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An Allis CA lives again after 18 years of hibernation

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I got the Allis Chalmers CA running yesterday that we recently picked up in North Alabama from the original owner. Got several peices of original A/C equipment with it too. All it took to get the tractor running was a good 6 volt battery and some fresh gas (from an external source). The engine turned over TWICE and she fired right up and ran really good and strong.....no smoke either!!! Didn't take long but the carb started to gum up and she started sputtering. Took it off and sent it to our carburetor guy for a complete rebuild today.

I think it might be charging (from looking at the guage) but I need to check it out with a meter.

The transmission makes ZERO noise.

Steering has 1/4 turn of play (how can I fix that?).....looks to be coming from arm sticking out of middle steering box.

The hydraulic lift didn't do anything when I moved the lever behind the seat on the right side.
 
If the hyd unit is on the PTO area you have to have the PTO going for the hyds to work. I have not messed with a CA since there not a common tractor in this area but if it has the same PTO/hyds set up as the B and C have then the pump is driven by the PTO
 
Steering play is adjusted by adding or removing shims from the pedestal mount. Sounds as if yours needs shims removed.
 
I was not sure if that was correct or not but I know the CA is one step up form the B/C so knew it was likely to be the case. In this area it is rare to see a CA but not saying there a rare tractor just not common here for some reason
 
You turn on the pump just like the B & C but the pump is bigger than the B & C. We used one to break ground on tobacco fields, pulled 2-14's like nothing. Easy to haul on a trailer. I have a wide front and a narrow in the barn sitting next to a B as well.
 
(quoted from post at 16:32:07 04/27/16) You turn on the pump just like the B & C but the pump is bigger than the B & C. We used one to break ground on tobacco fields, pulled 2-14's like nothing. Easy to haul on a trailer. I have a wide front and a narrow in the barn sitting next to a B as well.
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Another question.....I have read that this tractor has a hand clutch feature that the other models do not have. I couldn't locate the lever for the hand clutch and don't even know where to look for it at, but I did see a cut-out in the floorboard on the right side (sitting in seat) towards the front. I looked in that hole to see what the cut-out was for and saw a threaded hole where a bolt, or perhaps the clutch lever handle would thread into. Does this sound like that is the hand clutch??
 
That should be for the hand clutch. I have no experience with a CA with hand clutch. I have been told by several old timers who did that they were somewhat unreliable. AS written I have no experience with them, just passing on the info I have received over the years. Surely someone with more experience will post back
 
That's where the hand clutch lever bolts in,I've taken my lever off because it gets in the way of my right leg,bolt it back in when I use the trailer sickle mower to cut hay with it.
The hand clutch on the CA is a dry clutch not like the one on the WD that runs in oil,but considering my CA is a 1952 model and the hand clutch still works I guess its a pretty
reliable set up(LOL)
They're great little tractors and will do way more work than you might think.
 
The last CA I bought came with a Snap Coupler ripper and I thought no way that tractor will pull that 5 shank ripper,actually does a great job with it.We used to pull a JD 14T
baler with one years ago on reasonably level ground and it did a good job.
 
Going by what I have been told the hand clutch when they go bad and any clutch will go bad over time have but deleted by some how bolting things up so that maybe why the handle is not there.
 
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