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This is the troubleshooting routine that's gone through to get the 1956 Allis Chalmers WD 45 to fire up for the first time in at least 1 1/2 years. The condition of the tractor is unknown at the beginning and slowly the problems inhibiting its operation are gone through ending with the promised 'first start' near the end of the video.
There is a logical progression for trying to figure out what's wrong with a 'new' old tractor. A lot of things are quite obvious even to the inexperienced 'new' old tractor owner. Give it the quick once over glance to see if there are wires burnt off of important components and at the same time look to see if something important is missing. That happens a lot. A coil missing here and a carburetor missing there. Don't laugh. I have an International 2504 Industrial that's missing the carb. The guy said he thinks his wife threw it away thinking it was a piece of junk left in the laundry room. Lots of times the wires are missing or removed from the plugs with no indication of where they should go. And like this WD 45 here, it has power steering but the belt is disconnected and hanging. A quick glance shows there is no pulley on the actual power steering pump. An assessment like described above can take 60 seconds to a few minutes. Things that don't show up on a quick 'visual' take varying amounts of time to locate. Like holes in the gas tank, or corroded points, or bad condensor, or bad coil, or rust and corrosion in the carb itself.
Buying one like this is a crap shoot. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose....but its always a gamble on a non -runner. Now if it WAS running, the price would reflect it. A 'runner' of any size or brand usually outprices a 'non'-runner exactly like it. There ARE the exceptions, but generally speaking that is the rule.
I left the carb servicing out of the video because that's a topic by itself and I thought it best to be highlighted in its own video....so guess what....YES, very shortly there will be a quick short clean-up/service of the carb video for your viewing pleasure. Covering too great of a number of problems in one single video is not a good idea, because most viewers lose patience and won't watch but 25 -35% of the video, so much of the really cool stuff is missed. Shorter videos seem to have a slightly longer average watch time because it is more detailed an usually tied to one main subject like in the upcoming video...only the carb. In this video there is a LOT of topics and most viewers will miss most of what's contained.
If you are one of the few that always watch the full video, you are quite likely one of the few that read the entire description.... For that I will offer my thanks to you for spending your valuable time watching the videos.... and even more so for taking the time to painstakingly read this rambling, non-specific, generic and mostly useless amalgamated conglomeration of word salad.