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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 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!

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!!

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!

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...

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...

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'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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Before you buy a cheap gage, try just leaving you existing cap a little loose with the tank not all the way full.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

@Old Ron, have you taken a sample of the cloudy fluid and let it sit for a few days to see if water separates and goes to the bottom?

My understanding is Kohler oil is produced by Amsoil. I assume it is repackaged Amsoil Small Engine Oil, available in 5W30, 10W30, 10W40 and 15W50.

Fun project. Hope fully the rear hubs are good, ours were a little sloppy on the splines. When the time comes PLEASE be carful crank starting it. Our B shattered my brothers wrist once.

I use a long square pry-bar (you'll appreciate that it has a handle) and do it in the large Rubbermaid wheelbarrow in this photo. That way any spillage doesn't go to waste. I've come to the conclusion that 50 lb bags are worth a little extra money for the strain they save you moving them around. I usually mix 2 or 3 at a time, depending on the project.

Amen

Thanks 04fxdwgi. Your 8 steps worked perfectly. I also removed the right footrest. That made it very easy to slip the belt off the idler pulley providing lots of belt slack.

Thank you 🙏

Yes, the 520’s have some complexity, but except for the panel with the indicator LEDs, there is nothing there that wasn’t on an automobile in the 50’s or 60’s.

I like this picture as it show two great pieces of craftsmanship in Wheel Horse builds along with the master of decals. My custom GT16 4x4 built by Bob rock and the newly acquired GT516 built by Karly Stohry. Both machines based on the GT14 tractor. Super happy to own both

All great suggestions here. One other thing is to make sure you get what is in the hydraulic lines, cylinder, and spool valve out.

I have picked myself up several times and before anything else- made sure no one saw my gymnastics...

I've said before, his threads could serve as assembly manuals!

This one is a 416 so definitely a simpler harness with only an hour meter and a volt gauge. I must admit that the GT1600 and 312 harnesses are simpler yet. The 520's are a bit more complex but I do like looking at all the gauges.

Footrests and pads wiped down with contact cleaner to ensure a clean surface for the adhesive to stick to. Footrests masked off where adhesive is not required. Footrests and pads sprayed with two coats of 3M 90 adhesive. When adhesive had dried to a slightly tacky state I removed the masking and carefully applied the pads. I use the little roller shown to firmly set the pads into the adhesive and remove any air bubbles if any are present. Pads are fully installed.