Allis Diesel Tractor Repowered With Combine's 6-Cyl. Engine

Allis Diesel Tractor Repowered With Combine's 6-Cyl. Engine REPOWERED EQUIPMENT Repowered Equipment 21-2-11 "It starts exceptionally well and has all the power this tractor will ever need," says Harley Green who repowered a 1956 Allis Chalmers WD 45 diesel tractor with a 6-cyl. gas engine out of an Allis combine. Green, an Ulen, Minn., antique tractor enthusiast, bought the tractor three years ago, aware that its 45 hp diesel engine was in bad shape. He obtained a Buda 60 hp 6-cyl. 232 cu. in. engine out of an A series Allis combine. The tractor's original diesel engine was also a Buda so the combine engine matched up pretty smoothly with the tractor, he says. "I machined off the shiv on the front crank pulley to get the engine to fit into the available space in the frame," Green notes. "I removed the flywheel and adapter plates from the tractor and simply adapted them to the combine engine. Everything fit right up. The only thing that was different was that the bolts I used in the flywheel had to be 1/4-in. shorter. "I also cut a notch out of one of the frame rails to accommodate the oil filter and made new front engine mounts. I extended the throttle linkage, and cut a hole in the hood for the muffler. "I kept the heavy-duty diesel starter and clutch, along with the tractor's radiator and air cleaner. I used the fan off the combine." Green says the tractor is a real crowdpleaser at the shows he takes it to. Out-of-pocket expense was about $500. Contact: Harley Green, R.R. 1, Box 206, Ulen, Minn. 56585 (ph 218 494-3741).

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