Reviving the Forgotten Allis-Chalmers Model B Tractor

[@unknownsoldier4156]

Ah I love the orange of the Allis Chalmers. That little B model is a nice little work horse!

[@novafourtwoseven2888]

I really enjoy these videos especially the tractor ones thanks for sharing

[@uxwbill]

Thank you for watching!

[@vwestlife]

Grind it 'til you find it!

[@Helo735]

It's great to see the gang back in action!!

[@acrousonelos]

That farmall 140 would have come from the factory as positive ground. Good video Bill, glad to see familiar faces

[@justinstearns9723]

If it came from the factory 12 volt it would’ve been negative ground. The older ones were 6 volt positive ground but they switched over to 12 volt around 1964. And that one looks like a 70s model.

[@doughboy1966]

Take the inspection cover off on the bell housing and use a bar to hit the disk with the clutch disengaged . My C Allis use to stick the disk over each winter.

[@uxwbill]

Strangely enough, especially considering the "well used" condition of this tractor, it had never done this before. But if it does, I'll keep that in mind.

[@Underappreciatedclassics]

Triple upload? I guess the good ol uxwbill is finally awake from winter hibernation

[@uxwbill]

I edit when I have time, and sometimes I change my mind about an older video.

[@JasonHalversonjaydog]

we had a bunch of old allis chalmers tractors on the farm, first a WC, then a WD and finally a D-17. they were good little tractors, we got a lot of use out of them!

[@gregdrake2276]

Awesome guys been following you guys for years love your videos. The forgotten grain truck and kitchen table electronics cold starts and cooking with mom are my favorites. So basically everything lol.

[@stevew270]

I wish I could count on one hand the number of times I probably should have been badly hurt or worse doing something I shouldn't have done in all the years I've been working on cars and tractors, pulling stuff around the yard, etc, it's a good thing I've gotten older in my very early 50's and slowed way down.

[@stevew270]

I still regularly use the 1946 Farmall H my grandpa bought new. And most of us who grew up on farms have probably "done that" numerous times like standing on the draw bar holding on to the seat while grandpa drove the tractor down the road.. lol

[@netrioter]

My AC was notorious for its clutch rusting to the flywheel after around a month of not being used. Id just start it in first and slam on the brakes a few times and it was good to go. Northern Indiana humidity wreaks havoc on metal surfaces..i know its bad in your part of Illinois as well..i wont say where. Lol

[@uxwbill]

The electric starter won't turn the engine over with any gear selected. (Maybe one needs a twelve volt conversion for that.)

[@SwingMan1938]

Holy cow - goin' back to some roots here, Bill. For a while there, I caught myself hoping for a return to the 'Old Forgotten Grain Truck'. ;)

[@uxwbill]

I really did intend to get that truck running well enough to drive it a little bit. Unfortunately, the trucks were stolen.

[@SwingMan1938]

@@uxwbill Ugh - that sucks the root. Seems like everyone is either a thief or a would-be thief first these days.....

[@doyouliketowatch]

I miss the farm videos

[@Corvette1658]

That was so funny when Furhead and the key keeper were rapping to can’t torch this and baby got back LOL!!

[@jimstein8249]

My old Ferguson always had trouble with spark after sitting for a few months. I had to clean the points every time until I noticed the internal cover under the distributor cap had no felt seal. I made one and the points stay clean and dry.

[@forsakenmopars116]

Awesome! Hey Bill, any plans on looking at the long forgotten... I want to say it was a grain truck that was out there? I remember you did 2 or 3 videos on it and then stopped.

[@uxwbill]

The trucks were unfortunately stolen and are now long gone.

[@rodneyerdmann1545]

The best in family entertainment, as always!!!

[@jackcasey7037]

At our family farm we have a Ford model 4 tractor whose clutch got stuck once after sitting dormant for a year or two. Ever since then, for some reason it’s always very hesitant to crank. Grandad can usually get it running in ten minutes, but once my cousin and I ran the battery all the way down trying to get it started.

[@travis4798]

Positive ground 12 volt systems were the norm back in the day for tractors. A few changes to the electrical system fixes that. But the most interesting thing I've found with it, no corrosion on the battery terminals even after years of having the same battery in it.

[@uxwbill]

There is only one tractor here left with a positive ground 12 volt system. I have thought about converting the six volt tractors to negative ground, but haven't felt sufficiently motivated.

[@andybridge3637]

Greetings uxwbill. Nice change away from the old dusty old computers Bill. Reminded me of when were living on a lifestyle block and I had a old Ford 5000 tractor. Tough old thing and must have done a heap of hard work in it's time. However the tractor would always managed to give me a few several scary moments whenever I needed to use it for mowing. We had a few steep paddocks on the farm and having no fully functioning brakes would make for some interesting moments, just hoping you would slow down enough to do a sharp turn to the left at the bottom of the paddock because the other option was straight ahead and through the fence. But anyway I manage to survive so I guess it wasn't my time to go and so I am typing on the keyboard now. I noticed was it your brother who was spraying around the cap of the air cleaner when attempting to start your tractor. I wonder if taking the top off the air cleaner would provide a more direct stream to fire up the tractor. I use to take the top off air cleaner off our old tractor and spray the either down the pipe directly. That done the trick because tractor would fire up with a massive cloud of diesel smoke. After that the tractor would be good to go all day.

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Best warning ever! 👍

[@fdfarms4559]

if you get b out again and in open space hook a chain from hitch to loader on john deere then start b in gear and pull the deere around holding clutch down on b and applying brake on deere it with probably free up clutch on b. If b has brakes you could possibly free it up without the deere.

[@uxwbill]

We got the clutch freed up a little later that day. The starter motor had enough power to spin the engine with the PTO/mower deck engaged. Eventually, with the engine running, the clutch broke free.

[@fdfarms4559]

@@uxwbill Good deal!

[@matthewbestdfghy]

I don't think I have ever seen or heard of anyone using a hammer on battery contacts.

[@uxwbill]

You have now! (It's a bad idea even to do so gingerly, as I did. It takes a lot less effort than one might expect to crack a plate or break the connection between a terminal and the plates. But sometimes, when you're far away from everything and no other option presents itself...)

[@jensenstephensCamelClutch1]

I love your Vlog

[@twocvbloke]

Mastermilo82 recently did a video showing how to drive without a clutch, just have to start 'er up in first gear and you'll be off to the races, or at least holding up the races with it... :D

[@uxwbill]

The electric starter won't spin things over fast enough with the transmission in gear. Fortunately, it will with the mowing deck engaged, and that was enough to break it loose. Pulling it around with a truck, with the tractor's ignition system disabled and the transmission in gear, might also have done the trick.

[@davidmattice2613]

You have this listed on u tube as a allischalmbers and its just 140 ih which is the modern version on the farmall a. Its water cooled but never had a water pump.

[@uxwbill]

Please watch the whole video.

[@joeyf504327]

do those not have proper PTOs? Also they make awesome tow behind mowing decks with huge engines mounted to them so almost anything can mow some serious grass

[@raym9691]

Always like the farm and tractor videos how's the old dump truck coning along?

[@SpeakerFreak95]

I’d love to use and drive a tractor like that. You take visitors? Lol

[@uxwbill]

No, I do not.

[@welldontdothat]

Bad throw-out bearing or linkage?

[@uxwbill]

I believe the friction surfaces were stuck together from disuse. With some load placed on it by way of the mowing deck, the trouble was resolved.

[@stanglife8676]

Do y’all still have the old tractors

[@uxwbill]

Yes, they are still around.

[@fanoman1577]

i had the same john deere tractor until it was sold

[@surrealmemes3518]

@uxwbill I wish I could meet you and get something like a Pentium 4 signed. I'll be going through Illinois in a couple weeks. I think you mentioned something about living in Illinois at some point if I'm not mistaken.

[@netrioter]

have him sign a MOS 6502 as well

[@uxwbill]

Enjoy my videos as much as you like, but please understand that I do not want visitors and value my privacy highly.

[@surrealmemes3518]

@@uxwbill that's perfectly understandable, and I'm not offended In any way. Thank you at least for your reply. I hope to enjoy more of your videos sometime soon.

[@ronaldwells1805]

I know this is a older video the middle tractor the model B what year was that

[@uxwbill]

I don't know the exact year of that tractor. Apparently records do exist for which serial numbers were made in a particular year. If I think to do it, I'll check when next I'm near these tractors and update the video description.

[@ronaldwells1805]

@@uxwbill thank you very much

[@rodneyerdmann1545]

Just wondering if the little John Deere was the Keykeeper's?

[@Madness832]

Oh Deere!

[@PumpkinStrikesBack]

Furhead 😄

[@uxwbill]

Truly a one and only. :-P

[@jsciarri]

Does the keykeeper still do landscaping as a side job?

[@uxwbill]

Not often.

[@videosandstuff7328]

Can you post starting the tractor that needs to be cranked? Thats what I want to see.

[@uxwbill]

That is a two person video. One drives the truck, the other pops the clutch on the tractor and waits and waits and waits and waits for it to finally fire off. It wouldn't be very exciting. Then, if you go into road gear, it's likely that the shifting forks will get stuck.

[@videosandstuff7328]

@@uxwbill I do it all the time. I was just looking to see how other people suffer with these old machines like I do. Sometimes you can learn new things watching others do the same thing. Thanks for posting.

[@JrJr-mc4wm]

Is the reliant wagon still kicking around?

[@jsciarri]

That was either scrapped or sold nearly a decade ago now if I'm not mistaken.

[@jamesdye4603]

Rusty flywheel. To bad we aren't neighbors, I repair tractors for a living.

[@torigoldstein6841]

Probably had to use choke earlier.

[@AiOinc1]

Poor sucker must have about a million hours on the engine

[@joshshaw6505]

Any updates on the John Deere crawler

[@uxwbill]

There are none at this time.

[@51dbail]

u need to lower the throttle to get her in gear. i have a 49 allis its the same

[@uxwbill]

No, the clutch was really stuck.

[@copperhead6132]

i thought so, my 39 B won't shift good unless its on really low throttle at first i thought my tractors clutch was failing lol

[@darleneknight1]

These electronic changeovers never work right and if you leave the key on with it not running the things usually burn out.

[@uxwbill]

It lasted for about 15 years, so I really can't complain.

[@davidmattice2613]

Its not electronic. Its valves and their seating

[@uxwbill]

Who said anything about electronics? (min:sec time needed)

[@kevinhurst7131]

Want to sell that old B Allis with the mower . ?

[@uxwbill]

Probably not at this time.

[@BenCos2018]

15th view

[@lbrentevans]

1 view... never been this early... lol

[@smoothbore4377]

What a bunch of clowns.