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Found and bought an old Cletrac W last week. First I only saw the chassis, the owner knew nothing about it and did not even know where the engine, radiator, hood etc was so I was very lucky to find the engine, radiator and all the small stuff laying around in the barn. Owners father had begun an engine swap. Something is wrong with the Weidely engine but don´t know what yet. Tractor is complete except for a home made gas tank.

I don´t know about you but I like to visit art galleries and exhibitions on my spare time when not chasing odd crawlers. This weekend I went to the Moderna Museet (Museum of Modern Art) in Stockholm Sweden to see the exhibition Sculpture after Sculpture with works of Katharina Fritsch, Jeff Koons, and Charles Ray. To my big surprise I stumbled on real size aluminium model of a Cletrac by artist Charles Ray. The artist spent several years dismanteling a real Cletrac and made clay models of every part including interior engine parts and recast them in aluminium before putting everything together again. An incredible work but in a way a vaste of time.
Regards
Erik

Bump, still looking for Weidely engines and parts.
Erik

What can you say about the tracks/grousers on the Cletrac, they seem very "flat". Not much grip with those.

Hi
I found a Wheeler-Schebler carburettor on Ebay a month ago. They are hard to find and there are alot of different models. What AT number har you looking for? ATXXX?
Erik

Found this picture and wonder if this is a 55 and why it went to the scrapheap? It looks really nice to me. Wonderful Picture.
Erik

Still looking for Weidely engines or parts, there must be some out there.
Regards
Erik

Ssadams, did you buy the F? Around 2000 were built I think during the early 20s.
Erik

OK, lets hope the snow will go away as soon as possible;)
Keep me posted
Thanks
Erik

Hi Bill!
First of all look at the serialnumber plate on the carburettor side, if missing you have the casting number "6010-A" for a Weidely engine and "6010-B" for a Cletrac engine. Look at casting date also, I know a Cletrac engine dated "9-10-20" marked "6010-B", that must be a very early Cletrac engine. They may have made engines simultaneous for some time. Start with this and come back with what you find.
Regards
Erik

Hi
I'm looking for Weidely engine parts. Any parts is of interest especially the horse shoe type keepers for the valves and pushrods. Also parts for a "The Wheeler-Schebler Carburettor" model AT.
Thanks
Erik

Hi
I'm having three W tanks being made for me in Poland. Will use one for my W and might be willing to sell one of the other ones. Send me an e-mail cletrac@tele2.se so I can send you photos when they arrive.
Regards
Erik Stenvall

Thanks! I'll continue with my crawlers in a week or two. It's a true pleasure working with these old crawlers. Will get back to you with an update as soon as there is progress in work.
Regards
Erik

Hi
Wonder if anyone can help me with some oil questions.
Cletrac W motor oil, type and quantity?
Cletrac W transmisson oil, type and quantity?
Cletrac F motor oil, type and quantity?
Cletrac F transmission oil, does it share the same oil as in the motor?
Regards
Erik

Hi
I?m looking for an original R, H or W to buy. Also interested in buying Weidely engines. Please send me an email or PM.
Regards
Erik