Craigslist find Allis 1036

[skot71 0]

My son bought his first house, which was my Grandparents house, and we lived in for 10 years after my Grandmother died. I had a Snapper rear engine when I lived there. When we moved to my current place, I bought the Allis B-208 and that started my tractor addiction. So I looked on Craigslist to see if I could find Adam, my son, a tractor for his yard. Found an Allis 1036 for $100 that the guy said had been sitting for a few years that used to belong to his grandfather. Picked it up last night with assistance from my friend ZippoVarga. Took it to Zippo's barn to see if we could get it going. Carb was real varnished from the old gas. Zippo had one, so with a bunch of effort getting heat shields out of the way, we replaced the carb. It fired right up and ran real good. The pictures show it as found, I haven't done any cleaning on it yet. It's in real good shape, you can tell it's been taken care of. It'll be perfect for Adam's yard. Anyone have one of these?

[Gary 101]

Looks to be in great shape! Nice find!

[Simplicity7013H 95]

Looks like a great,clean little machine. Great find!

[yukon 331]

nice shape.

[johnmonkey 4]

Solid looking little rascal. JH

[steve-wis 637]

I had the simplicity model of this machine, a Cavalier. Mine was an 8 h.p. and the 30 inch deck. It was a handy machine to mow with, I think you will like it. I have heard that the transmission might be a weak link, but I had no trouble with mine.

Steve

[fishnwiz 3,290]

Don't see too many of those.

Sweeeeet!

[MPH 12]

I to have a Cavalier, the Simplicity model of that as an 8 horse. Fun to mow with but does;t make full width stripes. Might make my granddaughter a go cart out of it someday.

[Simplicity7013H 95]

quote:Originally posted by steve-wis

I had the simplicity model of this machine, a Cavalier. Mine was an 8 h.p. and the 30 inch deck. It was a handy machine to mow with, I think you will like it. I have heard that the transmission might be a weak link, but I had no trouble with mine.Steve

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id="quote">1978Simplicity7016H made a custom Cavalier that went pretty fast about 10 or 15 mph. I was driving it and the transmission completly locked up. One of the bronze bushings inside wore and caused the gears to shift and bind. End of that custom. He fixed the tranny but took off the smaller pulleys.lol

[fishnwiz 3,290]

There is another one like this listed right now on Milwaukee CL for a buck and a half. Not a bad deal.

[Chris727 2,015]

Great find for the price.