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My son doesn’t come on here anymore, but here is a 704 that he has been making into a 4x4. complete scratch built axle, and a lot of lathe and milling…. I’ll try sort some build pics out!

Well....I was browsing Marketplace looking for Wheel Horse parts and ran cross a tractor that was 16 miles from me. I'm not sure why but I ended up buying it It's a 1975 and came with the snow plow and a 36" mower deck. It came out of Ohio but it doesn't look like it was ever really stored outside. It runs although the engine has hesitation issues and stumbles when at higher rpms. I did time the engine and it helped but I'm guessing the carburetor needs cleaning as well.

I don’t remember glass bottles, but I do remember the quart cans that you had to jam the spout into. Or a knife or screwdriver, whatever you had handy to open it! And then if the spout wasn’t sharp and it was on of those heavy paper cans that had been exposed to any moisture the top of the can would kink then spout wouldn’t seal up good and oil would leak all over!!

Last Tuesday night I couldn’t sleep, no matter what I tried I just could not go to sleep, so while laying there awake browsing Facebook I stumbled upon an ad for an online auction. And for once it was 100 miles away, not 1000. Started browsing through the listings and stumbled across this little Allis Chalmers B with only 2 bids on it. It looked rough but I could maybe see some potential in it, and I’ve always wanted a B. So I put in my max bid and went about my business. Thursday night I get an email from the auction co with an invoice for $319…$290 for the tractor and $29 for buyers premium (I hate that they charge seller and buyer premium on online sales, but I won’t get on that rant tonight). Paid the invoice, then remembered my trailer is 100 miles away still at the show grounds along with the WD. Saturday morning I made the trip to the show grounds, loaded up the WD and brought it back to the farm. First 200 mile round trip for the day done…headed out for the second trip to pick up the B. Let’s just say when I got there it was a “little” rougher than I originally thought. But oh well we bought it let’s load it up and get it home. Got home too late last night to mess with unloading it. Fired up the 1940 Farmall A today and drug it off the trailer and into the shop. Started tearing in to it and yeah it’s ROUGH. But we like a challenge around here and I promised the seller that grandads tractor wasn’t going to scrap so we are gonna do our best to try to save it. Here’s the first of probably many videos on the project. With a torch, hopes & prayers, and maybe a tetanus booster she will live again. Stay tuned and enjoy! We Brought Home an Allis B… and Immediately Regretted It 😂 https://youtu.be/PyBvPMV89jY

My Dad had a jig in the garage that funneled oil cans into a jar... Always had oil for oil cans, chains etc. It was a large funnel on top a jar with two pieces of wood to hold an upside down can in the funnel... I still do this with the plastic bottles... keeps my oiler jars full... Waste not want not...

Welded a new bolting edge to the $45 plow I picked up last week. The edge was worn half way thru a couple of the bolts. I don't understand why we let this happen. I do like the way he fixed this problem. Now I have a warm weather and a cold weather plow machine.

A friend of mine ran a local Discount Gas Station in the early 1970's. He used to drain and collect all what was left at the bottom of the cardboard / metal quarts of top price name brand oil. Guess where it ended up selling for half the cost at the pump. Pure profit there...

Got a few minutes to finish mine up today so far as welding. Made a test fit just for giggles. This thing is hard to get situated. I thought I had something crooked until I saw the right side of the nose hitch is bent. Handles or not, the floor jack is a must. It weighs just over 80lbs. Now to figure out how to paint this thing!

And now the “lube shops” use an electronically-controlled metered pump with a nozzle for quick oil changes, which I fervently distrust. I”ve asked who certifies the pumps and got “we do” for an answer! The techs in the shop I patronize use hand pumps from a barrel into a measuring pitcher/funnel and then pour it into the car. They also measure the drained oil so they can note any conspicuous consumption.

Test Run

Nice score.. and with a couple attachments I have a ‘77 B-80 and she’s a great machine! Mowed occasionally with the 36” RD and then get hosed off and dragged to the local tractor shows

Nope, we had tin cans that you pierced with the pointed spout. Also had a 5-6 foot section of rain gutter nailed to the wall at an angle that drained about two dozen oil cans into a glass jar.

And I see that it has a "Husher" hammerhead muffler. Had one on a Commando 800, but it was way too far gone. Even the 2 spoke steering wheel looks to be in great shape - a rare find. You've got an early B80 with the 4 speed, later ones had the 8 speed like a C81. A great workhorse that sips fuel.

I know... Lame... Here's an idea...

Running K-181, Two spoke steering wheel, captive quadrant blade (room for drilling out to have five rotate positions if it didn’t come that way), 2-link, well-fitted chains? Score! Seat? Trade up.

No worries. This kind of thing happens all the time around here. Once you have one , you kind of want one of each model. BTW. Nice looking tractor.

Today's haul... Perfect condition B&D buffing wheels - 2 Perfect condition Radio Flyer wagon Ball pean hammer 10 boxes of perfectly good led bulbs... there were 20, but I left some for other neighbors... I just don't understand people...

I’ve never seen one at the pump, but I do know what they are!

I'm sorry if this assembly is taking too long. I am really working hard to pace myself to make it last as it is my winter project. Keeps me in the shop out of my Wife's hair (not that she minds my company I'm sure).

D. B. Cooper Day is annually observed on November 24 and is dedicated to what remains one of the most famous mysteries of all time. In 1971, a suited man named Dan Cooper hijacked a plane going from Portland to Seattle and parachuted off it. The catch? He seems to have disappeared into thin air and was never found again, dead or alive. On D. B. Cooper Day, Ariel, Washington, the little town Cooper is thought to have landed in, hosts a festival celebrating the events surrounding the skyjacking, the investigation, and the ensuing mystery. 2025 marks the 54th anniversary, and the fierce debate continues.

I ordered an extra large pizza. The fellow who took the order asked if I wanted it cut into twelve or sixteen slices, I responded the I didn't think I could eat sixteens pieces of Pizza so he should cut it into twelve.

Interesting subject line. I've watched a few shows about this. The only conclusion I can come to is, nobody actually knows.....

Long story but I tried to buy this tractor back in 2021. At that time we were moving and I didn’t have the “fun” money nor room. Well two weeks ago the tractor popped up on market place. I immediately messaged the guy and told him the story. Even had my old pictures and name of builder. The guy was super cool and was listing it as his father had pasted and he and wife were moving to Florida. Told him I could buy it the following weekend and he said sold. I’ll even market it sold. Next weekend I traveled almost to Louisville from Indy to pick up the beast. It had been neglected for many years and was covered in a black dust/grease almost. After many hours of cleaning I have it looking great again. Even had Terry from redoyourhorse.com make me custom decals. Made a bracket for new LED headlights and installed LED taillights also. Few other minor details I changed but it is back to running and driving Tractor was built starting with a GT14 and the. Had grille and rear end swapped from 953/1054. Then had a frame stretch and 520-H forward swept axle installed. Karl Stohry is the builder and my goal is to get it back down to him so he can sign it. He is declining in health and was excited to hear I was able to buy it Will be a video on my YouTube channel soon Sorry, could only upload three pics right now of how it currently sits with all my updates

Not as difficult as you'd think. The pipe stub could be removed using a cut n crush method. There are threads describing the procedure. Don't be concerned. Just build a bigger workshop.

So true. I volunteer with a group (repaircafe.org) and it is surprising to me how little some folks know about the simplest maintenance and repairs. We save a lot of stuff from ending up in a dump and it's pretty satisfying to coach folks through fixing their stuff.

And that would be a Colossus of a mistake...

Hydro control plate ready to be installed. Hydro control plate installed.

That looks like the one I grew up on. Lucky we lived in the mountains and could usually drift start it. But if we had to use the crank, Pappy always pulled the crank up....never push it down. That's when wrists, arms, and shoulders got broken. Ours had hand brakes but it looked like your project. Oh, probably not a concern for an Okie, but never try to down shift when pulling a drag sled full of rock up a steep mountain. They are very acrobatic and have perfected the back flip move. Experienced by a 70lb 10 yo.

Every so often someone pops up claiming to be him. There have been a few though that are factually scarily close and could legitimately be him. However, It gets debunked and proven not to be him pretty quickly. For all we know he’s still in the woods where he landed. Whether he is still alive or dead we may never know.

Im now 60 and have done yoga on and off since I was early 20s. I can do a deep Buddha squat from standing to bum down to the floor, feet flat, hips completely open with no problem at all, happy to repeat a dozen times. Not many of the young girls in my class are able to even get down. I've just been doing stretches after my 11 hour flight to Perth Australia and was happy to do a forward bend and stand on the backs of my hands, legs locked. Not bad for an old duffer lol. It is very much a case of use it or lose it, but also remember....the body you bring to the mat today may not be able to do what it did last week, but it may do even better next. Listen to your body. Unless of course it just keeps saying sit down and do nothing. Mick

I did something very similar to what @T-Mo did when I built my splitting stands, but engineered them a bit differently so that with different adapters they would work on several different tractors. Here they are under my M when we swapped the wide front axle out for a narrow, and again under my C when I pulled the engine for a rebuild @JCM good looking Super A you have there. Those smaller Farmalls are some of my favorites. Recently picked up this 1940 A from my late friend Rodger’s collection and got it running again. It’s probably my favorite tractor out of all of them.

5 out of 4 people struggle with math. The other two thirds don’t care.

Wow, that's one expensive plow. Hinges, rope , and a couple hundred bucks worth of lumber.

OK - "Bunny Bits"!!!

Sweet - ten HP and a 50" sickle - THAT'S Industrial Strength Gopher Patrol material!

Back in...06ish..i had a Gokart, Kohler XKE Race engine, factory it spun 7200rpms. Ran it on a 15⁰ tilted mount with 15oz of oil. One day i was running it at a friend's..nice long 3 mile stretch of pavement. I was winding it out. After about 30 minutes i stopped to adjust my tachometer and i heard the engine chirping..squeaking. i took it a mile back to his place and checked the oil...nothing on the stick. Drained out about 4oz. The oil sensor block off plate had blown its o-ring and at some point i lost most of my oil. I pulled it apart, rod was wiped but not bad, piston had no wear, bore had no wear, bearings were good. I put in a new rod..polished the crank and went back to it. Now, i dont know what the Briggs/Valvoline Synthetic oil did as far as protecting the engine vs conventional oil would have but.. that engine survived 7000rpms with virtually no oil in it..and just had some smearing on the rod. I started running synthetic in everything, my thought is..if something goes sideways, synthetic with its higher film strength, higher resistance to heat, will maybe buy you some time before catastrophic failure.

Excellent potential there! I see what I believe is a 1:1 chain drive to power a right-angle gearbox - also 1:1?? I ask because of the different sized tires front to rear as the circumference of both are different. Also, is there a one-way clutch hidden in there to allow the tractor to roll in neutral with the brake applied or to semi-address my above question? I take it that the front driveshaft is splined to allow it to lengthen & shorten too, as the shaft centerline is not coincident to the front axle pivot? You got a few bucks tied up there. Off to a good start. Bill

The cap with the gage vents up though the center gage hole and another small hole in the plastic lens close to the black part of the cap

Stayed too long on the wrong side of town! They done stripped it!

Thank you both for your rapid responses. The chart is a miracle for those of us that mix and match components as well as searching for what fits what on the fly. Thanks again. Anvil

I saw Steiner has those for sale

Here's an really cool hot rod Allis idea for ya I saw at the Canton Tractor Show last Spring. Owner said front axle and rear drops swapped over with no changes. Said he only had to modify the side steering rod.

Funny you would bring that up because I was thinking this morning you're going a little too fast. Going to need another project by the end of winter.

Kudo's to you for getting her to help getting off the trailer, and more Kudo's to her for doing it!

https://www.then-now-auto.com/kohler-fuel-pumps-2/ They are good people, call first so they can send you what you need.

An AC B is the wide front version of the C, for the most part. Neat little tractors, pretty equivalent to the Farmall As.

I wouldn't use this aftermarket supplier for any customer machine, especially given that it does take some labor to install, but I figure I can give it a shot on our basket case 520 and see what kind of longevity we can expect. It will make a good case study.

Just as long as when we split the apple, I get the bigger half.

Thank you everyone for the encouraging words. So here I lay being probed ,poked and all wired up. Nothing conclusive yet except for the blood clot. Stress test tomorrow. Blood drawing every few hours which has been troublesome. Some just can’t get blood from me despite poking me in different places with painful results. Another person comes in and does it in less than a minute without hurting me. I don’t think some are very skilled at it. It’s almost gone only 30 gallons left. I may be using it as a vein flusher from the looks of things.