That is very sweet. I love the old vehicles and farm equipment. They don’t make them like they used to. Fancy tractors are nice but the good old days of the old style tractors is something you can’t beat
This brings back old memories!!when i was a kid, an old farmer had one just like it!! I used to ride and hold on bejind the seat while we traveled to his farm a few miles away.i loved watching how that beast plowed the land and ran a big water pump using a huge belt conected to the tractor an pump to pump water from the river.old times!!!
Another example of what made America great. There's 1000's of these old Tractors out there still running. Can't say so much for other things current or that era. Great testament to American engineering of that era. Built to last.
Other things of that era still last as well. I restore old radios and like anything else they need maintenance to keep operating. Tubes seldom go bad, but resistors and capacitors sure will after that long. Ever turn on a really old radio and all you hear is a loud hum? Replace the old electrolytic caps and the other caps and 9 times out of ten it'll sound just like new.
Stuff like this was built to last out of necessity, if everyone had to buy a new tractor every 2 or even 10 years the factory wouldn't have been able to make enough of them, as each part was generally hand fabricated, also as a result of the amount of effort per unit you will generally see the elegant designs that every product had.
Thanks for the suggestion. I normally do, but when it's cold like this I like to let it warm up a little before I put a little load on the engine. The bushing in there is original and Ill be surprised if there is much bushing left. As soon as I'm done putting the 350 back together the a will get a top to bottom resto
Many old John Deere tractors like this one, in PA. Most in the same condition. Most all still run good. I asked a farmer if parts were still available and he told me parts were no problem.
We never had a problem getting our starter to engage because the battery was always dead and I was the starter, LOL. Ours was an older model without the guard around the flywheel and the petcock valves weren't behind that frame like on yours. I just gave it full choke, hand cranked it until I saw gas shooting out the petcocks, pushed the choke halfway in and on the next compression stroke it'd fire right up.
This model 'A' either is ready for total restoration, or leave it as is, but protect it in a nice clan barn as an all original '48-A. Nice Tractor for sure!
I started to restore this but was unable to complete before I had to leave for the military. You can see my other videos of the progress I made during the restoration. It was indeed very much wore out by any standard
I noticed it has a stamped frame,my 1946 B has a solid one with no electric starter,any ways your A sounds like it has many more years left in it,long live old John 👍
Looks exactly like the John Deere tractor my grandaddy had. Loved to hear him start it . papapapapapapapa,... He'd hitch a wooden wagon to it and we go back in the woods down a path for a ride. Sometimes we would go down a big field.
Same here speaking on the behaf of my husband that his grandparents had and he acquired it in a living will that a few years ago our tractor got stolen with serial number 606008 only thing is it never had a single N tire in the front it had rollamatic front end
Cool video. I have a 1949 model A, so pretty much the same tractor. Mine used to have difficult starts from a worn out starter gear too as many of the teeth were worn off. You don't have to buy a whole new ring gear like I did, just sweat the old one off the flywheel with a torch, flip it around and put it back on so you can use 'both sides' of it and it will start like the tractor was made yesterday. I still use my old A around the farm, they just don't make them like they used too... great tractors! Good luck!!
nice cold start. I am the one you emailed on the JD G 3spd hi/low. shifter does not look like this one on your A, its square and not 6 speeds in the pattern.
ESSA MARCA É LIDER NO BRASIL TRABALHO EM UMA CONCESSIONÁRIA AUTORIZADA A MAIOR DO BRASIL TRAGO NO SANGUE ESSA COR E CARINHO DE SER COLABORADOR DA EMPRESA AG JD ❤👍
if you had to hand crank one of these you took the steering wheel off and put an adapter in it and popped the access plate on the flywheel cover to crank the engine by hand.
They had steel wheels, not so much metal "tires". The steel wheels were smooth and didn't have good traction by themselves so they would bolt cleats to them to make them grab. During that time, steel wheels were cheaper than rubber tires
They were. Starting it without them is a tradeoff. The starter was weak so opening let it spin over faster, but the compression was so bad that I sacrifice compression
I don't have it handy, but I do have a video of plowing at night with this tractor and you can hear it work. This muffler has been on there since 2007, the previous one was busted off
Nice model "A" tractor. She's in dire need of a restoration though, before she turns to total shit. She's also a very unique tractor, because it has the relatively rare single-wheel tricycle front end. These tractors are slowly becoming more and more rare as the years go by, in part, because Deere decided to stop production of a lot of dealer parts availability for this era of machine. Pisses off a lot of people, but there's really nothing that can be done about it. They are great machines, and hold a lot of history in them, but the harsh reality is that they aren't very useful farming machines in modern times. These days, they are handy & reliable machines for raking hay, hauling wagons, and various odd utility jobs, but that's about it. I currently have a "B" and an "MT". Love 'em, but rarely use 'em.
Thanks, I agree. This tractor is all but restored at this point. I tried to get it finished before i left for the military but came up short on time. The whole tractor has been overhauled, and short of bolting the rear end back up and putting the engine back together, it just needs paint and it'll be done
Turbo Diesel i got 3 settin in the barn ,both will fire been settin 20 years , how you figure they go to shit .? thos are iron horses not like a farm haul that go bad from settin
I got a Model 60 that had sat outside for 25 years and I got it running easy with all new fluids and a carb rebuilt. I live in the high desert, so it’s patina covered, not rotted.
@@jacoblang2712 : Oh come on now, you know as well as I do that everything goes bad in time from sitting unused. Mother nature always finds a way to make sure of that. Granted, there are many levels of decay, and some are much lesser than others. Glad you are able to keep your ole tractors in a barn. Most folks can not or simply don't, for various reasons. Anyhow, dry storage will certainly slow down their deterioration greatly, from the sun, rain, etc. Hope you're able to get them fixed up and useable again. Seems we all have a project or 10 lying around. It only proves my point. I love the old iron as well, but you've gotta admit that everything in this life has a "life-cycle". These ole gems from days gone by aren't much anymore but ole toys in our toy box.
@@reeseholler92 : Well, someone commented on my comment from 3 years ago, so I've revisited this old thread. Just wondered if you ever got back to finishing restoring your ole JD "A" tractor? I know from experience that life has a funny way of getting in the way of those kinda fun projects.
That’s terribly hard on your motor, if the tractor is left outside, put a can over the muffler to prevent water from getting in your motor, just a tip.
The older "A"s were designed to be started on gasoline and then switched over to kerosene once the engine got warmed up. They had two tanks on them, the smaller being the gas tank. We had a '39 "A" growing up that was configured that way.
All fuel engines have to be started on gas, but one warmed up will run on most flammable fluids with an octane rating above 40, the test fuel used during the Nebraska tractor trials was #5 fuel oil, which was 39 octane and resulted in a slightly lower output than gasoline and the engine could not be started on it, but was a very cheap fuel in the area at the time. Most of the Johnny poppers are gonna be the all fuel engine, as gasoline was quite expensive compared to kerosene, fuel oil, or even vegetable oil I've heard of being used.
Rebel9668 the gasoline only motor was introduced as an option in 1947, when high quality gasoline became widely available and inexpensive, the all fuel engine was still standard through 52 however.
That is very sweet. I love the old vehicles and farm equipment. They don’t make them like they used to. Fancy tractors are nice but the good old days of the old style tractors is something you can’t beat
The old style is were it's at
This brings back old memories!!when i was a kid, an old farmer had one just like it!! I used to ride and hold on bejind the seat while we traveled to his farm a few miles away.i loved watching how that beast plowed the land and ran a big water pump using a huge belt conected to the tractor an pump to pump water from the river.old times!!!
You have treasure man.
After 50 years this will be become valuable investment for you as this will become antique piece.
Another example of what made America great. There's 1000's of these old Tractors out there still running. Can't say so much for other things current or that era. Great testament to American engineering of that era. Built to last.
Other things of that era still last as well. I restore old radios and like anything else they need maintenance to keep operating. Tubes seldom go bad, but resistors and capacitors sure will after that long. Ever turn on a really old radio and all you hear is a loud hum? Replace the old electrolytic caps and the other caps and 9 times out of ten it'll sound just like new.
Stuff like this was built to last out of necessity, if everyone had to buy a new tractor every 2 or even 10 years the factory wouldn't have been able to make enough of them, as each part was generally hand fabricated, also as a result of the amount of effort per unit you will generally see the elegant designs that every product had.
the germans with their lanz bulldog would like to have a chat with you americans about longevity
Thanks for the suggestion. I normally do, but when it's cold like this I like to let it warm up a little before I put a little load on the engine. The bushing in there is original and Ill be surprised if there is much bushing left. As soon as I'm done putting the 350 back together the a will get a top to bottom resto
I'm an Oliver man, though that old Poppin' Johnny has such a delightful sound that's hard not to love.
Thanks. The old girl is tired, but by the time I'm done it'll be new inside and out
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great old machine! The old JDs were fine tractors. Thanks for posting this. Mike.
very cool. My grandpa has a Model A and Model G he said he'd will to me. I love old tractors. This sounds exactly like his.
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Brings back my youth. Magnificent machinery, superb engineering.
Thank you for this video,,love John Deere,,old a ones,,brings back great memories miss my 51 b,,thank u
Man I can't wait to hear my g popping along. Waiting on distributor parts right now.
I can remember a year ago waiting for my distributor parts to arrive
Nice AN, my grandfather had one almost exactly like it.
Many old John Deere tractors like this one, in PA. Most in the same condition. Most all still run good. I asked a farmer if parts were still available and he told me parts were no problem.
I pull with a 48 a in pa!!
That’s really smart to use coffe cans for rain. I will have to use that with ours
Awesome starting and running sound.
I like "As Is" tractors. Gives them character
We never had a problem getting our starter to engage because the battery was always dead and I was the starter, LOL. Ours was an older model without the guard around the flywheel and the petcock valves weren't behind that frame like on yours. I just gave it full choke, hand cranked it until I saw gas shooting out the petcocks, pushed the choke halfway in and on the next compression stroke it'd fire right up.
Rebel9668 i just got a B and it's the same way, no guard over anything as it's a 1941 or 42 model and the late style wasn't until 47 or 48 i believe
This model 'A' either is ready for total restoration, or leave it as is, but protect it in a nice clan barn as an all original '48-A.
Nice Tractor for sure!
I started to restore this but was unable to complete before I had to leave for the military. You can see my other videos of the progress I made during the restoration. It was indeed very much wore out by any standard
That's a shame ( the Tractor I mean ) but your Country is thankful for your service. I 'salute' both of your efforts.
Cheers!
In the early 90s my neighbor used to start his JD B at -30F by pouring boiling water on the carb. Now that's really a cold start.
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Oh God! I thought it as scrap....Hv to restore it....John deere rocks!💪✌👍
Reminds me of an old school welding machine. 👌👌 bulletproof blocks
I noticed it has a stamped frame,my 1946 B has a solid one with no electric starter,any ways your A sounds like it has many more years left in it,long live old John 👍
Happy new tacter🌹🌹🌹👑🤔🤔🤔
Looks exactly like the John Deere tractor my grandaddy had. Loved to hear him start it . papapapapapapapa,... He'd hitch a wooden wagon to it and we go back in the woods down a path for a ride. Sometimes we would go down a big field.
Same here speaking on the behaf of my husband that his grandparents had and he acquired it in a living will that a few years ago our tractor got stolen with serial number 606008 only thing is it never had a single N tire in the front it had rollamatic front end
Great Video., JD A and a Dodge pickup in the one vid. Don't get no better!!!!!
Hej from 2:04 the part of starting the jd sounds like a poland tractor ursus 330
Cool video. I have a 1949 model A, so pretty much the same tractor. Mine used to have difficult starts from a worn out starter gear too as many of the teeth were worn off. You don't have to buy a whole new ring gear like I did, just sweat the old one off the flywheel with a torch, flip it around and put it back on so you can use 'both sides' of it and it will start like the tractor was made yesterday. I still use my old A around the farm, they just don't make them like they used too... great tractors! Good luck!!
Thanks!
love the idle...nice machine
Me from India fan of johandeere .love for Johandeere
that's a awsome john Deere tractor
@MichaelTJD60 Thanks, This needs a lot of work, but someday it will look nice again
My dad had a John Deere B and we had to spin the fly wheel to start it and the only time we opened the petcock was in the winter
It's a joy! I am very fan of John Deere
@Northernstar9370 Thanks mike! this old girl is worn out and tired, but someday she's getting a rebuild and makeover.
We have a Huber model L and I have to agree they don’t make them like they use to!
Old is gold, superb
Nice runner. would be a good candidate for a restoration.
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Yeah I love when a starter acts up in a video.haha Nice JD and startup
Old is gold...
You need to spin up the flat belt pulley when not driving the tractor. Otherwise you will burn out the bearing from lack of lubrication
Yeah į like those traktors
Man evaluation best example by johndeere
Delicious sound at 2:05
after I got mine all cleaned up, I used a loctite loose bearing fit gel and put it on the splines...haven't had it slip yet...
pull the flywheel first and clean the splines then get the gap in the seal ring lined up...
Old is gold
nice cold start. I am the one you emailed on the JD G 3spd hi/low. shifter does not look like this one on your A, its square and not 6 speeds in the pattern.
ESSA MARCA É LIDER NO BRASIL TRABALHO EM UMA CONCESSIONÁRIA AUTORIZADA A MAIOR DO BRASIL TRAGO NO SANGUE ESSA COR E CARINHO DE SER COLABORADOR DA EMPRESA AG JD ❤👍
If you use a tin can on the exhaust you can put it without waiting for the thing to cool down.
she sounds good
Good old girl.
as the flywheel slips on the splines (away from the crankcase), the starter teeth no longer engage the ring gear.
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if you had to hand crank one of these you took the steering wheel off and put an adapter in it and popped the access plate on the flywheel cover to crank the engine by hand.
Nice old tractor
It seems all JohnDeere model A tractors have their own sound, mine's a 46' and man you talk about a nice tractor.
Shes ready put cultivators on go till dark.
that ear busting noise must mean that you need to check the starter belt
Oh No! That thing is such a gross polluter! You should run it DAILY!
nice a i like the a,s
Good work
I would have had to drive it around a little.tks
John Deere is good Tractor for agricultural n commercial...I use Massey Ferguson n make Video of both companies In agricultural n farm also
@reeseholler92 good choice i agree!im just mostly ih tho
Sounds like You need a battery or bigger size battery cables.
Maybe add a little height to the stacks, top with a flapper (?) A little tlc, telling you that it's still got a little chicken left on them bones. XD
@MRcubcadet107 I like them all buddy
nice running old A you dont have a fan belt or generator on this one ?? great video
i love tractar.but i am poor farmer.
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I donate you 1 tractor
My grandma owns farm all H and Super C
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MAKE SURE you line up the timing mark and also mark the flywheel and shaft before you remove the flywheel
Hilary Brust
that is what my tractor looks like
David Johnson
Bad tractor
My grandpa had a 1938, he was always saying that thing had metal tires when he bought it, truth ?
They had steel wheels, not so much metal "tires". The steel wheels were smooth and didn't have good traction by themselves so they would bolt cleats to them to make them grab. During that time, steel wheels were cheaper than rubber tires
Freddy Pedraza
Hey I like that old-school John Deere tractor 1948 it is a huge tractor :-) ?
Sounded like one cylinder was cutting out sometimes.
You're correct. The #2 cylinder was pretty much non-existent.
Cuantos cilindro tiene ese tractor
Wow nice, which model tractor this? I mean year
Is this tractor a model an
what do u like better jd or IH?
Looks like the generator is missing... what kind of charging system do you have on it currently?
I have a one wire alternator on it currently, but retained all of the original charging equipment to put back on
No computers on this one :)
Were those compression release valves on the bottom that you opened and then closed after you started it?
They were. Starting it without them is a tradeoff. The starter was weak so opening let it spin over faster, but the compression was so bad that I sacrifice compression
May I ask what the serial number is I to have a 1948 AN
You call it the old a to I thought me and my dad were the only ones that say that
Nice wold tracckter
That thing has seen better days......
Freakin lawnmower g
Nice old tractor.clicks em rite off. Would like to hear it work a bit.is that origional muffler.
I don't have it handy, but I do have a video of plowing at night with this tractor and you can hear it work. This muffler has been on there since 2007, the previous one was busted off
They don't build em like they used to.
iceking123kitty xnx
what is the engine setup like? parallel twin?
Jake Stockinger yes
Nice model "A" tractor. She's in dire need of a restoration though, before she turns to total shit. She's also a very unique tractor, because it has the relatively rare single-wheel tricycle front end. These tractors are slowly becoming more and more rare as the years go by, in part, because Deere decided to stop production of a lot of dealer parts availability for this era of machine. Pisses off a lot of people, but there's really nothing that can be done about it. They are great machines, and hold a lot of history in them, but the harsh reality is that they aren't very useful farming machines in modern times. These days, they are handy & reliable machines for raking hay, hauling wagons, and various odd utility jobs, but that's about it. I currently have a "B" and an "MT". Love 'em, but rarely use 'em.
Thanks, I agree. This tractor is all but restored at this point. I tried to get it finished before i left for the military but came up short on time. The whole tractor has been overhauled, and short of bolting the rear end back up and putting the engine back together, it just needs paint and it'll be done
Turbo Diesel i got 3 settin in the barn ,both will fire been settin 20 years , how you figure they go to shit .? thos are iron horses not like a farm haul that go bad from settin
I got a Model 60 that had sat outside for 25 years and I got it running easy with all new fluids and a carb rebuilt. I live in the high desert, so it’s patina covered, not rotted.
@@jacoblang2712 : Oh come on now, you know as well as I do that everything goes bad in time from sitting unused. Mother nature always finds a way to make sure of that.
Granted, there are many levels of decay, and some are much lesser than others. Glad you are able to keep your ole tractors in a barn. Most folks can not or simply don't, for various reasons.
Anyhow, dry storage will certainly slow down their deterioration greatly, from the sun, rain, etc. Hope you're able to get them fixed up and useable again.
Seems we all have a project or 10 lying around. It only proves my point. I love the old iron as well, but you've gotta admit that everything in this life has a "life-cycle". These ole gems from days gone by aren't much anymore but ole toys in our toy box.
@@reeseholler92 : Well, someone commented on my comment from 3 years ago, so I've revisited this old thread. Just wondered if you ever got back to finishing restoring your ole JD "A" tractor? I know from experience that life has a funny way of getting in the way of those kinda fun projects.
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Where is the inline 6 engine?
nice
I've seen a lot of these, but I've never seen anyone use the second lever under the throttle. What does it do?
Controls radiator shutters. Open or closed depending on weather/temperature
Gran tractor!..como el que se le cae a Homero simpson encima jajajaja
That’s terribly hard on your motor, if the tractor is left outside, put a can over the muffler to prevent water from getting in your motor, just a tip.
I cover my exhaust, you just didn't see it.
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Mi padre tenía un jondere. G. Se arrancaba a mano. Del volante. Yo araba con mis 14 sños
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Is she diesel or gasoline? How many cylinders?
+Val Martin Two cylinder gasoline
That's a stupid question.
The older "A"s were designed to be started on gasoline and then switched over to kerosene once the engine got warmed up. They had two tanks on them, the smaller being the gas tank. We had a '39 "A" growing up that was configured that way.
All fuel engines have to be started on gas, but one warmed up will run on most flammable fluids with an octane rating above 40, the test fuel used during the Nebraska tractor trials was #5 fuel oil, which was 39 octane and resulted in a slightly lower output than gasoline and the engine could not be started on it, but was a very cheap fuel in the area at the time. Most of the Johnny poppers are gonna be the all fuel engine, as gasoline was quite expensive compared to kerosene, fuel oil, or even vegetable oil I've heard of being used.
Rebel9668 the gasoline only motor was introduced as an option in 1947, when high quality gasoline became widely available and inexpensive, the all fuel engine was still standard through 52 however.
I think you have a faulty fly wheel
More likely the ring gear on the flywheel. Easily fixed by flipping it over
@@covid-19ispsychologicalwar10 yes that’s more or less what I meant. Also, I agree with your TH-cam name.
Too easy with the electric start.... my 39 g will cold start easy... all about timing..