No factory bushings, but at least there were grease zerks. Nothing where the shaft goes through the tractor though and I cant figure out how to get the tractor clamped in the mill! I think it will be ok once e everything is assembled and linkage hooked up
I’m working on a WD 45 with my dad. He knows the 45s inside and out. I love your attention to detail. These videos are extremely informative. Well done.
It's Soooo much better now Zane! It's those kind of little things that really make the difference in the end. That's why I don't like calling a power wash and paint job a "restoration"
You should have added a grease fitting for the hand clutch. I also will be restoring some Allis tractors a WD reverst loader tractor my dad and I built in 1975. His first tractor he bought a 1959 D17, A CA wide front with a Woods belly mower. A WD wide front with power steering. I have Classic Tractor Fever. I live by Owtonna,Mn.
i have a wd45 i just got and its ran didnt move put in a new clutch in it and still doest move in gear i notice that the input shaft doesnt turn when i roll it over while jacked up any help would be appreciated it is driving me nuts
Man o man I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since this posted. It's taking Me forever to watch you guys and comment right now. The tools you have at your disposal amaze me man😂. Seems like everytime I watch your doing a job I'd have to outsource to get done and you have everything you need it your shop! She's coming along nicely though! Can't wait to get back to having a hobby and working on stuff again. Few more weeks and im free (for a while).
I just bought a WD. It was well used by the same farmer for most of its life. It runs great but could use some tightening up of the levers/pedals. Your video has answered many of my questions. Thank you for putting this video together . Very informative!
It was a little bit of work, but it’s gonna be totally worth it in the end. I’m with you and Zane in that those sloppy pedals would have driven me bonkers. By the way CONGRATULATIONS on hitting 300 subscribers Jason!!!!🤙. Way to go!
Thanks Cody! Evidently I need to stick with the tractor videos, they seem to be the ones drawing the views and subs. That was never my plan for the channel because I still plan on doing a little bit of everything and anything. I guess the core group like you guys are the ones I want to have around anyway! Bout time for you to kick out another video, got anything in the works?
Sparks Fire and Baling Wire Guys are definitely liking them and you’ll be at 1,000 subs before ya know it, but do whatever makes ya happy. It’s your channel, so you can do what you want😁. I haven’t put a video out yet cause I haven’t sold this dang suburban🤣. It’s been almost a month trying to sell it on different websites and parking it on the side of the road. I’ve already dropped the price 1K, but still haven’t gotten rid of it🤷🏼♂️. If I stuff the whole truck with toilet paper maybe I could get rid of it then🤣🤷🏼♂️?
You have a lot of professional skills. I recommend you put a turbo on that WD 45 after the rebuild. You can attract a wider audience of people, and increase views. There are kits available.
Thanks for the videos. I have a 1957 WD 45 with many of the same issues that I'm trying to get back in usable shape. Where you able to buy those bushings or did you make them?
They are standard sized bushings I picked up from the local welding shop. It really tightened everything up nice. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!
This project was of great interest to me. Thanks. I have one small tip for your video... you really need to do better audio. I think you should be wearing a microphone.
When I rebuilt my wd45, I used oversized 4 and 1/8 inch sleeves and Pistons. I also use pistons that gave me a higher compression ratio. That brought me up to a little over 50 hp The horsepower helps because I put on a loader on one end and a backhoe on the other. That doubled the weight. I also had the rods and mains line bored so I got rid of all the shims.
I just took a look and I couldn't find any standard 4" either. I understand why. A little less weight, same cost and more power. I don't see this helping you out, but I have 4 good 4" pistons if you need them. I took them out of a WD block (201 CID). They have rings wrist pins and rods.
Yep, I haven't ordered the springs yet. The pedals dont have bushings from the factory, I just bored mine to fix the wollered out holes and used bushings to get them back to the original 1 inch hole.
@@sparksfireandbalingwire8467 understandable on the bushings just wasn't sure if you caught those springs...I ended up having to reaplace all 4 of them
Well I'll be darned, I had just assumed the clutch and right brake pedal came with bushings. Guess I've never had them off the shaft. Nice repair!
No factory bushings, but at least there were grease zerks. Nothing where the shaft goes through the tractor though and I cant figure out how to get the tractor clamped in the mill! I think it will be ok once e everything is assembled and linkage hooked up
I’m working on a WD 45 with my dad. He knows the 45s inside and out. I love your attention to detail. These videos are extremely informative. Well done.
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you are enjoying them.
Good call on boring them out and adding the bushings 🙂👍 those sloppy pedals would drive me crazy also. 😂
It's Soooo much better now Zane! It's those kind of little things that really make the difference in the end. That's why I don't like calling a power wash and paint job a "restoration"
@@sparksfireandbalingwire8467 I understand you there buddy! 🙂👍 you're doing a great job my friend 😃
You should have added a grease fitting for the hand clutch. I also will be restoring some Allis tractors a WD reverst loader tractor my dad and I built in 1975. His first tractor he bought a 1959 D17, A CA wide front with a Woods belly mower. A WD wide front with power steering. I have Classic Tractor Fever. I live by Owtonna,Mn.
I did put one in there. I must not of filmed it. I would like to see that reversed tractor.
You are doing a ton of work on restoring that tractor. The detail and attention you are giving is awesome.
i have a wd45 i just got and its ran didnt move put in a new clutch in it and still doest move in gear i notice that the input shaft doesnt turn when i roll it over while jacked up any help would be appreciated it is driving me nuts
I never had to mess with mine, so I didn't do any videos on it, buy search for videos on the hand clutch. You most likely have something wrong there.
Very worthwhile to restore. Equivalent machine new today would be $30K plus.
Man o man I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since this posted. It's taking Me forever to watch you guys and comment right now. The tools you have at your disposal amaze me man😂. Seems like everytime I watch your doing a job I'd have to outsource to get done and you have everything you need it your shop! She's coming along nicely though! Can't wait to get back to having a hobby and working on stuff again. Few more weeks and im free (for a while).
Hey, he is still alive! Been missing you man. Hope you can get back to the fun stuff soon
I just bought a WD. It was well used by the same farmer for most of its life. It runs great but could use some tightening up of the levers/pedals. Your video has answered many of my questions. Thank you for putting this video together . Very informative!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
Always enjoy watching you do what it takes to get things done, great job and as always 👍👍👍👍 video my friend
Thanks, it's coming along . Finally got it back in the shop after a month hiatus!
It was a little bit of work, but it’s gonna be totally worth it in the end. I’m with you and Zane in that those sloppy pedals would have driven me bonkers. By the way CONGRATULATIONS on hitting 300 subscribers Jason!!!!🤙. Way to go!
Thanks Cody! Evidently I need to stick with the tractor videos, they seem to be the ones drawing the views and subs. That was never my plan for the channel because I still plan on doing a little bit of everything and anything. I guess the core group like you guys are the ones I want to have around anyway! Bout time for you to kick out another video, got anything in the works?
Sparks Fire and Baling Wire Guys are definitely liking them and you’ll be at 1,000 subs before ya know it, but do whatever makes ya happy. It’s your channel, so you can do what you want😁. I haven’t put a video out yet cause I haven’t sold this dang suburban🤣. It’s been almost a month trying to sell it on different websites and parking it on the side of the road. I’ve already dropped the price 1K, but still haven’t gotten rid of it🤷🏼♂️. If I stuff the whole truck with toilet paper maybe I could get rid of it then🤣🤷🏼♂️?
You have a lot of professional skills. I recommend you put a turbo on that WD 45 after the rebuild. You can attract a wider audience of people, and increase views. There are kits available.
No turbo on this one. I do have a future project in mind that might accidentally get one though!
Very nice great video
Thanks, I'm actually starting to get excited about painting something
Thanks for the videos. I have a 1957 WD 45 with many of the same issues that I'm trying to get back in usable shape. Where you able to buy those bushings or did you make them?
They are standard sized bushings I picked up from the local welding shop. It really tightened everything up nice. I'm glad you are enjoying the videos!
This project was of great interest to me. Thanks. I have one small tip for your video... you really need to do better audio. I think you should be wearing a microphone.
Glad you enjoyed it. I've been thinking about getting a microphone. You are right, I really need one
Always very interesting 👍
Great work
When I rebuilt my wd45, I used oversized 4 and 1/8 inch sleeves and Pistons.
I also use pistons that gave me a higher compression ratio.
That brought me up to a little over 50 hp
The horsepower helps because I put on a loader on one end and a backhoe on the other. That doubled the weight.
I also had the rods and mains line bored so I got rid of all the shims.
From my research so far, the oversized sleeves and pistons are all you can get. I haven't found anyone that offers standard size.
I just took a look and I couldn't find any standard 4" either. I understand why. A little less weight, same cost and more power.
I don't see this helping you out, but I have 4 good 4" pistons if you need them. I took them out of a WD block (201 CID).
They have rings wrist pins and rods.
You have two broken springs for breaks that I noticed...but awesome work idk if the busshings on mine were replaced but there's no slop in any pedal
Yep, I haven't ordered the springs yet. The pedals dont have bushings from the factory, I just bored mine to fix the wollered out holes and used bushings to get them back to the original 1 inch hole.
@@sparksfireandbalingwire8467 understandable on the bushings just wasn't sure if you caught those springs...I ended up having to reaplace all 4 of them