The start of project Allis B

Well here it is at the beginning. The engine is locked up. I will discover later after the engine is running that the clutch is stuck. You can't see it from here but on the other rear wheel the axle has been welded to the wheel center. Front tires are seventies circa subarau style white spoke rims. In the front view picture you can really get the true NASCAR styling that is going on with the B.

The battery box and tool box are in really bad shape. The fluids are nasty but not much water at all. When I get into one of the final drives I find bits and pieces fron a roller bearing BUT the gear grease/dirt conbo keeps the bearing pieces from tearing up the bull gear.

I went to drain the oil in this picture. I pulled the drain plug but nothing came out. The old oil had been in the pan for so long that it had formed a solid layer across the drian hole that I had to use a screwdriver to puncture. Needless to say the pan came off and went into the parts cleaner. It was just the first of many to go into the cleaner, sandblaster or electrolysis vat.

Bsically over the next 13 months a stady stream of parts and pieces will be: taken off, cleaned and fixed; straightened, bondo, and sanded; then primered and painted.

Many thanks to; Shane for help with the maganeto, Sheldon for all the tools and advice, and most of all, Sharon,for putting up with all this madness (Not just this tractor but the tractor harem in general).

Just an explaination on the last comment. I brought pictures into work and one of the nurses said that her husband had done the same thing to a David Brown tractor that had come with the farm they had bought. This tractor was half in the pond when he dragged it out and started the restoration. Well she gave it a name, Lilly. Lilly turned into "the other woman". She said the he spent all of his time with her. He was always buying her presents etc. She began to feel that he loved Lilly more than her. I told my wife this story and I also said that I didn't have the heart to tell her that my wife was competing against a harem.

Thanks for looking and enjoy!
Tim

Another shot of the project tractor.

Well here it is in the barn. the engine is locked up so I am using a crank handle and bottle jack to apply pressure while the cylinders are filled up with ATF, PB Blaster, diesel etc. It will take me about three months of gradually working on it to get the engine free. Meanwhile plans are being made to correct the worst of the problems. December 2006 Santa takes care of the front wheel problem. The rear axle and wheel center will have to wait until 2007.

Prep work just about done.

About two days later with two wire brushes used up and one angle grinder destroyed all the old paint is gone and the tractor is getting ready for final prep.

Parts in primer

Time to shoot color!

The many pieces begin to go on.

Let's see is this the left or right brake pedal. Gee it all came off so easily! It can't be that difficult to reassemble this. LOL

Seat, manifold and radiator added.

About ready for the rear wheels!

Wheels added

Rear wheels, air cleaner and fron grill have been added. I have got the front right wheel back on the jack stand because it developed a leak during the rebuild process and now I need to get a new tube in it.

Test run before adding all the sheet metal.

In this picture I have finished everything but putting the gas tank and sheet metal on. I felt that a small engine gas tank would make a good test tank just to take it out of the barn and here it running before I put the rest of the decals on it and the sheet metal.

Allis B up and running.

First I have to thank my loving and wonderful wife for all the support she has given to me in this project. Thanks Sharon for all the barn time! You are the best!

Allis Chalmers B is done!

Well it has taken 18 months of on and off work to get it in the shape it is now. It has been a fun project in which I learned a lot. It was made easier by the vendors and people over at the allischalmers.com web site and Yesterdaystractors.com web site. In paticular many thanks go out to Rod in NH for all of his advice in painting and prep work. Thanks guy!