The online auction strikes again. Will this 68 year old beast live again!?
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@jwoodyr14 ай бұрын
It seems too nice and too original to part out. Fun video. Thanks for sharing!!
@ronnieterry49163 ай бұрын
The tractor was among the last of the WD 45 built . I say that because the 14.9 28 rubber was put on the last of the tractors built in the WD 45 series. The oil pan is the original oil pan. The radiator grill is one of the best I have ever saw. It's definitely a tractor to keep and not part out. I have two of the WD 45 AC tractors that run. And four that don't run two would run with just a little bit of work on them. Your WD 45 hasn't been used much. I can see that just in watching your video. Your tractor is definitely a show tractor and definitely worth keeping. It is definitely a great tractor.
@kirk4673 ай бұрын
Fix it up Randy, why part it out? Ole girl still has some years to be working for you or someone! Thanks for sharing my friend! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻
@adrianorourke28933 ай бұрын
What a nice straight tractor. If it was mine it would be restored but it's yours so do as you see fit. It's condition is to good to part out. It would look real good with a nice shiny coat of Persian Orange on it.
@farmingforfunandprofit9403 ай бұрын
Bubba, My Daddy bought a used one in 1963, It was a horse.... I was about 12 or 13 at the time..... It came with a 10 ft Big K offset disk... They made a hand clutch attachment that hooked to the Snap Coupler to kick the clutch out if you were Bottom plowing and the plow contacted something in the soil it would stop the forward motion of the tractor.... Take my word for it... when it contacted something it did not shear any bolts, it would jump up and down untill you managed to stop it!
@terrycannon5703 ай бұрын
Randy you are absolutely right about the build up inside the battery cable clamps. I've been doing mechanic work since my teens, and I am now 72 years old and a couple of years ago I put a new starter on a truck to only find out there was a layer of corrosion that just like you I had to use my knife to carve out so the lead could contact the battery post. Great find on the tractor. I usually go ahead and spend the extra money and put brass freeze plugs back in and use plenty of #2 non hardening Permatex on them before I drive them in. If you measure the plugs with a micrometer, you will see there is some draft on the sides of the plugs that allow them to be released from the stamping die. Putting the Permatex on them is good insurance and drive them in just a little past flush to the casting bore. I have had them weep a little if I just drive them flush. Thanks for using the Brass hammer. I am a Hammer snob. I worked for a company one time that issued every millwright a brass hammer and said anyone caught using a hard-faced hammer on a precision surface would be fired. I call it good shop hygiene.
@nandi1234 ай бұрын
Fix it up! 👍
@etheroar63123 ай бұрын
It's a keeper. As long as you like it, enjoy it.
@georgelevett692519 күн бұрын
I worked for a tractor company in the UK who imported AC Tractors during WW2 and earlier years, Model B, U, M, also the M crawlers for Airfield construction I only joined the company in the 1960’s but experienced selling the UK built D272 model that were sold to smallholders, they were very handy and no problem. Enjoyed your video very much.
@jamescorless82833 ай бұрын
Liked your video, liked the fact that you explained parts of the tractor for us that aren't familiar with tractors. Thanks.
@user-wq4pv7sm6v3 ай бұрын
Very good video. I would keep it! Good show, keep up good work. One of best depiction and work procedure I've seen.
@ol1guy9943 ай бұрын
yay, love my 45, great video, thanks for tip about the frost plugs
@dylanbywater99553 ай бұрын
Can't have too many WD/WD45s, I've got 9 myself. They all have their own personality/history and are fun to wrench on as you know.
@Farmalleric4 ай бұрын
Great video sounds real good I'd keep it. Im hoping to get a trailer like yours one day so I can start getting some tractors after we move.
@youcanseeitall3 ай бұрын
Great video fully enjoyed it good ole tractors never die. I think you should just flip it make some cash for the next project or help to finish off another.
@johnnycampbell27193 ай бұрын
New subscriber here, i love your old pickup and trailer. Perfect tractor hauling combo
@TOWNCARBUBBA873 ай бұрын
reminds me of my Farmall A. nice find brother. good luck with that 👍
@mrclaus8593 ай бұрын
Nice job. Thanks Randy
@timberens11583 ай бұрын
Very well done
@MikeJensen-wo7oh3 ай бұрын
And the plow, nice, you're living right. Love WD 45's! Punch way over their weight-class. That drawbar bail is possibly the best I've ever seen. Sheet-metal looks really good, good fenders are hard to find. I'll take ten like that for $500/piece!! That'll be a great little machine for you.
@plainnpretty3 ай бұрын
Good video I like how you go over one checking everything out. I’m not an A/C fan so I’d sell it. But it looks like it would make someone a good tractor. Thanks Randy
@dmindi17733 ай бұрын
That was a good deal! I paid almost that much for a plow. I like the tractor and plow, take the loader off. Those old ones are pretty crude, I have one to get rid of myself.
@LonnieOwen3 ай бұрын
Looks like a nice find.
@user-ek4zy9ly1yАй бұрын
I have a tapered curly thing by Hastings that reams out cable clamps. It's made with the same taper as a battery post. The way it abruptly stops rotating when you shut it off is a great indicator of good compression. In my shop I put an elevated biggish fan in the doorway that sucks smoke out. To reiterate from your stuck Case video . . . I've been involved with 50's trucks (my tractor is a '53 Ford) for 50 years and here are the two products that cut rust instantly. Amsoil MP and PowerLube by CRC. The Amsoil is a little better in the long run because of its oxidative stability' i.e., it never gets tacky over time and it is slightly thinner. Both of these are perfect for spraying externally on any moving parts. If you try either of these on a rusty fitting it will blow you away. You desperately need either of these for instantly dissolving rust. Scrap the consensus of opinion when it comes to these things and just try them for yourself.
@garlandhenry67923 ай бұрын
Fix it and Work it, you can always, at a later date send her down the road
@shanerickert13044 ай бұрын
Loved this
@kylewanimont95393 ай бұрын
Dang it that auction was only a couple miles from me lol. Awesome purchase!
@tyhogue83163 ай бұрын
Very nice!😊
@PaulHigginbothamSr2 ай бұрын
I would say to fix the oil leaks on the valve cover, replace that ugly handle sticking up on the right side, replace the tire and clean and paint the rim, shine up those beauty rims, pull that plow enough to shine up the plows and sell to the highest bidder after painting up the loader and replacing any wallowed out holes. Someone needs a good tractor like this just starting to farm and it will serve them well. 2500$ to 3,000. Like 2800 and will not excessively pay you for making it good and better than they will do.
@Jason1Pa4 ай бұрын
That's impressive it's running so smooth 😮 I'd say it worth saving. I'm not a loader guy so I'd give that a toss😅
@Randys_Relics3 ай бұрын
Yes, the old trip bucket is coming off! 👍
@joecallahan33793 ай бұрын
Definitely don't part out, flip it if the money is right, nice old tractor to fix up and use. I'm with you don't believe it was used that hard.
@stevelittle73903 ай бұрын
It sounds and runs good. The practical economic value isn’t there. So, it’s your choice. Probably won’t get back what you have to put in. I guess that’s not the point for someone that likes restoration though.
@andrewklahold28803 ай бұрын
Dodge teuck use that style of light in the late 40 and 50 on the front fenders i not sure if chevy used them or not, ford used one similer but it was only 2 inch thick the so prepose was turn signel
@alwinbroeckelmann75583 ай бұрын
If you need another tractor keep, if not sell it on as you have it running well someone will want it as a runner.
@rottmanthan3 ай бұрын
my father had a wd45 with the loader but it had the narrow front end. he had the bucket and a snowplow. i dont remember a whole lot about it as i as the youngest, but my oldest brother told me he used to plow the driveway with it. i want to say his was a 1947.
@gilreynolds92823 ай бұрын
I use Baking Soda and Hot Water in a tin can to clean battery terminals
@brokenwrench13 ай бұрын
fix it
@thomasr.miller55533 ай бұрын
😁SAVE A CLASSIC FROM THE SCRAPEPILE ! Stop yer bellyaching🤢 and geterdone . Great video thanks
@michaellynskey71243 ай бұрын
I would do the other jobs you’re spoke about it looks like it’s not had a great amount of hard work 🇬🇧🇮🇪.
@stevenrichardson67933 ай бұрын
For what you paid for it you can afford to fix it up! Go for it.... and thanks for the video....
@edwardmiller8683 ай бұрын
Good morning my friend and family. Randy what state are you in?I love your videos very much.this is Ed Miller from Greenville SC
@joeclark90423 ай бұрын
Good video brother let me know if you want to get rid of that old tractor and if you don't mind me asking where did you get that spark plug tester at
@Randys_Relics3 ай бұрын
Can't remember where exactly I got that one from, they're pretty common. Just called a spark plug tester. I think most auto parts stores sell that style.
@larrykrise36093 ай бұрын
you got a good deal there.
@chuckwilliams90903 ай бұрын
Fix a few more of the things it needs and plow days.
@johnmulder41213 ай бұрын
Fix her up, use it for a while, take loader off, and maybe then sell it 😊
@brianhayes76183 ай бұрын
Good tool to clean battery cable clamps is a small rat tail file like you use to sharpen chainsaw chains
@tmonteIH4 ай бұрын
That’s really not a bad muffler mod.
@erikhinds-cy9cxАй бұрын
Nice.
@g.c.farmer56163 ай бұрын
Keep it I got 4 myself
@user-ku3jw7ux2b3 ай бұрын
The muffler looks like it came off the Titanic.
@user-ku3jw7ux2b3 ай бұрын
That is not a trailer tractor; with the front end loader and eagle three point hitch.. The loader is worth the price of the tractor deal. The only thing about these critters is the ability to start in gear.. Had it happen to me;not pleasant at all.
@timmieclark99763 ай бұрын
I would keep it, but it's your tractor.
@williamsouthard96633 ай бұрын
My dad had all of them fix it up
@ralphnorris-vk8ff3 ай бұрын
In my area that plow would go for 350 to 400.
@ol1guy9943 ай бұрын
save it ,run it
@frankdeegan89743 ай бұрын
New points and condencer, wires. air cleaner complet cleaning of air cleaner pipes and clean oil bath cup new oil in oil bath, adjust carberator fuel air mix, adjust idle speed and complet service of remaining tractor oils along with cooling system service and inspection.
@phillipstotts81803 ай бұрын
To good a tractor to part out I sell it or flip it
@user-ny1gt9kz4v2 ай бұрын
Fixed it up and keep it
@normanglussier6473Ай бұрын
Keep it.
@mikefuhrman4582 ай бұрын
Save it.
@JonesBoy7403 ай бұрын
Flip it
@gerdosАй бұрын
I think it is my great uncle's tractor. He lived in wooster ohio.
@Randys_Relics18 күн бұрын
It came from the Hamler, Ohio area.
@tomlallman87723 ай бұрын
Fix it
@user-ik7od5qo7y3 ай бұрын
I'd keep it but i bleed orage
@yvestressens39903 ай бұрын
😃🤚👍
@dirkeisinger43553 ай бұрын
flip it
@joelbrittenour81973 ай бұрын
Why couldn't somebody slap some used motor oil on the wheel years ago might have saved it.
@stuartj.linksr34533 ай бұрын
restore it like the video
@Darryl6033 ай бұрын
Pass it on down if you don't want it.
@marvinwilbur9903Ай бұрын
if you don't need it flip it ...
@geraldschilli88703 ай бұрын
It all depends on how much time & money you want to put into this old tractor.