My grandpa was worse. to him a 12V battery that was too dead to start what it used to be in should still start a 6 volt engine, to which we would then spend who knows how long screwing with 'a weak starter' only to find out the "The new battery" in the tractor was the dead battery from the pickup/whatever that wouldn't start last time.
And 90% of electrical problems now days, are the off the shelf condensers that come junk right out of the box. I've been using Blue Streak ignition parts. Better to pay a little extra than to do it over. It can't hurt to run a high output Pertronix coil either.
Tell your Dad, we all enjoyed his CAMEO appearance even though it was brief and WHAT AN ENTRANCE Pulling in on the HOT ROD pulling back that Throttle\as he coasted by the little WD45 in his drive..! So glad you caught that on film...!
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Cherish these little moments with Dad Wes, You will look back at them someday and be glad you did, Time has a tendency to pass us by too quickly, I like seeing your son already getting into the shop on his peddle tractor to be near Dad.
I love how there isn't one piece of gear on that thing that isn't serviceable. That thing could run for 200 years as long as guys like you and your dad work on it.
You are so fortunate to still have your dad around to do these things with. I love to watch you guys interact on these projects and I particularly appreciate the respect you show for your father and his opinion. This is top quality material Wes. Cant thank you enough.
Dad: I don't have time to mess with it. Go ahead and try. Also Dad: (Laying down on his back in the dirt with a timing light) "nope, go back a little... that's it."
Better than mine. Complains he has done everything to get it running yet obvious evidence around said object shows he literally hasn't even touched it leta lone been near it in who knows how long. That or its out of fuel and he cranked it until the battery was dead then walked away while leaving the key on (a week or month or more ago) so it's now 'dead' dead plus now has a ruined battery or set too.
@@WatchWesWork you've gotten me through some fixes, some bad times, you are a true highlight to me AND my 9 year old daughter. Shes always ahead of the game scanning for new "watch wes work" videos. I appreciate all you do to make a video, regardless of how many takes it ends up being, we, I appreciate all you document for the hell of it!!! - Nick from Hinsdale NH
That was the first tractor my grandpa allowed me to drive. He, his two brothers, and their father all bought them new way back and most of them still run.
I cut my teeth on a WD45 at 8 years old. My dad still has that tractor, I'm now 50. Ours runs as good as it did when it was new. Dad always kept the maintenance up on it well. They are a beast of a tractor, can't kill them.
Old tractor did a lot of work in it's day to wear out like that. They're good old tractors . You can't beat them. I grew up around old tractors like that. Love them all. 😃👍
I like how you and your dad work together, you can tell it’s been a long partnership by the way you compliment each other. When I work with my Dad we do similar things, only he challenges my diagnosis constantly, not because he thinks I’m wrong, but to prove to him why I think I’m right. Hands down best thing he’s taught me and all the other apprentices that have been through our shop.
Like I said with the dozer, I haven't seen anything you can't get to run. At least for a little while. You are the engine whisperer. Thanks for sharing.
I hope you know how truely blessed you are to have a dad like yours. That " I knew you'd beat it" was total Love and respect. I'm Jealous. My dad was a pos. Be thankful. Great vid. Keep wrenching
In 1955 when I was 6 years old, my Dad purchased a new WD45 on LP gas, (the LP tank was mounted in front of the radiator) and you could run it on either gas or LP. He also purchased other Allis Chalmers equipment. (3 bottom plow, tandem disk, 4-row cultivator, round bailer, and mower ). I sure loved that tractor and spent many hours riding sitting on the tool box, and learned to drive that tractor. I would love to see one with LP tank on the front and restored. Also, it had more power on LP than on gas. On LP it had a true 45 hp.
At 68 I remember growing up in this tractor. We plowed many fields on the dairy farm in East Tennessee growing corn wheat and rye for cattle. Us boys would disc and drag the fields at night till around 11. That’s when mom made us come back in and get ready for bed so we could get to school the next mornin. I always remembers the hand clutch being on the left side though…memory ain’t what it used to be I guess.
Brings back memories, E. P. Coleman owned 20, 000 acres and farmed an additional 40, 000 and when he switched from mules, he bought a fleet of these and converted many to LP. Everywhere you looked seems there was a field full of orange.
Oh man that was a real hair puller, that's the type of project that when you are done for the day your hair is full of grease from all the times you run your hand through your hair saying, "I don't know...let's try this now." Great video, thumbs up Wes.
I came back to watch this one again. Your dad had to be a no-nonsense kinda guy when you were a kid but more than willing to give praise when it was earned. I have always said give me a crusty self-employed mechanic with a killer mustache and a mallet any day!!!!
That is a lovely little tractor. And I agree with Maysin777, cherish the moments you have with your Dad because... well we won't go there this evening.
If I lived next door to you, you can count on me bringing tons of lobsters ,shrimps , Crab cakes , seafood, Steaks, Beers and wines monthly to your house, nothing like having awesome mechanics living close by...I'm in Staten Island and they kill us at the garages....Good job guys...
You need to work you Dad into more of your videos. He's got a great sense of humor and it's neat to see how he mentored you. I'll bet the two of you are a real team to draw to.
Great Video. Really like those old WD45 Allis Chalmers Tractors. They definitely had a unique sound and pretty decent power. Nice to see you and your dad get along so well. Looks like your a farm kid too. Thanks for the videos.
That tractor brings back a lot of memories for me. I learned to drive on of those when I was very young. I love the sound of an Alice chalmers! Thank you so much for posting this video
I think this is one of your best videos ever I'm glad I ran into it because I'm relatively new to your channel but I love watching you repair things and this one was A1 the best!
you are very fortunate to have times like this with your dad. i did not have the same fortune. i in no way envy you though. i thoroughly enjoy seeing others have happy times. thank you for sharing.
Thank you again Wess and Dad. I don't know that I will ever have to work on one of those but hey now I know a little more about them. Have a wonderful day. I would love to see the 12v negative ground conversion you mentioned.
I enjoyed watching this video. Working with your father, reminds me of my father & I, I started tinkering on things due to him. He helped spark my interest with wanting to know how things worked, or just plain wanting to work with my hands. Quality time with family is the best.
My grandpa had a WD45 that he had a two row corn picker mounted on and would use it to pull a full wagon load of corn up out of a steep hollow. That tractor had amazing power and this video brings back many fond memories I had with my grandpa.
Wow, that's so cool you working on that tractor together with your Dad like that. I would never have guessed that old engine could run so good. Well I know where you got the mechanic gene from.
I've worked on antique tractors for almost 30 years and learned something from this. I never would have thought to check the nut holding distributor gear. Very cool. In regards to giving points a quick cleaning after you fool with them, use a dollar bill and run it back an forth between the points for a few seconds. The paper that a dollar bill is made of cleans oil and crud off em really good. The carb on that Allis was a Marvel Schebler not a Zenith.
Wow, this is the tractor that I cut my teeth on when working on my grandparent's farm. I used it to winrow the hay the day before bailing. It's funny, I can smell the exhaust on that thing as I watch your video. Thanks for sharing!!
Your dad reminds me of my dad. He taught me to wrench. I lost him to COVID last December. I miss him so much. Wes, treasure your time with him. It's the only time you'll have.
Great video...Many memories flashed back in my mind from 65 years ago when I heard that smooth sounding engine rev up. In the late 50's and early 60s', I would work summers for a neighbor when they baled hay and straw in northern IN. They had two Allis Chalmers WD-45's to run the operation. These people were great to work for as they would allow me to operate the tractor pulling the baler, run the wagons from the field to the barns and the least liked task of working in the hay loft. These tractors were not the most popular but were great tractors. Many other farmers preferred red or green rather than the AC orange. Thanks for all your great videos and I love them all. Rick in Central FL
I did smile at Dad schooling Wes on the distributor. I do the same to my son. Can't help it and l'm sure he's cursing behind my back. Nice tractor, good fix.
dad stands there with a dead blow hammer just in case! i like the timing light hooked up to its own 12 volt battery since the tractor is 6 volt. someone less experienced would have chased this for a long time.
negative ground helps prevent rust on metal surfaces. positive ground is just a headache to deal with. if its not known that its positive ground it can be dangerous. someone thinking its negative ground and they get a shower of sparks in their face trying to test something
So, NOW we know the secret of your success: excellent tutelage! It's always so cool to watch a father/son project. Bless you both. PS I knew dad wasn't playing when he came out with the 4 lb dead blow hammer! :)
Always nice to see a son and pawpapa working together between the both of them they prolly got at least 50-70 years of know how and both still happy and healthy god bless ‘em.
I learned from my Model A Ford days that 90% of carburator problems are electrical
Heh. Seems true for points ignition.
my uncle said be sure to get a good 10 penny nail for that rotor i dont think plated works as good as copper or steel.
My grandpa was worse. to him a 12V battery that was too dead to start what it used to be in should still start a 6 volt engine, to which we would then spend who knows how long screwing with 'a weak starter' only to find out the "The new battery" in the tractor was the dead battery from the pickup/whatever that wouldn't start last time.
Funny, I learned the same thing from my 70 Beetle...
And 90% of electrical problems now days, are the off the shelf condensers that come junk right out of the box. I've been using Blue Streak ignition parts. Better to pay a little extra than to do it over.
It can't hurt to run a high output Pertronix coil either.
Best line in the whole video, "There it is! I knew you'd beat it!" - Wes's dad. It's great to see Dad's like that. Great video Wes!
Tell your Dad, we all enjoyed his CAMEO appearance even though it was brief and WHAT AN ENTRANCE Pulling in on the HOT ROD pulling back that Throttle\as he coasted by the little WD45 in his drive..! So glad you caught that on film...!
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Your a dad seems like a good guy. I liked it when he said “you got it, I knew you would”
I caught that too. Made me tear up a little.
Cherish these little moments with Dad Wes, You will look back at them someday and be glad you did, Time has a tendency to pass us by too quickly, I like seeing your son already getting into the shop on his peddle tractor to be near Dad.
Cherish the moments you have with your Dad.....I use to wrench with my Dad a lot also and miss him terribly....and learned a lot...God Bless You both.
I love how there isn't one piece of gear on that thing that isn't serviceable. That thing could run for 200 years as long as guys like you and your dad work on it.
You are so fortunate to still have your dad around to do these things with. I love to watch you guys interact on these projects and I particularly appreciate the respect you show for your father and his opinion. This is top quality material Wes. Cant thank you enough.
Well he's almost always right...
Dad: I don't have time to mess with it. Go ahead and try.
Also Dad: (Laying down on his back in the dirt with a timing light) "nope, go back a little... that's it."
Priorities...
I think most dads do that lol
Better than mine. Complains he has done everything to get it running yet obvious evidence around said object shows he literally hasn't even touched it leta lone been near it in who knows how long.
That or its out of fuel and he cranked it until the battery was dead then walked away while leaving the key on (a week or month or more ago) so it's now 'dead' dead plus now has a ruined battery or set too.
My grandpa " No use fiddle-fartin" around with it" as he was going in to get more tools.
Is that a Sun timing light I see before me ?
Wish I had that type of relationship with my dad. But, instead I’ve had to learn on my own and ended up being a better wrench hand in the long run
One thing good about this pandemic is that we get more videos from Watch Wes Work!!!
Well I'm trying.
@@WatchWesWork you've gotten me through some fixes, some bad times, you are a true highlight to me AND my 9 year old daughter. Shes always ahead of the game scanning for new "watch wes work" videos. I appreciate all you do to make a video, regardless of how many takes it ends up being, we, I appreciate all you document for the hell of it!!!
- Nick from Hinsdale NH
That was the first tractor my grandpa allowed me to drive. He, his two brothers, and their father all bought them new way back and most of them still run.
These things are tough!
LOL dad stands by with a hammer he is apparently experienced!
Not his first rodeo.
BFH does it every time
Always good to have the threat of a hammer with temperamental symptoms.
@@dudleysdad 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻
Maybe in case he needed to tap the float bowl on the carb to free it up if stuck?
A few moons ago that tractor was somebody's pride, and joy ,I love it!!
I cut my teeth on a WD45 at 8 years old. My dad still has that tractor, I'm now 50. Ours runs as good as it did when it was new. Dad always kept the maintenance up on it well. They are a beast of a tractor, can't kill them.
Old tractor did a lot of work in it's day to wear out like that. They're good old tractors . You can't beat them. I grew up around old tractors like that. Love them all. 😃👍
Best moment in the life of a father to work with his son its out of this world kinda feeling.i wish everyones fathers stay with them till end of time
It's obvious that this was run without coolant for a couple of minutes, that's why it's broken. :P
Martin Edelius yep. Shows all the signs.
Yeah, and the exhaust manifold was off also....
LOL. Do these things even have a cooling system?
@@WatchWesWork Doesn't matter, still the problem. :D
@@WatchWesWork Yes, look up at the above comments....lmao . I wouldn't advise getting them to help.
I had the pleasure of driving this tractor in the 1960's... enjoyed every minute
A timing light! Way to go old school. Thanks for the family videos. Very much appreciated.
I like how you and your dad work together, you can tell it’s been a long partnership by the way you compliment each other. When I work with my Dad we do similar things, only he challenges my diagnosis constantly, not because he thinks I’m wrong, but to prove to him why I think I’m right. Hands down best thing he’s taught me and all the other apprentices that have been through our shop.
Always good to see sons working with their dad.
Like I said with the dozer, I haven't seen anything you can't get to run. At least for a little while.
You are the engine whisperer.
Thanks for sharing.
I spent LOTS of hours on WD and WD45 narrow front ends. Brings back many memories of life on the farm! Thanks for the video!
How about a tour of your Dad's shop, let's see the "STASH". When he brought out the hammer the A-C had no chance, run or else.
Maybe someday.
I hope you know how truely blessed you are to have a dad like yours. That " I knew you'd beat it" was total Love and respect. I'm Jealous. My dad was a pos. Be thankful. Great vid. Keep wrenching
I love how those engines just purr!
at first it was purring like a hit an miss but all it needs to do is run.
Nice job of troubleshooting guys! Love the old Allis's.
(Great to see your Dad too.)
When you've been tinkering with an engine all day, finally hearing it settle down and idle right is sooo satisfying.
In 1955 when I was 6 years old, my Dad purchased a new WD45 on LP gas, (the LP tank was mounted in front of the radiator) and you could run it on either gas or LP. He also purchased other Allis Chalmers equipment. (3 bottom plow, tandem disk, 4-row cultivator, round bailer, and mower ). I sure loved that tractor and spent many hours riding sitting on the tool box, and learned to drive that tractor. I would love to see one with LP tank on the front and restored. Also, it had more power on LP than on gas. On LP it had a true 45 hp.
My grandpa bought one of those brand new in Iowa when he was a teenager, it was the first wide front end tractor in the area of Ames Iowa.
Your Grandpa was a Baller. 🤘🏻
At 68 I remember growing up in this tractor. We plowed many fields on the dairy farm in East Tennessee growing corn wheat and rye for cattle. Us boys would disc and drag the fields at night till around 11. That’s when mom made us come back in and get ready for bed so we could get to school the next mornin. I always remembers the hand clutch being on the left side though…memory ain’t what it used to be I guess.
Your dad is awesome. "You beat it! I knew you would!" That's got to be awesome to know your pops looks up to your abilities like that.
Brings back memories, E. P. Coleman owned 20, 000 acres and farmed an additional 40, 000 and when he switched from mules, he bought a fleet of these and converted many to LP. Everywhere you looked seems there was a field full of orange.
Great to see you and your dad working together, reminds me of mine, except less cussing. :D Charles
Oh man that was a real hair puller, that's the type of project that when you are done for the day your hair is full of grease from all the times you run your hand through your hair saying, "I don't know...let's try this now." Great video, thumbs up Wes.
We had about 3 hours in the job including cleaning the carb and making new gaskets.
Those old tractors are a thing of beauty.
I came back to watch this one again. Your dad had to be a no-nonsense kinda guy when you were a kid but more than willing to give praise when it was earned. I have always said give me a crusty self-employed mechanic with a killer mustache and a mallet any day!!!!
Love these videos, glad I was recommended your channel, always enjoy watching these
Good job BOTH of you. Working with your Dad is the greatest treasure you can have - do it every chance you get!!!
Really cool video, extremely awesome to see your dad working with you. I really enjoy your content.
I always enjoy all your videos, I was really nice to see you doing something with your dad and helping him out. Please stay safe and God bless
Great diagnosis Wes, great vlog.
Stay safe all and thanks for sharing.
Love the video Wes. Great to see you working with your Pa.
Really enjoy your Allis-Chalmers videos, watching from West Allis, Wi
It was really cool watching you work with your Dad like that!
That is a lovely little tractor. And I agree with Maysin777, cherish the moments you have with your Dad because... well we won't go there this evening.
What a great team you and dad! Love the smile on your dad, too cute! Great job Wes!!!
If I lived next door to you, you can count on me bringing tons of lobsters ,shrimps , Crab cakes , seafood, Steaks, Beers and wines monthly to your house, nothing like having awesome mechanics living close by...I'm in Staten Island and they kill us at the garages....Good job guys...
Sounds like a good arrangement!
Nice to see Mr. J. Something that simple and now she runs. Another good one Wes
I love old tractors of that vintage. Great to see you got it up and running. Thanks for sharing.
Good Job guys! Wish I still had my Dad around to tinker with !...Cherish these moments!
Great to see dad and son working together. And "you beat it".
Great teamwork! Gotta love how the old iron just keeps on purring.
You need to work you Dad into more of your videos. He's got a great sense of humor and it's neat to see how he mentored you. I'll bet the two of you are a real team to draw to.
Any day you spend with your dad fixing something is a good day in my book!
Always warms the heart father & son working to problem solve together. It certainly sounded real good when you and dad got it sorted.
Nice job Wes...you and your Dad are the tractor whisperers.
That thing sounds like new. Great job getting it going. Love your channel
Great Video. Really like those old WD45 Allis Chalmers Tractors. They definitely had a unique sound and pretty decent power. Nice to see you and your dad get along so well. Looks like your a farm kid too. Thanks for the videos.
Your Dad's a good egg Wes. A lot of wisdom there. We can see where yours comes from. 👍
I got some of it anyway!
@@WatchWesWork ah the difference is just the miles on the clock, Wes. I hope that your boy will have the same potential and interest in the future.
Such a beautiful design on the hood! I see why my old friend collected so many tractors! Nice work on the diagnosis!
This has to be one of the coolest things I've seen on TH-cam. Very smart father and son.
Very interesting Wes it’s good to see old tractors coming back to life.
That tractor brings back a lot of memories for me. I learned to drive on of those when I was very young. I love the sound of an Alice chalmers! Thank you so much for posting this video
You very fortunate to have a dad to teach you mechanics just like your son will learn from you. This is my new favorite channel been binge watching.
You and JC are truly awesome American legend mechanics.
I think this is one of your best videos ever I'm glad I ran into it because I'm relatively new to your channel but I love watching you repair things and this one was A1 the best!
Seeing an old, old, old tractor brought back to life is so refreshing. It's amazing that parts are still available for them.
you are very fortunate to have times like this with your dad. i did not have the same fortune. i in no way envy you though. i thoroughly enjoy seeing others have happy times. thank you for sharing.
I learn so much watching you work... thanks!
Beautiful, thorough, elegant work. It runs like a clock. Thanks WWW and co.!
Thank you again Wess and Dad. I don't know that I will ever have to work on one of those but hey now I know a little more about them. Have a wonderful day. I would love to see the 12v negative ground conversion you mentioned.
Pretty cool project Wes, she sounds great after fixing the timing issue, those old AC tractors are pretty cool!
Enjoy watching you work on old farm tractors
I enjoyed watching this video. Working with your father, reminds me of my father & I, I started tinkering on things due to him. He helped spark my interest with wanting to know how things worked, or just plain wanting to work with my hands. Quality time with family is the best.
Something you don't see everyday, working on an old tractor! You guys got it purring! Great father & son team!
My grandpa had a WD45 that he had a two row corn picker mounted on and would use it to pull a full wagon load of corn up out of a steep hollow. That tractor had amazing power and this video brings back many fond memories I had with my grandpa.
Carb rebuild on the tailgate - neat. I'd end up dropping the small pieces on the ground and never finding them.
Dad in video - very cool.
Loved operating these tractors. We had a WD45 Diesel. Great plow tractor. 👍👍
Wow, that's so cool you working on that tractor together with your Dad like that. I would never have guessed that old engine could run so good. Well I know where you got the mechanic gene from.
Fun to work with Dad. Enjoy those days. Thanks for the fun. :-)
You are lucky to be able to spend that kind of time with your Dad. Treasure it. (Nice job, by the way)
I've worked on antique tractors for almost 30 years and learned something from this. I never would have thought to check the nut holding distributor gear. Very cool. In regards to giving points a quick cleaning after you fool with them, use a dollar bill and run it back an forth between the points for a few seconds. The paper that a dollar bill is made of cleans oil and crud off em really good. The carb on that Allis was a Marvel Schebler not a Zenith.
We always used white paper. My dad is the original Nazi on cleaning points.
How did I miss this one? Anyway, very cool to see your dad doing his magic.
Wow, this is the tractor that I cut my teeth on when working on my grandparent's farm. I used it to winrow the hay the day before bailing. It's funny, I can smell the exhaust on that thing as I watch your video. Thanks for sharing!!
Your dad reminds me of my dad. He taught me to wrench. I lost him to COVID last December. I miss him so much. Wes, treasure your time with him. It's the only time you'll have.
My dad owned one of these. Brought back some memories. I own a little Kubota BX series. thanks for sharing.
Great video and it was awesome to see your Dad at work. He seems very knowledgeable.
He sure is!
Great video...Many memories flashed back in my mind from 65 years ago when I heard that smooth sounding engine rev up. In the late 50's and early 60s', I would work summers for a neighbor when they baled hay and straw in northern IN. They had two Allis Chalmers WD-45's to run the operation. These people were great to work for as they would allow me to operate the tractor pulling the baler, run the wagons from the field to the barns and the least liked task of working in the hay loft. These tractors were not the most popular but were great tractors. Many other farmers preferred red or green rather than the AC orange. Thanks for all your great videos and I love them all. Rick in Central FL
Awesome. Nice to see your dad too!
Jim
I did smile at Dad schooling Wes on the distributor. I do the same to my son. Can't help it and l'm sure he's cursing behind my back. Nice tractor, good fix.
dad stands there with a dead blow hammer just in case! i like the timing light hooked up to its own 12 volt battery since the tractor is 6 volt. someone less experienced would have chased this for a long time.
And he did until his dad showed up...
Well done. Congrats. I love to see the process.
hope we see you convert it to 12v neg ground. I would like to see this done
Yes please!
i don't understand the benifit to doing that to be honest
negative ground helps prevent rust on metal surfaces.
positive ground is just a headache to deal with. if its not known that its positive ground it can be dangerous. someone thinking its negative ground and they get a shower of sparks in their face trying to test something
@@gtb81. the reason I did is access to 12v systems. Jumper cables or booster pack
The Brits like their + grnds.
Think that’s the same engine that was on a lot of carnival rides. Would sit there and purr all day and never miss a beat.
So, NOW we know the secret of your success: excellent tutelage! It's always so cool to watch a father/son project. Bless you both. PS I knew dad wasn't playing when he came out with the 4 lb dead blow hammer! :)
She is a beauty! I’m glad someone will get some use out of her for many more years.
Wes all it needed was pop's experience. With your help. Pay day. GOOD JOB.
I will remember this finding. Might be very useful to me down the road. Thank you
Your dad had plenty of confidence in your ability bro. Sure made a great video. Stay safe
Always nice to see a son and pawpapa working together between the both of them they prolly got at least 50-70 years of know how and both still happy and healthy god bless ‘em.