Free Broken John Deere Tractor, Can We get The Plow Working? 

Almost twenty years now and that picture of the old covered bridge hit home hard. My late wife, who was a gift from God, loved those things. Even now things like this remind me of her. No man ever lost so much so quickly. Thanks, Mustie, for showing this.

I like the confidence of buying the seat before being done with the engine, nice tractor.

Always better when the dog shows up to help! Thank you for letting us come along on your fix!

This is truly a classic series on you tube I watched it three times and enjoyed each time

Pro hydraulic hose tips: Release the pressures by operating the functions with the engine off, next the hoses that are male, press them against a hard clean surface to release the pressure inside the hoses, this will make it a lot easier to connect.

Sunday morning with an hour long Mustie1 video to watch. Life doesn’t get much better than this.

You have inspired my 14 year old. He fixes equipment and sells it after!!!

Please sandblast and repaint the plow and snowblower. Btw its a checkball filter(also used in snowmobiles) not a screen and it is installed with clear plastic line (snowmobile line) doesnt take long at all to install or change with the right line. Speaking from experience, a snowblower is much better than a plow for snow. Throwing the snow away prevents blow in. Piles left by plows blow in almost right away. Id also clean off the rust on the end of pistons before you tear up the seals on hydralic cylinders. Btw parts diagrams help tons for figuring out how to mount things. Word of advise. Its a snow plow not a gravel or mud or dirt plow. You can blow the rear transmission if you try.

Hey Mustie, looks like the plough angle pivot inboard hose is fitted back to front. 90° end is on the tractor side of hose.

ive been a mechanic/ heavy truck mechanic for 45 years...i had a stroke last june and my left arm doesn't work anymore...really enjoying your video's...i rebuilt a 73' charger, a 70' camero and several motorcyles over the years...i paid 500 for my charger and sold it for 10,000... thanks for your video's sir! would love to live next door and hang out and eat ice pops and whatnot...

Lily is such a sweetie, and so patient.....you can see how much she loves you......project, coming along nicely...

Awww that hose...such a kick in the plums...so pleased you persuaded it to leave the cylinder it could've gone so much worse....victory from the jaws of defeat....well done.

That time when even a tornado won’t stop mustie 1 from fixin’ and postin’ !!! 🌪🤷‍♂️🛠🚜👍 That’s one dedicated RU-vid star!

Lily is so sweet! Labs are great. She looks very comfortable in the shop.

Nothing like drinking coffee and waking up to a nice mustie video!

Hey Mustie1, Just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me :) Yesterday I brought home an old no-name dirt bike that I bought for $40, today I got the carb all cleaned (Which is CRAZY for me, before I found your channel I was terrified of small parts like that) threw it back on, and it's running like a champ! Now I gotta do some exterior cosmetic work and it's good as new. Thanks for uploading these amazing, inspirational videos. I hope you never stop :)

Memory... that red trike, in the background, was in the first video I ever seen from you. You were moving things around in the Winter. And you were goofing around with it in the snow. I was like, ok, I need to see what this guy is all about! Been a fan ever since!!

When I worked at a shop we had a construction/finish company behind us. I know and appreciate your reverence to save a buck. I got half a barrel of that MDF crap that they pass off as wood in homes BUT from the dust collector. It's free and works for sucking up spills. Just use lots and work it in with a stiff street broom.. voilà! Thank you for inviting us in to hang out with Lilly and yourself Darren.

"You want an ice pop? Help yourself." I love it when he talks to "us".

Thoroughly enjoy watching him work. It’s so much better than anything else on TV . They can’t actually show the work beige done , because they are too busy with sponsors and the ever so greedy gotta sell you something mentality. I hope Mustie never gives in and keeps what is so great about his channel.

Im loving this old JD tractor, I've never seen one before and didn't know you could get all these features in a yard-sized tractor. So carry on mustie! Let's get some more of this green beast!

You always do every thing right the first time you never do short cuts AMazing !!! You had a good teacher Do it right the first time never have to do it AGAIN great video as usual

Do the Andrew Camarata trick on the gas tank and shovel a rag in there and then blow it around with an air gun for a bit. Soaks up everything in there

Thanks for the nice video and for 10 years now, thanks for the time you spend to share your days with us. In the NH there are beautiful places, you have to be very proud of your state. Ciao from Lido of Venezia. ☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️☮️

this man never gives up on anything , you're an inspiration to us beginners , thanks for uploading , cheers from Canada A

I love the way that Onan idles. One of the nicest lopes I’ve heard on a John Deere

My body is self-trained to wake up when Mustie posts on Sunday morning.

Enjoying this series. Thank You. Jim

I *LOVE* it when these videos come out. Drinking my morning coffee... watching some good wrenchin'. Thanks, Mustie1.

By the time I start on my 316 I will be able to over come any obstacle. Thanks Mustie.

Great video and videos. I’ve been off with carpal tunnel surgery from working on stuff all these years. And it’s great sitting here watching your videos to get me thru the day! Keep it up! You’re one of the best!

Thoroughly enjoy your videos.

I have the same tractor and same blade, and at the moment I’m working on hydraulic quick connectors on the tractor they are rusted . I did changed the o rings on it. If you do work on hydraulic system on the machine please post in a video. Thanks again mustie1. Until next week!

It was a joy watching you work on this tractor. Thanks for that!

Put some durable foam, or a couple rubber bushings under that seat to smooth the ride and prevent problems later on. On that cylinder, it appears it should have been reversed end to end..think about it, it still expands or contracts no matter which end is where, and it looks like someone mounted it backwards, the 90' should be coming out the front instead of the back, and why a hose was to long as well. But it's coming along well, and w/that fancy paint job and all, may have gotten a couple new valves for it, rather than straightening out those old ones.

You lucked out with that easy out. Great job getting this unit working again.

oops on the fitting but darn do I love that bridge! such a beauty!

Great repairs.. Come home from a night shift. Brew some coffee and sit down too a nice long video. Can’t go wrong with that. But let’s get real here. Nice new looking paint job on the old John Deer 🦌 And a pretty new seat. I’d say the snow blade definitely deserves a restoration aswell. Anyone agree with me ❓

Great video as usual! A trick I always use for persuading rubber hoses that are being stubborn is have a cup of hot water, dip the end in and leave it to dwell for 20 seconds and it pops straight on it also holds better.

My Dad taught me a trick long ago. If you’re having trouble getting a fuel line to fit through a hole in a plastic tank or on a fitting, add a drop of dish washing soap to it. It’s as slick as oil, but will dry up where .as oil will not. Works great!

It does feel good when the easy-out works!

i noticed it is more fun watching someone else do the work

What About if you just turn the whole cylinder around so the fittings are on the plow side instead of by the frame.

It takes a special touch with an easy out!! Nice job!!

I've never seen an easy out twist that much, man you got so lucky! good video

Love those New England covered bridges. Love the tractor-fun to watch.

You took that hydraulic failure really well, I wouldn't have been so calm about that 🤣

it's a service dog, it helps to remove anxiety and you stayed so cool under all that stress

I hope you take the time to repaint the snow plow

I am really enjoying this series.

The filter is also a "clunk", that is, a heavy end to a flexible fuel line that will always move around to the lowest gas even when the tank is un-level. We use those all the time in model aviation. They call them clunks because that's literally the sound they make when you shake the tank. The fuel can be picked up even when the plane is flying inverted.

Despite that embarrassing loss of fluids, this has got to be happiest this little tractor has been since it rolled off the production line! Great job!

It's really looking good mustie. There will always be set backs. Thanks for sharing my friend 😇

I love the way you finish your videos with a look around outside the workshop. Kinda takes a moment to decompress, enjoy the surroundings and reconnect. Now that’s some of the most hippy-dippy, touchy-feely stuff I’ve ever posted, but just wanted to mention it. Keep it up :)

I did a similar project on an old case/ ingersoll 444. Gotta love the classic garden tractors no matter the color.

Nice work Mustie. Great job. We appreciate you. Thank you for sharing.

I just lost the nozzle from one of those pain in the keester fuel cans. You have to put down pressure on it for fuel to flow....slowly...then it popped off the edge and got lodged in the can. Ripped it off trying to remove it from the tank. Now the nozzle is somewhere in the bottom of the fuel tank. Tried in vain to fish it out. It can live there...

Glad the busted fitting came loose. As you said, "Like it never happened." Thanks for sharing.

All videos should start and end with lily. Love ur dog!

Well done. This is one of your best videos. Major accomplishment and a set back as part of life. Great tractor and good addition to the stable. Thanks for sharing

Another great video from the best small engine mechanic on yt 👏

It is a privilege and an honor to be able to spend an hour or so watching and listening to you as you go about inspiring the rest of us to get our hands dirty once again. I was just up in your neck of the woods sort of. Made the annual pilgrimage to Lake George NY from NC (yeah I know you are a couple of states over, but not that far) a couple of weeks ago. When things wound down at night I would crank up the Gilligan generator and catch up on your exploits in the shop. Thanks for the therapy sessions designed for the mechanically inclined or maybe not so inclined. The decision process, the application and perseverance in completing each and every task of many is really the thing about viewing your work. I used to get a bit riled up when somethings wouldn't go together or come apart like they should have. I have since learned "to become one with the machine" and relax before breaking a part and having it cost me more than I was saving by doing my own work. There is also the personal satisfaction of having known you were able to fix "XYZ" yourself. Thank you for your efforts and time putting these videos together.

The two rams on that pusher thing are fitted wrong place... Swap em over...🇬🇧👍

Every tool pays for itself, eventually. I like how you show that the little things can be the biggest pain.

At around the 24.5 minute mark when you said "you're not even looking" I was playing on my phone and not watching the video and I was like "is this dude calling me out??" Lol

I'd say this man is an engine whisperer! No engine escapesfrom his charm! Greetings from Crete,Greece. You are awsome man!

Quality not quantity on all...., Love the typed in comments on the video. Icing on the cake!

What have we learned from watching all these years? You must enjoy what you do, have patience, and last but not least, you will run into many scenarios where improvising is very neccessary!

I'm glad Lily was able to pop in and provide some assistance! Sometime you just need an extra paw!

It is over 30° Celsius in Germany and I'm watching Mustie1 getting a snow plow working!!! This makes very clear that whatever this great guy posts I instantly have to watch it. Nothing to do against it: I'm simply addicted to this great channel. And, as I mentioned before: I simply love to hear this "Ha!" if something goes right.

If you rotate the elbow coupling on the hydraulic cylinder 90 degrees clockwise it would probably clear the frame.

Thanks for letting me hang out in the garage today. Can not wait until next week. Keep up the good work!!

That Easyout removal was VERY lucky, that would not have worked for me...

I can't imagine doing what R doing I have zero patients, but I can sit and admire someone with your talent and patience. Looking forward to the next video, thanks for the entertainment and knowledge

you didn't say if that short piece of hose you used for the reserve pickup was the submersible type of fuel line. If it isn't it will disintegrate over time as I'm sure you know.

I'd just eliminate that 90 bend and pot a coupler straight on the hose. My wife and I are in Portland and we got heavy rain one day last week. I heard you guys got it worse than we did. You'll make it work. I got faith in you.👍

Man that is a cool wooden bridge. Can you please get some video of the inside? I would love to see how it's supported.

It's always a win-win when the tornado alert system sounds and the building you're in is still standing a couple hours later! ⛈⛈⛈

I love your "Resurrection" videos! "Will It Run?" Keep 'em coming!

Lily just makes every video she's in better. As for the tractor she's coming together nicely!

What! No bar and chain oil on the bottom of the rear tin? Nice job and great find. Love your channel.

Greetings from Ontario, Canada. I've been subscribed for a long time and have learnt so much from you. Now I take care of my SUV, ATV, Lawn Tractor, Snow Blower etc with confidence. Couldn't have done it without your videos. Thank you a whole bunch. As the saying goes.... "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach him to fish and he eats for a lifetime". Cheers and keep up the good work.

'morning Mustie1. I'm sitting here with my coffee just waiting for you to pop up! Another one of your videos I'm sure I'll enjoy. Thanks in advance! Steve in RI.

It's better that the fitting failed on a test run in the shop rather than during use in the snow! Always a great feeling when the easy-out works

Is it a possibility that the hoses are installed backwards on the cylinders? Short hose, short distance. Use “street L” elbow for bum connections.

Thanks Mustie1 Another great addition to your collection. Can't wait to see this one finished.

Can you possibly spin the cylinder 180 so that as it extends it actually pushes the hoses further away from the frame of the mower, just a thought

Thanks for letting us hag out with you love Lilly.

It’s only a fail if you can’t fix it!!🤷🏼‍♂️ I have faith 😎

The new seat is sweet!

Silicone spray lubricant! Makes rubber slippery without damage.

I just want to say Thank You Mr. 1! I've learned so much by watching your videos! And about all the little motors and old time bikes! Let's not forget the Vw's! Thanks again keep up the awesome work!

Lilly: "Don't you try and pin this one on me! That's Hydraulic Oil, and not anything Dog related!"

Late to the party on this series, but I'm loving it. My brother bought and started a landscape company when he was 16 with one of these, then eventually a 332, the 3 cylinder yanmar diesel version. He had the same plow, dug a foundation for a small barn with it on my family's property, going back and forth scraping the dirt out. The best built "garden tractor" ever in my opinion. Way over engineered yet simple. Thanks for the videos!

Do the cylinder ends go toward the blade rather than toward the tractor? Great video.

I think that is the only time I have seen an easy out work! That's one for the history books, M1!!!

1hr 10mins and 30 seconds of pure therapy

Home Depot has a set up like the flash light you are looking into the gas tank with except it has a camera as well. It's in the hardware department and not very expensive. It has a hand held unit with a screen you can look into gas tanks and behind walls and in plumbing pipes. I have thought many times how nice if you had one to look into the tanks and really see what they look like inside. Really enjoy all your videos and have learned a lot from you. Thanks for the education. If you lived in Texas you would hear the storm warnings often.

Broken fitting , good time to change the hydraulic oil and filter if there is one .

Thanks musti for the bridge shot. I love those type of bridges, artistically speaking.