Updated
6/7/2001 |
Specs and parts for Allis-Chalmers 716H |
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Here's my "new" Allis-Chalmers
716H garden tractor (aka Simplicity 7016), ID# 1690211 005353, built in 1978.
It has a hydrostatic transmission, electric implement lift, 48"
mower deck, and a 36" rear tiller. The engine is a single
cylinder 16HP Kohler model K341S, spec#71240A, s/n 9538767, carburetor
model 4505320. |
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3/4 view of the tractor. The
mower deck is ID# 1690272 9590. |
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Photo of me on the tractor for
size comparison. Notice how deep the mower deck is. I hit some
deep grass and it handled it without a complaint. It doesn't
have the discharge guard, and I'm a bit worried about throwing
rocks with it. Will have to make up a guard soon. |
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This photo show's the 36"
rear tiller. It's belt driven off of the same clutch as the mower
deck. The electric lift raises the tiller via a cable. The tractor
has enough weight and power that the tiller doesn't push it around
at all when tilling. |
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Another view of the tiller. The
hydro level is clearly seen next to the steering wheel. It has
a "Z" gate to keep you from shooting straight into
reverse when your moving forward. Changing from the tiller back
to the mower deck takes under 10 minutes with one person. |
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Rear shot of the tiller. It's
just a bit wider than the wheel base of the tractor, and takes
care of any tire tracks. The tiller is ID# 1690039 007872 and
uses belt #105340. |
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Here's my first attempt at tilling
the garden. I had already done the garden with a small front
tine tiller. The tractor works better than I had hoped. Can't
wait to use it again next spring to prep the garden. Wish I had
the tractor 3 weeks ago before I tilled by hand! |
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This photo shows how the hood
and rear seat/fender hinge up for maintenance. It makes getting
to the belts and such very easy. |
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A photo of the hydro transmission
and PTO clutch pack. The hydro runs off a belt from the engine,
and inturn drives another belt that spins the differential. There
is a release pedal to move the tractor when it's turned off.
The hydrostatic tranny functions as a brake when the engine is
off. |
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Update 6/4/2001: Although the
tiller worked very well, it and the tractor vibrated an awful
lot while tilling. When I had a look, I noticed how far out of
alignmen the belt drive was. This picture was taken head on.
The pulleys really are that far out of alignment. |
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Another thing I figured out was
that I hadn't been putting the lock pin, shown here, in the correct
hole. The white pulley assembly had been abused at one point
and wouldn't push onto it's support shaft correctly. A bit of
quick work with a Dremel and it slid right back on, and the bracket
lined up with the correct hole. This threw the pulleys out of
alignment, which I'll remedy soon. |
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Update 6/7/2001: After some coaxing,
the drive pulley came off. I used emery cloth to clean up the
shaft, used a file to take out the nicks, and with some anti-seize,
the pulley went back on with a small brass hammer. It lines up
nicely now. The tiller does run a fair bit smoother too. In this
shot, you can see that guards are missing, and the spring tensioner
for the belt is all wrong. Someone removed some parts in the
tractors past. |
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Update 1/2/2010: I located a used Deutz-Allis
snowblower, model 1691157, at Sandy Lake Implements in Pennsylvania and
had it shipped here to Oregon. With the help of folk at the Simpletractors
forum, I was able to piece together the info I needed to mount it to my
716H. I added a pair of generic tractor lights as well. |
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The "correct" blower setup for my AC
has the drive running off of the front of the engine. I didn't have
the clutch parts for that and preferred to drive it off the PTO clutch
used to drive the mower deck, which uses a much longer belt and different
idler brackets. I built the stationary rear idler bracket, and the correct
front swing idler bracket came with the blower. |
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The lift rod that came with the blower
was far too long, being designed for one of the 900-series tractors
which have a longer frame. I was able to make a new one out of bar stock.
I also had to make a new front lift arm to make things line up. |
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A neighbor loaned me a set of 50 pound
wheel weights which bolted up nicely. I added a set of v-bar chains as
well because even with the weights, the tractor spun out easily on
packed snow or ice. |
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