

Thanks!

[@geoffweinstock6846]

She is just mint!! Thanks for sharing.

[@kylechrist]

Thanks Geoff!

[@machinistbytrade]

She's a ' beaut Clark !! 👌

[@woodhonky3890]

That was purty dam cool.

[@justinblain928]

I love the sound of big cube allis engines!

[@kylechrist]

They definitely have a unique sound!

[@Fatamus]

Ooooo different flavor of tractor. 😁😉 Very nice ... uffta 500ci that's big .. Well poo that was no challenge to start, the thing dang near started itself.😒 you could have at least pulled the spark plug wires and toss a few expletives and wenches at it 😜 you know for dramatic effect...🤣😂🤣🤦‍♂️ Thanks for the video 👍👍

[@kylechrist]

Sorry Dan, no drama on this one, she's fairly reliable 👍

[@ronniewalker2881]

Enjoyed the video

[@gboots9009]

There is one of these with the tail seat option sitting on a dirt mound on the side of the road in my town as yard art. Beautiful tractor you have there!

[@brycewiborg8095]

It does start nice. Batteries are always a issue. Most winters Dad had Batteries on wood in the basement in hopes that they would be good for another year. Thanks Kyle.

[@kylechrist]

Usually I leave them in the vehicle/machine and just unhook the cables, it's worked well so far. Thanks Bryce

[@uglysteve1]

Boy is that a mellow sounding machine.

[@darploin5071]

That crawler is as old as my Dad he was born in March of 1939. Have a great day

[@dougkubash8673]

Looking and sounding good! It started like you just had it running a few minutes ago!

[@kylechrist]

Sure did, thanks Doug!

[@cameronboyce4695]

There are a pair of these in a gentlemans garage for sale in central Kansas. If I had a way of hauling them I would consider getting into Crawler collecting.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

She does sound really nice

[@brenterickson1695]

That drawbar is itching for a plow behind it soon Kyle.......Sweet dozer.....

[@bcbloc02]

That big cube engine sure sounds nice.

[@jeffsnider3588]

I like the orange......Fixing to plow my corn patch with my WD-45. Lots of good sound design and manufacturing in these days.

[@kylechrist]

Nice! Next I need to get my WD45 Diesel out since it has sat since last fall as well

[@notajp]

Got the 57 D17 that my grandpa bought brand new. Even have the original three bottom plow that came with it….

[@evankibbe590]

Sweet machine 👍😊🌎🌞

[@kurtisharrington6015]

this thing is awesome!

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

I'll take a short video! Started up very nice!

[@horatiohornblower868]

Those crawlers were made at a time when gas costed nothing. Now they are obsolete monsters but always a pleasure to see in action.

[@AWDJRforYouTube]

Cool AC K Kyle...in the video, it may be an optical illusion, but the fan belts look loose? May be the source of boiling up the coolant. My dad called those big C.I. engines in 40's/50s equipment and trucks "BIG GAS JOBS" lol.

[@kylechrist]

They are just a bit loose, there is no tensioner built into the system and the belts aren't even that old

[@martincuracao1]

Kyle, no grease, no oil-check. You're on youtube FFS 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (great vidja my man)

[@chadmcconnell2919]

Light speed road gear!

[@JamesJones-gk5jd]

Sweet

[@bigcal36]

Even better than the usual yellow videos. :)

[@kylechrist]

Thanks!

[@oldamericaniron5767]

To me it sounded like you shut it down but turning the gas off. I do that often with the Waukesha in my P&H so the carb is dry and it sounds like that when it slowly stops.

[@kylechrist]

I sure did, I always shut it down that way if I'm not going to restart it again right away

[@ralfie8801]

@@kylechrist I do that with my Lincoln SA 200 welder too.

[@seniorelectrician6831]

Nice looking track tractor. Is that your fields where you are? That Alfalfa does look real good. Did you have any damage from the storms?

[@kylechrist]

Yes, the alfalfa is my field and it's coming in nice. The storm ripped tin off from one of my sheds and uprooted a few trees, nothing too major 👍

[@rudycarlson8245]

She started pretty fast for sitting all winter! That is one strong engine! Did you restore this K?

[@pipikr]

Nice! But the "ting, ting" of the exaust clap? makes me crazy. Greetings from Austria

[@peterhaan9068]

I was raised with the ting-ting sound of rain/exhaust caps at idle. I don't think I have ever seen one on any of the vintage European machines that I have watched on YT. Different mind set possibly. I would guess that most of the European farm machinery went home every night to a permanent covered spot rain or shine. Not so much here in the states. A working machine could be miles away from home and if it was lucky it would get a bucket thrown over the exhaust pipe for the night, week, month or years!

[@pipikr]

@@peterhaan9068 They wasn´t very comon in Europe, but still exist. (I love them, when i was a child, because not every Machine had them.) But the metalic noise made me think something mechanical wont run correkt. Because it was not an standart noise for me, to hear on things that i have now.

[@morganhallwachs4345]

Have you retired? Miss your updates.

[@kylechrist]

Haha I didn't retire, just had some things that came in the way of making videos and working on toys. More to come soon 👍

[@SuperMAZ007]

I wonder what may have cause the overheat issue on Squatches blow day? This thing dose not seem to have any thermostat? Maybe it was just heavy load and not enough air cooling the radiator?

[@woodhonky3890]

Retarded timing can cause overheat. Someone else mentioned the fanbelts looked loose, I agree.

[@bcbloc02]

Probably a calcified radiator core from 80 years of tap water. Fill it full of dollar store bleach and a jug of CLR and run it till warm and give it an hour or two to cook off. It will clean it out of course it likely will clean out any stop leak in it as well so it might start leaking afterwards but if it is all in good shape it will make it like new inside and not cost much to do.

[@spacemanmat]

So what’s the history on this machine? Did you do the restore yourself?

[@4051a]

Nice AC did you do the restrore?

[@lukestrasser]

I’m a little disappointed that you didn’t check the oil or grease it. I think you burned about $40 in gas making this video. With the heated manifold will it run on tractor fuel?

[@kylechrist]

Luke, you know better, the oil was checked while charging the battery

[@lukestrasser]

@@kylechrist I liked the 🔥 out of the stack. Next time , show checking the oil and connecting the charger. Otherwise we’ll think you did it wrong.

[@DanielCoffey67]

Is the K thirsty enough to drift into "gallon-per-mile" territory or is she still just inside mpg?

[@kylechrist]

Definitely gallon per mile haha