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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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I hope to get this home in the
next month or so. Guy has it in a
fall display and says it's mine
for $500. I need an Allis B! Old
one ,hand crank. No starter hole.
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Most likely a 1938. Could be a 1939. After 80 years it could be some of several years. The serial number is just in front of the shifter stick. I have 2 1938's that are together and a third one somewhat taken apart. I switched torque tubes on one with a narrow C front to have a starter. Switched crankshafts on it also to have a 4 inch stroke. I have two other B's that should run. A fun tractor to work on. They are hard for me to get off and on anymore.
 
Nice B,I spent many days on a B cultivating corn when I was growing up,we had a fertilizer side dresser we could use on it too.If you need anything I have lots of parts and equipment for them.
 
Awesome. Thanks. Can't wait to get it home. Guy said lots of folks have offered him $ 100 to haul it off. He knows we have several other tractors and said he is happy it will go to a good home.
 
One like that can/will break your arm and it will not give a hoot when it does. BTDT but when I first moved here we had a hand start B that sent me to the hospital
 
Good find. Did I hear someone telling me once that on start up, you have to watch your oil pressure gauge (or listen carefully to the engine running). These little AC's have some issue with the oil pump gear on the camshaft that is tricky and it doesn't always engage the pump. Maybe I dreamed that?
 
I have a 39. It has hand brakes. I f the impulse is working like it should and its timed correctly, you shouldnt have a problem with kick back.
 
Continuing on from my reply below, apparently the oil pump can lose it's prime for one reason or the other (or a number of reasons) once the engine/pump gets to a certain level of wear. Googling some of those key words or phrases brings up lots of internet discussions on the topic, several right here on Yesterday's Tractors.
 
one ,hand crank. No starter hole.

For that year they all came standard with a gravity starter :)
 
I will do a bit of research before I start it. Last ran this past Christmas. He pushed it to it's current location.
 
Many guys with a B put a belly mower under them to mow yards, etc. They think they have the best mowing machine ever made. I thought the same but it didn?t take long to realize it was like mowing with a dinosaur. Parked the B and got a ZTR. Would never go back.
 
(quoted from post at 16:33:06 10/11/18) I guess it could be pull started
with another tractor?
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If u pull start, check with someone knowledgeable. Local man has Ford 8N with good motor but says county workers way back tore up the trans trying to pull start it. Maybe speed too fast? Seems like very low speed and higher gear should be ok but don't go by what I say.
 
Seen a guy at a pull that had a " starter cart" for his B. Not sure what he had for motor but it had a flexible shaft and a long snout for the crank position. Similar to what you see for F1 race cars
 
Looks pretty good. Does it have hyds look like the hyd pump is missing but hard to tell from your pictures. Back when I moved here in 1980 we had to tractors both hand start. O often pull started the one I wanted to use with the other one. Always seemed the one I need was the one that would not start. Not easy to pull start a tractor when your the only person around
 
A guy I used to work with had 3 operations to repair his wrist. He never got full use of his hand back. A pretty complex joint, and some small bones in there.
 
I've jump and pulled started tractors hundreds of times especially ones with no starter,just put it in the highest gear when the tractor gets up a little speed let the clutch out like you were starting off.
 
The early 1938" would have to have the belt pully/power take off switched to a later model to except a hydraulic pump. The early ones just had a round core plug where the pump bolts on.

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He is correct to always check oil pressure on start up. The vane pump that has a lot of wear will sometimes loose its prime. Easy to prime! Just remove the filter and fill the stand pipe with motor oil. I always start the engine and watch oil come back out the stand pipe with a hose on it, shut the tractor off, put the filter back on, restart the tractor to check the gage for pressure. I sometimes have one set for a year or two without starting them. Most time the pressure comes up but not always.
 
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