Rescuing 5 DCs AWF without mag

RonSa

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I rescued this DC AWF in Feb 2003. Refurbishing was finished 39 months later May 2006. It came from Minnesota.
The owner said his intention to fix up this DC had been foiled by him getting too old. Therefore, he started to part it out. Only the mag was missing when I rescued it.



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I installed a distributor, spark plugs, clean the carb, etc. It started right up and immediately ran good.



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All the engine’s internals checked out good. It plowed a little soon after startup and it was determined the radiator was too plugged on the inside to cool adequately. I had to rod out the core from the bottom.




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It got professionally sandblasted, and primed like the other. After being rescued for 3-1/2 years, it looked like this picture.



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I liked the AWF so much that I eventually converted both of my DC3s to AWF. I found these two axles on the Internet. They would have interfered with belt pulley work but not a problem or me.
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Ron,

There is a special attachment that fits in the cultivator bracket to guide the belt over the AWF. You sure put a lot of work into those DC's. Don
 
How difficult is it to convert to AWF? I would like one on my DC but I haven't seen any on Craigslist in my area. Everything seems to be narrow front.
 
I would like to convert my DC to wide front once I have a shop. I had the opportunity to drive
Wide Front’s speedy SC and I really liked the ride, although I think the turning radius might be reduced.

Great post Ron!
 

The gooseneck and the steering arm are different than the DC3. D series and S series are different goosenecks and steering arms also.
 

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I have seen a picture of one on a tractor somewhere. For anyone curious, this is out of my parts book. It might clamp in the square hole in one of four positions. It looks like the up and down position could rub and damage the edge of the belt.

For dad's old C Case, most of our belt application needed to run "cross belt". The feed grinder pulley was low. The ensilage cutter pulley was medium height. The stationary baler pulley was higher. The standard wide axle on the old C was low enough for our needs.

I can imagine situations where one would need to drive the front tire over (thru) the belt in order to get it on and off. It seems like a cross belt could be a problem. Your thought?
 
Ron,

I am no expert on belt power as I have only belted up a D, DC3 narrow front, Dc4, and 500 to our Case thresher. Our DC3 LP w/ AWF has no belt pulley. I was given that idler attachment from a friend who was cleaning out an old barn and he saw something with Flambeau Red paint and ended up giving it to me. I think you are correct, it probably works OK, but not great for guiding the belt over the high AWF axle. Don
 

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