An awesome find, and great walk through of all the special industrial details. A beautiful example of an "as found" DI! Many were repainted green, including mine. A couple of the things I noted, the airstack is definitely not Deere, as you said. You can find good reproductions at Detwilers. The generator and light setup is aftermarket. I've seen it a few times. Some Deere light setups used one headlight and taillight. A later one used two headlights, mounted on the radiator. Your extended throttle is straight up, but photos and surviving tractors have it bent at an approximate 45 degree angle so it can be reached from the other side. Whether you're brave enough to heat and bend is up to you! I'd love pictures of it. The seat is all aftermarket. There were FOUR different seat supports used on the DI....at least that I know about. I can show an example of them. The stuck engine sucks but I believe you can beat that monster. The hardest thing will be the wheel brakes....especially the wheels themselves. That period had 28 inch tires with a rear wheel specifically for it. Later 30 inch setups could be used. ALL the parts between the 28 inch setup and the 30 inch are the same, except the rear wheel castings. I've rambled on enough. I can help with any questions. Does the PTO housing appear to be original?
I wondered about the throttle lever as I have also seen them bent in other pictures. I'll look closer at the PTO to see if any paint matches, just assumed it was factory. I'd like to see all of the seat supports you're talking about. I'll shoot you an email. Thanks for the comments!
I grew up around old John Deere model A’s and love the green tractors, I don’t know much about this particular model so this was a very informative video! It’s in good hands and I look forward to seeing you bring it back around in future videos!
Kind of a rare find, there! I am doing a complete mechanical restoration on a 1927 D. She was worse off than this one, by far. I have a friend that may know where to locate wheels for a DI. I will send him this video and you never know!
Thanks Kenny! I am following your restoration of the 1927 D. Great job on that! Appreciate you spreading the word on the parts I need. Thanks for watching!
A good place 2 start would W the john deere 2 cylinder collectors club / most likely that tractor 🚜 😊 was used 4 a high way tractor 🚜 they painted tractors yellow 4 road use 2 make them easier 2 see U need 2 take the sparkpkugs out and fill the cylinders up W spray oil or kerosene let soak it will take the next step would be 2 power wash the tractor 🚜 😊 get it clean then start on the sheet metal straighten out and fix 3rd sand blast the tractor 🚜 😊 4 the bolts U might get loose W spray oil maybe if not U will have 2 use a torch and heat them cherry 🍒 😊 red U know the carb and the magneto needs 2 be rebuilt and go from there 😊😊 OMG 5 14 2O24
Nice tractor I have a 46 D that a two had that they plowed snow with it has the wheels with the brake drums but no other parts so those wheels might be kind of easy to find ?
Thanks for the comment! The tractors with wheel brakes are rather hard to find. Deere changed the wheel sizes from 28" to 30" when the D was styled and there were more styled Ds with wheel brakes than unstyled. My tractor needs the 28' centers and wheels to be correct. Appreciate you watching!
