Will it START? | John Deere Model 40 Crawler Dozer abandoned 20 years 

Yea I do

Dad had an MC for many years, I owned a 440 IC with a Henry loader for a while. Worked on/used a 40 in Alaska for a few years. Basically all the same size, engine, transmission (according to year built). Great for doing those little jobs a big operator doesn't want to touch. 440 had a reverser, and was built a little more rugged, with full frame support of the engine. You could pull the engine and radiator as a package, which was handy when it came time to replace the main clutch. Steering clutches/brakes were probably the most problematic among all of them. I suspect yours are stuck together from the years of sitting... make sure all linkages are free and the throwout bearing is moving, then try a day of start/stop with the handles pulled back, the clutch disks may un-stick from each other any allow you to steer it again. Good Luck with 'er. She'll push all day for years, but don't get rough, you can 1st strip gear with that little engine ... and parts were d@mn expensive 25 years ago, I'd hate to see the prices now!

Yes I have 440c for sale runs good

My brother has the exact same model only with a bucket loader.

They are the BEST. God, the sound, the smell, the way they vibrate... takes me straight back to Mississippi and my childhood. Then let's talk about the way they PULL! One of my dads older brothers (out of the 16 total children) somehow lost his seat on my Grandpa's, at the time basically brand new John Deere G, (2 cylinder horizontal, crown facing front for those of you who don't know). Double jug engine with pistons the size of gallon coffee cans damn near....Anyways, my uncle either starts it in gear or falls off but that sumbitch come up the hill from the barn, across the yard and whatever else it wanted, and hit the ONLY tree in my Grandpa's yard.... an old (but not THAT old for oak) tired oak, about 2 feet or better on the stump my dad said.... That G proceeded to bear down, tires spinning and digging and push that tree over and into my Grandma's laundry shed!! This tree was living, not thriving, but fully living... all in the less than 4 minutes it was ghost riding. If it's a lie.... at least 12 of my aunts and uncles told it to me!..... Torque for DAYS, MONTHS, YEARS!....In them ol John Deere's.

Probly owner just died

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They've owned the machine for over 20 years so basically they didn't cover the machine up but yet somehow it still came back to life!

​@mikesmith8952 a testament to not buying Made in China! I was there for a decade and even then, quality sucked

Often covering them with a tarp leaves them in far worse condition than sitting out. The tarp will trap moisture, rot rubber and be a natural habitat for critters. Most often they break down, have been replaced by a newer machine and the good intentions of the owner to get back to repairing it becomes overcome by events with a higher priority. The great thing is most of these machines are so basic they come right back to life. 20 years later, a few hours work and a 70 year old machine is pushing yardage again 😂

Glad you enjoyed! We were utterly amazed with how easy it started for us… testament to how well they’re built!

ABSOLOUTELY, UNBEATABLE..... A TRACTOR TODAY... parked 20 years... would have "plastic decomposition," and "computer rot." And a 3,000 dollar part it needed, ..... just to start. Oh and a 30 dollar jug of DEF!

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I love these old 2 cylinders we had one growing up brings back a lot of memories good video

Here in the states, it was known as distillate fuel. The engine had to be set up to run it, using low compression, like 4.5 to 1 to maybe 5 to 1 CR. You start it on gas, get it up to operating temp of 190 or so, then switch to the distillate, much like kerosene of today, but it was cheaper than gas back then. When you got ready to shut it down, you had to switch back over to gas and run all the distillate out, in order to be able to start it up "cold" the next time. IH made an MD Farmall from 1941 to 1952, that was a diesel engine, but started on gas. That was way different than an "all fuel" engine that ran on TVO

This is correct. It was all to do with cost. TVO wasn't subject to the high tax that petrol came with.

I had an old model A when I was young and I used to start it on gas and then switch to plain old kerosene. Ran great on that only you needed to run it out of the carb because there was no way you'd get it started on herosene.

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Hi how are you doing 😊

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Pony motor

On my 820 my profile pic the pony swallowed an valve and shattered an piston so new pony is on its way

I think he was describing the John Deere all fuel tractors, my granddad had a model a that would start on gasoline and then would run on kerosene

I think we're just going to pull both sides apart but this is a good idea!

Hi David how are you doing 😊

Sometimes you get lucky!

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Im retired operator i wouldn't trade old machines for teo new one they're nice with ac have had plenty youngsters that couldn't operate older machine they'd say there's to many levers id tell them to try standard shift tractors lmbo

Friend was telling me cat had lots of parts backlogged can't get the circuit boards and other modern parts

Hola

Cool little machines!

Thanks! Honestly it might have taken me a minute but my dad was an old pro 👍🏻

We’re definitely going to get it back to a good operating state!!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed!!

That's a good way to test... I guess I am not old enough! We have been planning this video for a while, the idea stemmed from the dozer actually clearing its way out!

They are strong!!

Yeah!

Thanks 👍

Thanks!!

Kerosene and diesel are very similar and on some tractors you could use either one. My friend had a Farmall that would start on gas and run on diesel. Diesel No2 is a common fuel these days but they used to use diesel No1 which is more similar to kerosene.

Both of the levers are seized 🥲

I have faith, this awesome dude will do his Grandads Johnny some justice. I think 90% of the viewers could care less about a factory new restoration of the machine and in fact that's really never what I want to see or have happen with tractor and equipment rebuilds and recoverys....For one reason only.... once you sell your left testicle to just be able to afford the restoration...... Whoop. a baby comes,and if not,.... you're still giving the dishwasher a creampie platter everyday before even worrying about her schedulehas to work. Look buddy... we just want to see the John Deere FULLY WORKING and being used. (That's me anyway... especially wktn you cheer eoll and restore it to factory level, it's never going going allergies... used hard again. Its like being married to a model you can't bang, and it becomes aIt's a GIANT GREEN (IN MY OPINION.) Art piece and mechanical promets 100;.

And the covers get put on too

John deere 1010's didn't come in green. They were yellow originally and they are newer than the 40. They were built from 1960-65, until they were replaced by the 350

@@andybayliss2020 Sorry Andy, then I must have been colour blind, because the 1010 tractor I had was most assuredly GREEN. Now, maybe in other countries they were only available in yelllow etc. but here in Canada, at least the part of Canada I live in, we had Green for agricultural models and Yellow for construction use.

I got one for sale

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Yeah it’s so cool

Yeah it was a pretty good day!

Hi Edward how are you doing 😊

The flywheel is like 3” thick… once you get it spinning it doesn’t stop 🤣

I don't think the plugs were in it

..the torque it has. I dragged a cut down tree that was the size of a small mini van and it pulled it to the burn 🔥 pile no problem until the chain snapped.

I want a model 80 diesel soooo bad

Ready for some work!

Crazy !

$10 Canadian…?

@@dieseJL Australian. It’s about the same

@@dieseJL Ten dollars in Australia, is 7.04200 USD. Canadian dollars would be 7.79 USD.

@@stevengonyaw1617 it’s like $13 in New Zealand

Great idea, she will love that hahahahah

Some parts .The bottom parts are getting hard to find now!

All she needed was gas and spark not blue jeans 🤣

Hi Dick how are you doing 😊

Stay tuned!

You should see it skid logs

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Sometimes you get lucky sometimes you have a case 450B with tar in the lines 🤷🏻‍♂️

Awesome! Stay tuned for some repairs!

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Thanks! Stay tuned!

They made this in a dual fuel too!

Hi Paul how are you doing 😊