First Drive of our 1950 John Deere R that we recued from a field where it had sat for 20 years. We finally got the rear tires fixed and were able to drive it around.
Awesome, beautiful spring day with the sound of a JD 2cyl diesel running down the road, imagining the days when that was a common sight and sound in our country, glad you guys are bringing a little of that back. Keep the good sights and sounds of history coming!
Lord! I love that tractor! I can tell you do too. The smiles when it started tell that story. I spent many hours as a kid listening to those two cylinder diesels back in the Texas panhandle. There were still quite a few in use in the last 1960s. I do envy you finding such a jewel!
It was hitting better after driving. I think your right about putting it to work. On first start up, it wasn't running on a solid 2 cyls.......some injector pluggage is my guess. Put the rest of the additive in the fuel and get it under a good load. All in all after 20 years of setting you guys are making good headway.
It will be nice if we can get it reliably running on both cylinders without having to dig too deeply into the injectors... But if we do, it will be a good learning experience.
The blow by if it is coming from transmission case could be a result of water in the transmission oil. Had an old 730 that sat outside for years and had a lot of water in the oil. I drained it, and refilled with a mix of diesel fuel and motor oil and took it for a spin to clean the case. Then drained and refilled with the appropriate weight oil. As far as your slow starting issue, you need to check the fuel injectors as they may not be functioning properly. It should fire off immediately if it’s above 70 degrees. Considering that thing sat for 20+ years you’re gaining on it.
It's looking good, I'm part way thru and wanted to add a tip, when bolting up a tire with wedges like that, get them all snug, then place a block of wood or a vertical hammer handle close to the sidewall of the tire (but not touching), then spin the wheel and start cranking down the nuts. You can see if the tire is straight and crank the nuts down in a way to get it pretty straight.
That's a good tip. What we paid the most attention to was the amount of thread sticking out of each nut on the wedge lock. We tried to tighten them equally. It seemed to work ok... But now I'm kinda wondering how true the wheel is about the center. Luckily that's something that's pretty easy to check. Just jack the rear of the tractor and do as you say.
It's actually been repainted once already. You can see overspray on the plug wires and magneto of the pony motor. And you can see where the original Deere John Deere lettering was and then there is a second set of John Deere lettering slightly off. So it looks cool. But it's not original.
Excellent video Jolenestar :) also dad yes John Deere R tractor doing well and come together on repairs also more very good too! Yes think if running more in 5 th gear in down plus up hills grades losing up perfectly and running better too!
I remember you commenting previously that you rebuilt yours and increased the fuel delivery to give it a little more power. I bet it's a sweet machine.
U 😊😊 done the right 👉 😊 thing by using a block of wood and a digging bar U have 2 lift the tire up from the bottom 2 get it 2 line up and put the wheel bolts in 😊🎉 OMG 5 27 2O24
