Got the two '53 WDs out today to enjoy the weather!

Will Herring

Well-known Member
Got both ACs out today to celebrate one year since getting one of them restored. They both sat for six months before I managed to get them fired up, but they started first spin. All fluids were topped off to where they should be.

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For fun, I went through and tallied up how many people or places I worked with to finish the first restoration over a period of about... 5 years or so? My cousin Jeremy did all the hard lifting across the finish line with the rear rims and painting and other work, but I think I worked up that I dealt with over 20 companies or individuals from implement dealers to tractor parts suppliers to buying stuff at tractor shows to some local machine shops.
 
The painted one looks like a WD manifold but has the curved shifter like a WD45. I never saw
a straight WD with a curved shifter. Curious???
 
Late WDs had the curved shifter/constant mesh transmission. No 45s had the straight shifter sliding gear trans.
 
Both are very nice, my preference is the one in the work clothes ..... don't you dare consider painting that one !!!!
 
super99 -- yep, curved shifter on the '53 WDs... actually the non-painted one should have one too but its shifter broke so what's on there now is a cobbled one...

Rich'sToys -- Thanks!

730virgil -- It's an old one room school house, it's a short drive up the lane from where I keep my tractor. Fortunately people keep trying to keep it going, not many left around anymore.

Crazy Horse -- Haha, well, I need to start working on fixing her up within the next few years... Haven't decided on the paint yet but the other side is rusting so bad I have concerns. We shall see!
 
The second one bears a strong resembance to my '49 WD which I sold 14 years ago for $850. It had an after market Cat II 3 opoint hitch, new starter but original
generator. Ran well but the mag was delivering spark too weak to start dependably in winter. Buyer put a coil and distributor on it which fixed that. He uses it to mow
all around his property and along the roads. They won't stop working. One of the toughest tractors ever built.
 
On the restored version, looks like it was set up for cultivating, at
the time. The front brackets receive the square bar that pulls the
shovel assembly. The rear hydrallics are dropped down to receive a lift
part,but I can't remember what. 50 years past!
 
Bill(Wis) -- Indeed. Good machines. The restored one had an engine overhaul with M&W pistons in the 70s and the other one is stock, as far as I know (unsure if it was ever overhauled or not).

Hoenes -- Indeed they are. In fact I remember there used to be an alternate front bracket on there that I haven't really seen before, but think they are lost to the ages now.

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