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Guys, as I watched this video I so wish that I could have picked up the phone and called you. I spent most of my childhood and half of my adult life working on some of those old A/C s. My granddad had one and I had that same model B and a D-10 also. Those are some tough old engines. So proud that you kept working on it till you got them both runnng. May God Continue to Richly Bless You and Yours Forever.

U know what bro U have an AWESOME Father I mean as an older guy myself u just don’t see fathers like that anymore so you make sure you tell your Dad you Live him because as God is my witness he is truly one of the great ones and as a Black Male I take my hat off to him he sure as heck has ALL MY RESPECT and that’s for sure!!

That camera girl did an awesome job filming. Well done! The guys figured it out too! You’ve got a piece of history!

I did a radical pistonectomy on a 1960 Dodge 361 V8 Station Wagon, cut the connecting rod bearing crank-end off and bolted the bearing back on to the crank to stop oil from bleeding off, and pulled the pushrods out like you did, then ran the car for a year before giving it to my sister. She drove it for another year before getting a better car. The thing ran good , but had a weird vibration due to an obvious balance issue, but it worked. Glad you brought this one back to life.

I love seeing old farm equipment such as tractors being rescued and brought back to life again. ❤

You guys will tackle anything and come out on top. Most people would give up 1/4 way through what you take on. Love your never quit work ethic and that just shows what one can accomplish if one never gives up or gives in to an obstacle. God bless.

Gotta love the "We will make it do something" attitude. The exhaust flapper is missing from the stuck side, probably got water in the cylinders. Each steering wheel for each front wheel would be a lesson in cooperation for sure.

Growing up in a very rural part of south Milwaukee County, near West Allis where Allis Chalmers were made I found this to be very interesting. my growing up was also in the farm tractor business with my dad. We sold & serviced Massey Ferguson & Oliver tractors but had LOTS of customers who had Allis tractors as well. This twin engine model B would be a real hoot to see how it was designed & put together.

Neat tractor(s). I have a '51 A-C B that was my Dad's. Cylinders 2 and 3 rusted from sitting in the humid basement of a barn. I was able to free them up with Evaporust and never took the pistons out. That was about 4 years ago and use it regularly now. It still runs great with decent compression and doesn't burn oil.

I love seeing you guys work on stuff like this been following the channel a couple years now just never commented. Nice to see you growing strong! Keep going boys

Outstanding video, you fought it every step of the way. Excellent camera work to go with your knowledge of getting it running and not giving up. Your family just works so well together.

That second engine was very solidly seized up, perseverance paid off. Now you have a 7 cylinder, two engine unique tractor. Great camera work. New subscriber from New Zealand.

I believe the starter is spinning so fast because someone did a 12 volt conversion but the starter is still the original 6 volt.

What a great episode!! I was rooting for you both. I was praying y’all get it going. So glad y’all didn’t give up on the old girl. Blessings Y’all!!!!

Nice job guys I remember seeing years ago a old timer with a Allis Chalmers where he used the front piston as a air pump for blowing down barns before he would spray white wash on the old barn beams. That tractor he had was setup with a stck welder also. Now I can see how this was possible. Keep up the great videos

The amount of respect you gave that gentleman is something you don’t see anymore!

Great camera work and editing as well. Awesome looking tractor . I’ve never seen any other tractors like this one

WHOA!!! That bus reminds me of the one from the James Bond movie: Live and Let Die... You guys are going the distance to get that engine running !!!! AND YOU DID !!!! I DO see the flapper is missing on the right engine exhaust.... AMERICAN DEDICATION !!! GREAT JOB !!!!!!

That would make a very cool parade tractor, especially if the drivers were identical twins.

What a neat tractor. I can’t believe you got that second engine going. My grandpa was a blacksmith and I remember him hammering a lot, but no more than you did on that engine. Way to go!

You bought 2 Cool Looking Tractors ! Both Double Engines are now running - thats sooooo Great indeed - You done a Brilliant Job - well done indeed ! You not only Rescued it - You made it Run and Run it does - both Engine ! Man - we loved this long Video very much and again - Congrats ! Many Cheers from us in Australia

What fun to get to hang out and work with your dad like this. Towards the end when you were beating on those pistons, I was hollering “try the clutch method again!”

I'm 71 and have been around AC's most of my life, don't worry about that crack because they all do just put a dab of permatex in it when you put it back together, I always had better luck prying on the flywheel

Awesome project , brought back a lot of memories for me with my father back on the farm . thank you for that .

Outstanding! Never say die...that's what I love about you guys! Keep up the great work! Great camera work too!

To seeing this video, giving me a huge grin the whole time. I would love to see Don's whole collection and hear his old stories. And I really appreciate all the honest work, you put into your projects. The tought that even the worsest things could be fixed, as you showing all the time, blesses my heart and giving me strength and faith. God bless you guys

That was so cool to see both motors running together.

You and your dad did an amazing job getting that tractor running Many blessings to your family and much love from Portland Indiana have a blessed week till next time

This one is a classic, seeing you guys dig in and not give up is a good testimony to hard work and faith. Keep it up! And thanks for the great video work!

Wow - nice job! Would have never thought that would work ... Loved it!

You guys are now running the first 7-piston tractor of the world ! Cool

Started watching, stayed put all the way to the end! Most enjoyable evening I have had in years!

Thats justamazing!!!!! Well done,I really don't know how many would have tried that hard. God Bless......

Great work guys that's wicked cool!! You always do the coolest stuff !! Look forward to seeing it with all 4 pistons in engine 2 and it running sweet 😁

persistence pays off...and always help from above! love that. never give up...

About 75% of these engines had cracks between the sleeve bores. As long as the crack doesn't go down into the o-ring seal area at the bottom of the bore, there is no need to "seal" the crack on top. The wet sleeves are supposed to stand .004 above the deck, so the head gasket seals up the combustion chamber with no problem. Literally HUNDREDS of these engines are out there running fine with said cracks between the bores. If the head is off, there is nothing to keep the wet sleeves in place if you turn the engine over. Put a washer on a bolt to hold each sleeve down. If a sleeve pushes up at all, you will need to remove the wet sleeve and replace the o-rings.

Nice work guys! Good to see the tractor (or tractors?) up and running again! Just make sure to cover the exhaust on the engine that was seized, either with an official rain cap, or a metal can in a pinch.

Everything about that beastie looks strange but the two seats and steering wheels just look so odd. Watching the two of you, side by side on a tractor, and both "driving" brought a smile to my face. Hope to see more of these tractors, once you figure out how they work. I've got a funny feeling there more be farther headaches before you're done though. It would help if you even knew how they're 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕 to work.😂👍

Again, your persistence paid off! Great job and video! Thank you all!

There is nothing better than seeing rare and unique treasures like this be saved and up and ready to do what they were made to do ..great vid godless and stay ⁴safe

Im glad to see both engines running Realy glat to hear that your going to install the 4th piston.

You guys just dont quit Thanks for all the hard work and great content Fantastic camera and editing God Bless

Miracles come in all shapes and sizes. I know because you guys have pulled off more than a few. Awesome video. You guys are the best.

Y’all boys put in a lot more into that than I would have. Ida cut the top of the motor off and mounted a cooler on top. Got to have a place for a beer after that much work 😃

Awesome job fellas! Some good camera work too young lady!

My uncle took one of these B Allis tractors and reversed the gears, added hydraulic controlled steering, attached a boom and made a rear drive forklift out of it! These old tractors are hard to kill and hard to beat as you found out making this video. His is like the first one you worked on, easy and fast to start, and always reliable! I would like to see you guys start that WC Allis! I was bitten by the classic car bug and also caught classic tractor fever! Thanks for what you guys do, and keep up the good work!

In 1966 I bought an old ford Jailbar with a flathead V8 engine that had several problems, Cracks in the block, burnt valves. Having no money I decided to get it going as best I could with help from my dad we removed all the valves from 5 of the cylinders, blocked off the inlet ports, Sealed the valve guides and reassembled it. Ran it for 18 years on only 3 of the 8 cylinders. Spark plugs were left in place but no plug leads connected. Also ran it solely on diesel. Hard to start on a frosty morning and of course sluggish. Top speed was 55 mph (88kph) got 13 miles to the gallon.

i love old tractors that run forever

I helped restore a single cylinder Kelly-Lewis single cylinder tractor many years back. These were a copy of the German LANZ Bulldog tractor and run on waste oil that is preheated with a blowlamp under the fuel bulb. then you stick the steering wheel into the crank end and rock on it! Old farm equipment is fun to work on!

I found old pics online of that twin engine Allis Chalmers. It looked like it was new, and had fresh paint job on it. I bet if you buffed and polished that paint, it would come back good as new again.

Can't believe I watched the whole thing as I was rooting the whole time!, even my wife looked at me a few times wondering what was going on! Great job folks!

I am a retired mechanic in the UK. I have never had a piston thar seized ever. Guys I thought you where both going to have heart attacks. I felt tired just watching you. great video though. Respect.

21:00 If you can start the left one then it should be able to turn the right one over. 39:20 By the it drags the right wheel, the right donk powers the right wheel and the left powers the left and the diff equalises the two. 57:55 This is you drop the block in the old electrolysis bath! 1:21:54 Fill those bores with jungle juice and knock off for the day. End, Perseverance wins the day.

Incredible work. One of the more entertaining revivals. You had the extremes in one machine, the first engine fired right up, the second was a nightmare, but you won in the end. Great work.

Now that's a Tractor an a half, I don't believe I've ever seen one of these before. Makes me wish my Dad was still alive to see this.

The best thing is hearing you praise God! He gets the glory! That is a pretty neat outfit, reminds me of the late Harry Lee up here in Indiana would somehow bolt 3 Farmall F20s together. Not sure where all his collection went. It's typical to find Allis tractor blocks cracked between the cylinders. As long as you get a good seal between the sleeve, head gasket, and head, it works fine in most cases. I bought a '36 Allis WC with a 2 row mounted corn picker on it out of a salvage yard about 2000, 2001 or so for 850$. It had a miss, so I pulled the head and had it redone, two cylinders had a crack between them. It has ran like a top ever since. I took it to shows and picked corn with it!

As an owner of a "C" version of one of these, I keep finding myself talking to the screen.. "noooo, that's not how that works" and "yes, that's the right way" Considering mine is also locked up probably worse than this one, it's fun to watch you try to free it up. I really enjoyed the post driver being used to try to get it loose. Also, from what I understand, they all crack between the cylinders. I figure mine will be when i remove the head. I plan to seal it with some goo and file it smooth and slap it back together with new sleeves and pistons. It's a 1940s farm tractor, not a super precision modern engine. It'll run well like that longer than you would ever imagine. Also, making it run on 3 out or 4? That's the exact kind of thing someone would have done back in the day because they needed it to get something done so that they could survive. Hope to see this one come back where you get that last cylinder fixed and going again.

You guys dont really have an idea what are you doing dont you? Im glad everything worked out fine ^^

Yes. I am really glad both motors run. You all have a really great tracker. God bless you all. Now please go have some fun with it.

Well, y'all hooked me some time ago on working on old cars - I'm still working on the '57 CJ-5 I got back in January - your episode on the CJ-3 helped me there. Now here you are on an A-C tractor. Before I discovered Turning Rust, I was restoring a '51 Farmall Cub and a '51 Farmall H, so this is like old home week! Awesome! I love it. I think I'm going to have to have one of your T-shirts!

If you removed the caps from all the connecting rods so you could turn the crankshaft out of the way, you might have found it easier to put a jack between the big end of the rod on the stuck piston and the floor then tried to push the rod up out of the bore from below.

That was a HUGE win! Most people (including me) would have given up and took it to the machine shop. Very well done!

We collected over 600 antique tractors, as old as 1907 models, and freed up seized engines on hundreds of them since the 1960's. Hammering on a piston at TDC is only going to bend rods, even on a free turning motor. Also, hammering on a piston that is really seized almost always cracks piston ring lands (even with the rod removed). What ALWAYS works is: - Pull plugs/injectors (gas/diesel or kerosene) - stuck out any water - fill cylinders with a mix of ATF/diesel or a stronger rust busting chemical if you want it to free up faster - let it sit for potentially months, topping up ATF/diesel and regularly checking if it will turn using a 18" to 30" bar (no more unless it is a huge Minneapolis-Moline or similar). Eventually it will free up and we managed to get hundreds of engines freed up and running. Compression is often down by up to ~30% on one of two cylinders, especially initially, and they often burn oil or sometimes are found to have cracked blocks (almost always due to past freezing with water in coolant), but they always ran well enough to drive around a fairground show and well enough to do demo light field work. Also if we did decide to eventually rebuild an engine, having straight rods makes the job much easier. Watching you guys hammering away and trying to force a seized motor to turn was painful. I'm sure that motor could have been freed up and run without bending any rods nor destroying any pistons if you just took your time and did it right.

most unique tractor I've ever seen, very enjoyable watch fellas, great work and thank you for the content! God bless

Good job guys (and gal)! Only thing I would have done differently is yank the head off quicker and break the piston once I found it was that stuck. That engine has sleeves for the cylinders so those cracks may not be a problem.

I can't even begin to say how darn cool that was to watch, especially since I own a "B" model that has been in the family since I was about 7 years old...wow that was 58 years ago. I guess I need to get it off the dollies it's sitting on and get it running again. Thanks for the video and the effort you and your dad put into it.

Awesome episode you all!! Never thought that second engine had a chance of running looking forward to the final repair!!

I think the heating with a torch method might have helped on this one.

These were originally 6v, Pos. ground. This looks like it was converted to 12v, Neg. ground. I spins so fast because people generally just use the 6v starter without changing it which works fine as long as the engine doesn't need a lot of cranking to start.

Sitting in my lounge in Hereford, UK I am thoroughly enjoying the video of you two trying to get this extraordinary tractor going! I have never been to USA, and if it did become possible I would be thrilled to meet you both, and see your town rodeo! Keep the videos coming!

I love watching you lance and whyatt. You are wonderful people. It's very refreshing to hear people that love God. Bless you and your family ❤️

Well that just way too cool!! Please do an update with the new piston and the engine running on all four. Also do you know who manufactured those engines? I don’t know if Allis Chalmers built their own engines or not!! You would think that it wouldn’t be possible for both transmissions to work at the same time unless each was only connected to one wheel. In which case you ought to be able to get a lot more power out of that double tractor than a single.

I feel like if you block off the intake on the bad piston it would start!! That's a massive intake leak.

One of the best parts of your channel is that you guys do not give easily. Stuck engines chase you, and I can see it is very hard, but boy it makes for some great videos. Nice work!

Well done!!! It was great to see you stick to your guns and get the old gal running!

If that cylinder had bent push rods to begin with you would expect the valves to have been closed and if that were so water should not have got into the combustion chamber and you would have a bit of a mystery on your hands.

That tractor is a fifties model as it has foot brake. Also those were 6 volt so that 12 volt battery spins it fast , but don’t crank it to long as you will burn up the starter. 100% home made

I can see the old piston hanging on some bailing wire at the rear of this parade special. What a fight but great results. Thanks.

I wasn’t sure if I would be interested in an old tractor, but I again couldn’t stop watching the whole video. This was a true test of your will or the tractor and once again the family won. It was so interesting to watch and Lance you talk things through with your Dad so understanding what’s going on is easy for your fans. Great camera work and God was with you as always. You guys never give up. Loved it.

My theory is that back in the day farmers didn't have much money so they used what they had. Farmer needed a more powerful tractor, so instead of buying one he built one.

PUT 45% VINEGAR IN THE CYLINDER AND LET SET 2 OR 3 DAYS. YOUR WORKING TOO HARD.

Gents: These Allis Chalmers engines are what is known as a wet sleeve motor. The cylinders are removable from the block instead of honing out the original cylinder. They are not cast as part of the block. It is a bit of a project, but can be done. Hope you get the fourth cylinder repaired. The Fairbanks Magnetos are time tested if repaired properly and work well. Good luck Bob

Good work guys!! I really enjoyed this, thanks for posting. As a possible interesting aside for what it's worth... We had an old generator that was frozen up really bad. After doing what you guys did, pounding on the cylinders until we were blue in the face and we gave up, my cousin put Marvel Mystery Oil in the cylinders and then just covered them with a tarp (which the Marvel ate up so don't do that, set the head back on it). We got back to it maybe 9 or 10 months later and it freed right up with no trouble at all. I don't know how long it would take but less than 10 months for sure. My cousin said that he had done it before and freed up a locked up engine on an old Willy's jeep in just a month.

Believe it or not I googled the tractor and found another one similar to it so no it's not what a farmer came up with

Nobody can say you never tried, You never gave up on her, Then at the last moment. . . She's alive!!!!

That is just to cool , would make a awesome parade tractor. You guys always find something unique and cool . 👍

Sno-bowl will remove rust from a cylinder. Worked for me! Good luck brothers I restore antique tractors too!

"My ax is dull". Good one dad! 🤣 Love y'all. God bless.

Afternoon boys, In high school my wood shop teacher had a 36 plymouth that ran on 5 cyl. He turnned down a hard wood plug the put brass shim stock around it and drove it in. Ran that way 30 yrs. Really enjoy your channel, glad you got iy goin.

Great video you guys are fantastic and it is really nice to see a father and son get on so well together. Will it run videos are the best.

Good sticking with it and not giving up. I always liked the father & son team. Makes me think of my Dad.

Wow Restored you all had your hands full on this one.But with a blessing you got her mobile again! Great jobs Restored!!

The best thang to come out of Paris Texas, since the movie.

I know this thing is just a novelty but a neat thing that it would allow in normal operation is a “live” PTO. Normally on a B the PTO is not live meaning when you press the clutch in the PTO and wheels both stop. But in this case you could have one engine run the PTO and one run the movement of the tractor for applications like brush hogging or square bailing. Kinda neat!

I'm from Laporte , Indiana and years ago Allis-Chalmers was by far the biggest employer in the area. They closed in 1980 and just one factory building remains in use, all the rest has been razed . We used to know what time it was by hearing their giant steam whistle that would mark shift changes and lunch breaks. They were trying to save the giant smokestack from the plant but I think it was too unstable and it's gone now. The predecessor of Allis-Chalmers was the A. C. Rumely Company . You can still see old AC Rumely Oil Pull tractors out there.

Great find, great video! It doesn't matter if the block is cracked in between the cylinders on this one guys. As You Both can tell, the block has wet sleeves. Pull the right engine, get it sleeved, put some new pistons, rings and bearing in it and run the hell out of it. She's got lots of life left in her for show-boating...

Love the precision craftsmanship. You guys are that bomb!

I like old tractors so naturally your video got my attention. I was pleasantly surprised to find out you guys are in Bogata, Texas - a place I visited many times early in my working career back in the 1980s. It’s a nice little town and I have many fond memories and made a few friends along the way. Your Siamese Allis Chalmers is quite a head turner but it isn’t the first time I’ve seen something like it. I saw a two Farmall tractors put together on an episode of Classic Tractor Fever. The guy that owned it did all the work himself and it was quite impressive engineering.

love the synchronised hammering !!!!!