Its definitely real compared to the belt drive stamped steel crap most people call a mower, but its not the kubota b5200 I have, talk about a seriously overbuilt 13hp lawn mower. we call it the massive mower or the tiny tractor depending on what we are doing with it at the moment.
@@gregdawson1909 b5200 is a super light tractor aka compact they call them these days, it's competitor was the cub cadet low bow and the deere 700 series like the 755. kubota is just built wrong. designed to fail. they cheaped out on very important parts necessary for every day use and aren't designed to handle rough service use. not saying deeres aren't built wrong either, deere likes to over complicate things. i'm sure it's a patent issue between all the manufacturers. i can mow fields with a 922 and it's only a 25hp older than i am. should i compare it to the 5200? sure lets. how well does your 5200 handle the 11' 3 point flail mower? i'm sure you get it now. apples to apples, rust to rust. why? because i can push a 430 out of a muddy ditch all by myself, can't do that with the heavier machines
I'm mostly an orange tractor guy, but I have to say that overall that is a damn fine specimen of a 430 and I am a little envious! Also for the love of god please don't refer to that exquisite garden tractor as a lawn mower!! Zero turns and Snappers are lawn mowers, that is a diesel garden tractor from the glory days of garden tractors! They sure as hell don't make them like that anymore! 😊
Back in the late 90s I used to mow a neighbor's lawn when they were out of town. They had one of these... Thing was a beast! LOVED the little red button on the floor. Locks the diff and you can actually kick the rear end out haha. such a great machine.
The 430 is still a beast of a garden tractor. There's alot of those and the 455's that have over 2000 hours on them with nothing but general maintenance. My 758 still has that same 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel. Excellent machines.
I bought one of those 4 years ago and took it down to the frame. Had everything but the hood powder coated including the wheels. It took a year but I got it 100% complete all hydraulics, 3 point and rear pto. I used those tractors in high school new in the 80s at an amusement park. I must have cut thousands of acres. I bought the one I restored hoping to find a tiller and front end loader. I spent a year looking at piles of rust and even bought plans to build a loader to factory specs. $5k later and not being able to find a tiller I sold it at a loss. It was a good idea that just didn't pan out. The parts are like buying gold! I bought a new 25 hp 4x4 tractor with everything I wanted and actually use it unafraid to get it dirty! lol
Back in the 90's and into 2000's for 13 years I mowed 6 acres and plowed my drive with my 430. BTW when Deere came out with the 755, 855 and 955 compact tractors they used the 430 hood. Also, the JD hyd. blade had about an inch of down pressure, rare on a garden tractor but handy. Liked your vid!🦾
A neighbor had a late 70's or early 80's Kubota lawn tractor with 3 cylinder diesel that I fixed a bunch of times for them. It was great to work on and that old mower never slowed down even under super heavy loads! Engine sounded identical to this one.
Owned a JD455D for a while. Put 850 hours onit mowing and plowing driveway. Total repairs consisted of one spindle, a PTO switch and a new battery. Most solid 'garden tractor' Ive known.
I have one with 1660 hrs, it's 24 yo and is an outstanding machine. Its mowed, pulled aerators,dethatchers etc . I currently have a couple of larger tractors so I don't use it as much but it never fails when I need it.
I've picked up a 1978 John Deere 316K in November and did the same thing your doing to it but mine was $400 a non runner when I brought it home and needed gas tank, steering wheel new hoses and new rear tires. But it's a reliable and is my mowing machine.
You aren't old enough to remember the "Gas" shortages and odd and even plate numbers on vehicles being able to fill up only if your plate matched. This was in Virginia. This was also under Jimmy Carter's administration. In the wake of the 1973 Oil Crisis, gas stations across the country enacted different rationing policies and standby rationing plans were introduced. I have a friend who cut lawns during that period and he couldn't buy any gas for his push mower to cut lawns, so to get around that restriction *he converted his gas push mower to run diesel.* Diesel was not restricted and he had all the lawn business he wanted as a kid. He still does mechanical work on anything today. My Uncle, during the same period, had a hand crank pump that allowed our family to syphon off all the gas the allowed cars of the day (odd or even plate numbers) could get fueled. He would transfer the gas to a 55-gallon drum and when we couldn't get gas and needed it, the drum was usually full so we filled up or got what we needed from the 55-gallon drum until we could fill up at the station again. After the vehicles were syphoned off we would go back if we had time and sit in line and fill up for the second time that day. The stations, of course, ran out at the pumps often when you went in early or for the second time. Gas was a gamble, but diesel was easy.
I worked at a golf course as Assistant grounds keeper for a few years as a young man and my favorite job was mowing the roughs that looked like your yard on the 430. I’d throttle it up about 3/4 and pull the yellow switch and rip through shit at about half speed. It was about 5 golf balls an hour through the machine and that would wake you up. Once I even put one through the neighbors window. I liked the deer better than the big Toro groundsmaster fairway mower. It was so fun to run, I will never forget it. That was about 30 years ago.
NICE!! That's Awesome. I have 2 JD heavy duty garden tractors and a Gator and I love them all, such great machines! Nice job with the 430 there, you'll be very happy with it.
Best tractor ever, 3cylinder yanmar best diesel never missed a beat,sorry we had to sell it blew a hole in the axle. We also had broom on it worked great really mis that.
I bought a brand new one in 1989, but mine is the 420 (Onan 20hp gasser). Still mowing our 4 acre`s to this very day. Only major thing i`ve had to do is replace the crank seals due to the front one was leaking on the PTO clutch for the mower, a new muffler, a new JD420 seat, and a throttle cable. Other than that, my 420 has been the best little tractor i`ve ever owned to date. The 60 inch deck is starting to get rough now, and you can`t buy them anymore. I also bought a brand new Kubota BX23s back in 2017, they`re a great tractor too. Parts are getting hard to find these days for thee ole JD420, so if an when it dies, the Kubota will take over the job full time. I use the BX for things that the 420 can never do. (backhoe & frontend loader work). Anyways, good to see the JD430 here in your video, they are great little tractors! Good on ya for fixin`er up!!! Looks good!
A good one like that goes for pretty big bucks up here in Minnesota. That's actually not a bad deck. Next time you have it off go over the surface rust with a wire brush on a grinder and then treat it with rust converter. Then paint ir with the special Rustoleum no rust primer. That stuff works real well. Great idea on the corrugated plastic. Again, those hoods are EXPENSIVE, so try to do what you can to sae it. If you ever want to paint it PAINT RIGHT OVER THE DECALS, then put the new ones right over the top. It really helps to locate where to put the new decals, and no one will ever see that you put them on top of the old ones. Good luck!
I had a 92 420 I used winter and summer for 24 years mowing 4 acres and pushing snow. I replaced it in 2016 with a 1025R. The 420 &430 were a great tractor
My brother bought and restored a 1984 430 several years ago, rebuilt the Yanmar engine, replaced the fuel pump, new paint. Looks nice. As I recall, these 430s with a 60" deck sold new for almost $10,000 which is a crazy amount of money.
i had 1 of them great machine ! may wanna consider haven it sandblasted an then powder coated did mine an dont have to clean underneath grass doesnt stick
Great job on the grill and hood, I copped out and spent the money on a new grill when I rebuilt my 1992 430, it will last you along time if you keep good care of it. Just a helpful hint, when changing the Hyd. oil pull the top hose off the site glass and it will fill way faster, other than that just keep up with the regular maintenance and enjoy! They definitely are grass eating beasts.
What a beast, mine 3500+ hours on it, versa turf liquid filled rear tires, 5 bar fronts, 3 point with a front weight bracket. Will pretty much go and mow any where.
Yep the 400 series garden tractors are a beast when it comes to mowing I got a 420 that I re-powered with a Honda engine she’s a pretty nice tractor Would love to have a 430 just never see them for sale
Just got a well used x495 myself, a few things here and there and I got it running, mine gad a busted left tail as well.... It is a pleasure to drive, as its a beast compared to my 600 hr d160, albeit even the latter was just was treated to a k66 trans upgrade and a 325 front axle with custom front kingpin/pindles allowing for 5x4.5 wheels rims up front to match the rear.....
Just watched your video, good job on the refurbishment. I did the same with my LA145 someone abandoned. A word of advice, if you want to bring the paint back to life, get some Mothers mag and aluminum polish. A foam ball in the cordless drill plus the polish will make the paint look like new again. It's a very gentle compound that does not hurt the paint at all. I used it on mine, it has the plastic hood molded in jd green, but it was so oxidized that it looked like a chalkboard. The Mother's polish resored it to a high gloss. Your painted hood might need to be wet sanded and buffed out, or wet sanded and clear coated to give it the shine you're looking for.
We mow a large acreage. Basically 3 different farmsteads and a bit of the field access roads. I got a 445 with a Kawasaki motor, big mistake! thing didn't last a week before it couldn't keep oil in it. At the time the parts for rebuilding it were more than the value of the tractor, as Deere had the parts supply all tied up. I've collected different L&G trctors over the years, cub cadet , Sears Suburban, etc. The 445 was a good size for what I needed, but spending 3 K for a repair was out. I finally bit the bullet and bought a late Deere 495 Diesel, not cheap, but we love it! Later found a 445 (455?) Diesel version and it is a real horse, son grabbed it for his use! I need to find either a rebuild for the blown engine one or a diesel motor for it. The thing has all the extras on it, just need to get it running again!
We had a 430 growing up at the shop. It was a great machine, but was traded on a bigger Deere. I collect old Cub Cadets now, and have a 1782 diesel. Either the 430 Deere or the 1782 Cub puts newer machines to shame. They are both mini farm tractors.
Awesome find and good work dressing it up some. If I remember correctly, these are basically a 655, so that may help with some hard to find used parts.
You’re not one of my usual channels I watch so when TH-cam recommended this I wasn’t sure but it’s a great video. Also I was thinking how cool the hood turned out right when you said you didn’t like it
At 10 years old I was driving a 755 JD which is pretty the same model just bigger. We had a small bush hog on it, they’re mainly used for golf courses. Spent many many hours on it, as soon as your fired it up it bought me right back!
Great job ! I’d try to find a matching front tire, right front sitting on tractor is different. Guess I’m too OCD lol ! Enjoy ! Once you go diesel you’ll never go back to gas ⛽️ 🇺🇸
a good job done on a worth while machine just a thought might be worth painting the under neath deck with red oxide or somthing just prevent more rust used to do it to mine for a bit of protection
I got the 425 and it came with the 3pt and PTO coupler. These things are stout! Though I'm envious of the torque of the diesel for getting implements started spinning but I won't complain too much since I went out of my way to get the most compact of the real (horizontal engine) tractors.
I've had one of these for about 16 years. Other than minor leaks and items, I've not had to perform any repairs on it, just the usual maintenance items. I have almost every attachment made for it - mower, snowplow, snowblower, front 540rpm PTO, 3pt linkage, moldboard plow, tiller, cab, two sets of rims with ag and turf tires, front-end loader, and a Tilt-Dump vacuum. I think about the only attachment I don't have is the center plow. Everything works as expected. I turbocharged it just for grins but did not turn up the fuel so it's really just a bit of a gimmick - it probably has a bit stronger torque but not any additional power.
I WAS WATCHING AND SAW YOU ABOUT TO PUT THE BATTERY TERMINALS ON...THEN I THOUGHT...I WOULD CLEAN THOSE. THEN YOU PULLED OUT THE SAME TOOL I USE...AND CLEANED THEM. I WAS LIKE...THIS KID UNDERSTANDS. HE GETS IT. 99.99% OF MY COMMENTS ARE TROLLING OR JUST PLAIN MEAN, SO THIS IS VERY RARE FOR ME TO BE NICE.
Best lawn mower, garden tractor, bulldozer, beast ever made! Nothing like diesel power for grass cutting, you can cut jude above idle! Diesel torque will throw snow over the moon!
I worked for a local School district for 35 years. We had four of these. One had the hand lever and the other three had foot pedals. The guys drove them as if they were a hydro around shrubs and other obstacles. Problem was when they did that, they were slipping the clutch to go slow and the next thing you know the clutch would be glazed over and you would have to pull it and sand the surface to remove that glaze. I told them to shift to a slower gear and lock the pedal down, but they never listened. One other issue I had with them was replacement parts were ridiculous in price.
Are your glowplugs working? Seems to crank over more than it should before starting. Even in warm weather these engines like some glow. Also, are you missing the vent tube (blow-by tube) on your valve cover? If so, that would explain the oil around it, as there will always be some slight oily mist flowing out when hot on an engine of this age. I don't think the hood looks too bad really, if you found an original lens it might complete it...
I actually believe they may not be working correctly, i will have to dig into that next! As for the breather tube, when I bought the tractor it had one, it shattered like glass when i went to remove it. I ended up replacing with a new rubber hose, i must have forgotten to include it on this video. Thanks for watching!
@@EquipmentRevivalYT Yes, the original tube is an odd plastic that has to be heated to become pliable to be removed. Glow plugs should be easy enough to test, and in the worst case the module is about $100 for OEM. I didn't know my module had failed on my 755 (same engine) until it got cooler in the fall and it took longer and longer to start. With working plugs she starts in a second or less, even when quite cold.
I clicked to see diesel mower and ended up seeing another dude with the same mower I sport. I have a 1979 Gravely 8123 (Same thing with hydraulic lift) that gets used weekly.
Worked for JD at the Davenport plant for a while and became very familiar with the x475 and it's insane pulling power. We'd use those to pull the ADTs down the assembly line from station to station and pop wheelies
I bought five or six years ago an old 1988 Kubota g5200 14hp diesel mower. Has 4200hrs on it. Only reason I bought it was a bunch of hours is because it was my neighbors and I knew it was maintained correctly. I just keep it at the camp house. Runs like a top, but burns fuel like crazy.
Very informative lawn tractor repair video. Hipa supplies high quality and affordable parts for small engines. You see, you know a lot of the knowledge and tricks about small engine repair, maybe we could collaborate to help more DIY repairers if you would like to.
I am reviving an "86 420. It looks bad as someone spray painted it flat black...it seems mechanically good though. I think you might be able to modify a factory lens cover to fit over your light bar. It is fun to bring them back into use. NIce work.
Great video! Had a JD dealer get mad at me for calling one of those a lawnmower. “Its a garden tractor”.
Its definitely real compared to the belt drive stamped steel crap most people call a mower, but its not the kubota b5200 I have, talk about a seriously overbuilt 13hp lawn mower. we call it the massive mower or the tiny tractor depending on what we are doing with it at the moment.
I feel like they do that to claim being best selling tractor in markets outside of America.
It is a garden tractor. Lawn tractor, yard tractor and garden tractor all have differences.
They can kick rocks.
@@gregdawson1909 b5200 is a super light tractor aka compact they call them these days, it's competitor was the cub cadet low bow and the deere 700 series like the 755. kubota is just built wrong. designed to fail. they cheaped out on very important parts necessary for every day use and aren't designed to handle rough service use. not saying deeres aren't built wrong either, deere likes to over complicate things. i'm sure it's a patent issue between all the manufacturers.
i can mow fields with a 922 and it's only a 25hp older than i am. should i compare it to the 5200? sure lets. how well does your 5200 handle the 11' 3 point flail mower? i'm sure you get it now. apples to apples, rust to rust. why? because i can push a 430 out of a muddy ditch all by myself, can't do that with the heavier machines
The classic Deere 300 & 400 series machines are still miles ahead of their time. They really were THE machine to have back in the day.
You did a great job bringing this 430 back, the diesel is a big plus as is knowing how to weld. Well done!
I'm mostly an orange tractor guy, but I have to say that overall that is a damn fine specimen of a 430 and I am a little envious! Also for the love of god please don't refer to that exquisite garden tractor as a lawn mower!! Zero turns and Snappers are lawn mowers, that is a diesel garden tractor from the glory days of garden tractors! They sure as hell don't make them like that anymore! 😊
Back in the late 90s I used to mow a neighbor's lawn when they were out of town. They had one of these... Thing was a beast! LOVED the little red button on the floor. Locks the diff and you can actually kick the rear end out haha. such a great machine.
I had a 318 for 30 years so I can appreciate your 430. I now have an X758. I hope you'll enjoy your 430 for many years!
The 430 is still a beast of a garden tractor. There's alot of those and the 455's that have over 2000 hours on them with nothing but general maintenance. My 758 still has that same 3 cylinder Yanmar diesel. Excellent machines.
I bought one of those 4 years ago and took it down to the frame. Had everything but the hood powder coated including the wheels. It took a year but I got it 100% complete all hydraulics, 3 point and rear pto. I used those tractors in high school new in the 80s at an amusement park. I must have cut thousands of acres. I bought the one I restored hoping to find a tiller and front end loader. I spent a year looking at piles of rust and even bought plans to build a loader to factory specs. $5k later and not being able to find a tiller I sold it at a loss. It was a good idea that just didn't pan out. The parts are like buying gold! I bought a new 25 hp 4x4 tractor with everything I wanted and actually use it unafraid to get it dirty! lol
Thanks for the video. Easily got my thumbs up! No stupid music. Actually got to hear the sounds of the tools, processes, etc
That poor grille looks like the previous owner hit every tree in the county. You did a fair job repairing it and the hood.
I love a good 430. Great video! BTW the inexpensive 755/855 grills on Amazon can be made to fit a 430 with little modification.
Back in the 90's and into 2000's for 13 years I mowed 6 acres and plowed my drive with my 430. BTW when Deere came out with the 755, 855 and 955 compact tractors they used the 430 hood. Also, the JD hyd. blade had about an inch of down pressure, rare on a garden tractor but handy. Liked your vid!🦾
A neighbor had a late 70's or early 80's Kubota lawn tractor with 3 cylinder diesel that I fixed a bunch of times for them. It was great to work on and that old mower never slowed down even under super heavy loads! Engine sounded identical to this one.
Owned a JD455D for a while. Put 850 hours onit mowing and plowing driveway. Total repairs consisted of one spindle, a PTO switch and a new battery. Most solid 'garden tractor' Ive known.
I have one with 1660 hrs, it's 24 yo and is an outstanding machine. Its mowed, pulled aerators,dethatchers etc . I currently have a couple of larger tractors so I don't use it as much but it never fails when I need it.
Solid job, nice to see you get it restored up to your purpose.
Great video. Enjoyed the engineering in remounting the light bar.
I've picked up a 1978 John Deere 316K in November and did the same thing your doing to it but mine was $400 a non runner when I brought it home and needed gas tank, steering wheel new hoses and new rear tires. But it's a reliable and is my mowing machine.
Awesome find and revival! I can't wait to see what's next
BROTHER!!! Please don’t skip or fast forward that pressure washing baby, that’s like gold to a man. AMSR
Very nice tractor! Great work getting it back in first class condition. Should give you many,many years of good service now!!
My next door neighbor had one of these. Over 5000 hours on it and still going strong. Love the way they sound whan mowing.
You aren't old enough to remember the "Gas" shortages and odd and even plate numbers on vehicles being able to fill up only if your plate matched. This was in Virginia. This was also under Jimmy Carter's administration. In the wake of the 1973 Oil Crisis, gas stations across the country enacted different rationing policies and standby rationing plans were introduced.
I have a friend who cut lawns during that period and he couldn't buy any gas for his push mower to cut lawns, so to get around that restriction *he converted his gas push mower to run diesel.* Diesel was not restricted and he had all the lawn business he wanted as a kid. He still does mechanical work on anything today.
My Uncle, during the same period, had a hand crank pump that allowed our family to syphon off all the gas the allowed cars of the day (odd or even plate numbers) could get fueled. He would transfer the gas to a 55-gallon drum and when we couldn't get gas and needed it, the drum was usually full so we filled up or got what we needed from the 55-gallon drum until we could fill up at the station again.
After the vehicles were syphoned off we would go back if we had time and sit in line and fill up for the second time that day. The stations, of course, ran out at the pumps often when you went in early or for the second time. Gas was a gamble, but diesel was easy.
Jimmy Carter wasn’t president in 1973.
Your bodywork and light on that hood was great
Man love the sound of the small diesel lawnmowers. We had a tore sidewinder and it was amazing
I worked at a golf course as Assistant grounds keeper for a few years as a young man and my favorite job was mowing the roughs that looked like your yard on the 430. I’d throttle it up about 3/4 and pull the yellow switch and rip through shit at about half speed. It was about 5 golf balls an hour through the machine and that would wake you up. Once I even put one through the neighbors window. I liked the deer better than the big Toro groundsmaster fairway mower. It was so fun to run, I will never forget it. That was about 30 years ago.
NICE!! That's Awesome. I have 2 JD heavy duty garden tractors and a Gator and I love them all, such great machines! Nice job with the 430 there, you'll be very happy with it.
Best tractor ever, 3cylinder yanmar best diesel never missed a beat,sorry we had to sell it blew a hole in the axle. We also had broom on it worked great really mis that.
I bought a brand new one in 1989, but mine is the 420 (Onan 20hp gasser). Still mowing our 4 acre`s to this very day. Only major thing i`ve had to do is replace the crank seals due to the front one was leaking on the PTO clutch for the mower, a new muffler, a new JD420 seat, and a throttle cable. Other than that, my 420 has been the best little tractor i`ve ever owned to date. The 60 inch deck is starting to get rough now, and you can`t buy them anymore. I also bought a brand new Kubota BX23s back in 2017, they`re a great tractor too. Parts are getting hard to find these days for thee ole JD420, so if an when it dies, the Kubota will take over the job full time. I use the BX for things that the 420 can never do. (backhoe & frontend loader work). Anyways, good to see the JD430 here in your video, they are great little tractors! Good on ya for fixin`er up!!! Looks good!
You did really nice work on this tractor and I think the headlight looks cool! Great video.
You gave it some much needed and long overdue attention & maintenance
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I love my 1984 430, it's a beast! I have the mulch kit on mine. I have mowed stuff that was taller then the tractor.
A good one like that goes for pretty big bucks up here in Minnesota. That's actually not a bad deck. Next time you have it off go over the surface rust with a wire brush on a grinder and then treat it with rust converter. Then paint ir with the special Rustoleum no rust primer. That stuff works real well. Great idea on the corrugated plastic. Again, those hoods are EXPENSIVE, so try to do what you can to sae it. If you ever want to paint it PAINT RIGHT OVER THE DECALS, then put the new ones right over the top. It really helps to locate where to put the new decals, and no one will ever see that you put them on top of the old ones. Good luck!
I had a 92 420 I used winter and summer for 24 years mowing 4 acres and pushing snow. I replaced it in 2016 with a 1025R. The 420 &430 were a great tractor
Excellent video I wish in Australia this model was available.
I !Think your Ingenuity on that Hood was Steller ! That LED Light Bar is What That Tractor Needed !
I could watch this all day. Great work
That was some of the best camera and editing work I've seen 😮
Looks freaking cool dude! Good work! :) Have great midsummers day!
While you are at it, Motor mounts should be replaced. I worked almost 20 years at a JD dealership and we sold many sets of those mounts.
That smooth yanmar diesel will put you to sleep if you're not careful.... She's a runner!
My brother bought and restored a 1984 430 several years ago, rebuilt the Yanmar engine, replaced the fuel pump, new paint. Looks nice.
As I recall, these 430s with a 60" deck sold new for almost $10,000 which is a crazy amount of money.
Yeah, about $21,000 in today's money. You can buy an 1125r or BX2680 for that!
Daam! What a huge difference you made; awesome work dude!
i had 1 of them great machine ! may wanna consider haven it sandblasted an then powder coated did mine an dont have to clean underneath grass doesnt stick
Thanks for the inspiration great video
Looks good enough, thats a working tractor. No fancy B.S. like the new junk and it found a good owner.
Great job on the grill and hood, I copped out and spent the money on a new grill when I rebuilt my 1992 430, it will last you along time if you keep good care of it. Just a helpful hint, when changing the Hyd. oil pull the top hose off the site glass and it will fill way faster, other than that just keep up with the regular maintenance and enjoy! They definitely are grass eating beasts.
I had a 455 and I regret it every day that I sold it. They are awesome machines.
A nice folded metal mesh front grill with lights behind would look mint!
You just love your 3 cylinder diesels don’t you? I saw that kubota in the back too
that 430 is a beast
Most excellent young man! You have done well!!! Very nice to see you fixed up a great Garden tractor! What size is the cutting deck?
What a beast, mine 3500+ hours on it, versa turf liquid filled rear tires, 5 bar fronts, 3 point with a front weight bracket. Will pretty much go and mow any where.
Yep the 400 series garden tractors are a beast when it comes to mowing I got a 420 that I re-powered with a Honda engine she’s a pretty nice tractor Would love to have a 430 just never see them for sale
Just got a well used x495 myself, a few things here and there and I got it running, mine gad a busted left tail as well.... It is a pleasure to drive, as its a beast compared to my 600 hr d160, albeit even the latter was just was treated to a k66 trans upgrade and a 325 front axle with custom front kingpin/pindles allowing for 5x4.5 wheels rims up front to match the rear.....
Just watched your video, good job on the refurbishment. I did the same with my LA145 someone abandoned. A word of advice, if you want to bring the paint back to life, get some Mothers mag and aluminum polish. A foam ball in the cordless drill plus the polish will make the paint look like new again. It's a very gentle compound that does not hurt the paint at all. I used it on mine, it has the plastic hood molded in jd green, but it was so oxidized that it looked like a chalkboard. The Mother's polish resored it to a high gloss. Your painted hood might need to be wet sanded and buffed out, or wet sanded and clear coated to give it the shine you're looking for.
Job WELL DONE! DEERE should be PROUD!
Great job keep up the good work thank you
We mow a large acreage. Basically 3 different farmsteads and a bit of the field access roads. I got a 445 with a Kawasaki motor, big mistake! thing didn't last a week before it couldn't keep oil in it. At the time the parts for rebuilding it were more than the value of the tractor, as Deere had the parts supply all tied up. I've collected different L&G trctors over the years, cub cadet , Sears Suburban, etc. The 445 was a good size for what I needed, but spending 3 K for a repair was out. I finally bit the bullet and bought a late Deere 495 Diesel, not cheap, but we love it! Later found a 445 (455?) Diesel version and it is a real horse, son grabbed it for his use! I need to find either a rebuild for the blown engine one or a diesel motor for it. The thing has all the extras on it, just need to get it running again!
We had a 430 growing up at the shop. It was a great machine, but was traded on a bigger Deere. I collect old Cub Cadets now, and have a 1782 diesel. Either the 430 Deere or the 1782 Cub puts newer machines to shame. They are both mini farm tractors.
Awesome find and good work dressing it up some. If I remember correctly, these are basically a 655, so that may help with some hard to find used parts.
The 430 shares the same engine as the 755. The 655 has the same engine as the 332.
You’re not one of my usual channels I watch so when TH-cam recommended this I wasn’t sure but it’s a great video. Also I was thinking how cool the hood turned out right when you said you didn’t like it
At 10 years old I was driving a 755 JD which is pretty the same model just bigger. We had a small bush hog on it, they’re mainly used for golf courses. Spent many many hours
on it, as soon as your fired it up it bought me right back!
Very interesting fuel filter. I've never seen an attachment like that. I serviced and used a 425 for a prior employer. It was a really nice tractor.
I’ll,e your style of bringing everything back to spec. beautiful. I want one!
DUDEZILLA!!!! In my 51 years on this Earth, I have realized a few things. One of them is, IF it makes you happy then SCREW what others think!!!!!
Great job ! I’d try to find a matching front tire, right front sitting on tractor is different. Guess I’m too OCD lol !
Enjoy ! Once you go diesel you’ll never go back to gas ⛽️ 🇺🇸
a good job done on a worth while machine just a thought might be worth painting the under neath deck with red oxide or somthing just prevent more rust used to do it to mine for a bit of protection
Great addition to anyone’s fleet. Just subscribed!
Nice work 👍
Stay well, Joe Z
That is one lucky old tractor!
I got the 425 and it came with the 3pt and PTO coupler. These things are stout! Though I'm envious of the torque of the diesel for getting implements started spinning but I won't complain too much since I went out of my way to get the most compact of the real (horizontal engine) tractors.
That fuel filter looks the same as an 80s 6.2 gm diesel
Sorry to see the Gravely go but the 430 is sweet...great content....new sub✔
I am going to see if i can find one of them, i know a place to look. thanks for sharing the video !!
Nothing runs like a deere to Mexico!
Were they actually made in USA? Alot Of this stuff was rebadged Japanese equipment.
That's badass man. I want one
Gravelys are awesome
Really enjoyed this. Thanks.
Great content, I enjoyed watching.
Excellent will be be back cheers 🥂 😊
I've had one of these for about 16 years. Other than minor leaks and items, I've not had to perform any repairs on it, just the usual maintenance items. I have almost every attachment made for it - mower, snowplow, snowblower, front 540rpm PTO, 3pt linkage, moldboard plow, tiller, cab, two sets of rims with ag and turf tires, front-end loader, and a Tilt-Dump vacuum. I think about the only attachment I don't have is the center plow. Everything works as expected. I turbocharged it just for grins but did not turn up the fuel so it's really just a bit of a gimmick - it probably has a bit stronger torque but not any additional power.
I WAS WATCHING AND SAW YOU ABOUT TO PUT THE BATTERY TERMINALS ON...THEN I THOUGHT...I WOULD CLEAN THOSE. THEN YOU PULLED OUT THE SAME TOOL I USE...AND CLEANED THEM. I WAS LIKE...THIS KID UNDERSTANDS. HE GETS IT. 99.99% OF MY COMMENTS ARE TROLLING OR JUST PLAIN MEAN, SO THIS IS VERY RARE FOR ME TO BE NICE.
Looks Pretty good from here Pal..
Great job!
Best lawn mower, garden tractor, bulldozer, beast ever made! Nothing like diesel power for grass cutting, you can cut jude above idle! Diesel torque will throw snow over the moon!
I bought a 1984 782 d diesel cub cadet it is a great lawn mower I love it
I worked for a local School district for 35 years. We had four of these. One had the hand lever and the other three had foot pedals. The guys drove them as if they were a hydro around shrubs and other obstacles. Problem was when they did that, they were slipping the clutch to go slow and the next thing you know the clutch would be glazed over and you would have to pull it and sand the surface to remove that glaze. I told them to shift to a slower gear and lock the pedal down, but they never listened. One other issue I had with them was replacement parts were ridiculous in price.
Great video good work
Are your glowplugs working? Seems to crank over more than it should before starting. Even in warm weather these engines like some glow. Also, are you missing the vent tube (blow-by tube) on your valve cover? If so, that would explain the oil around it, as there will always be some slight oily mist flowing out when hot on an engine of this age. I don't think the hood looks too bad really, if you found an original lens it might complete it...
I actually believe they may not be working correctly, i will have to dig into that next! As for the breather tube, when I bought the tractor it had one, it shattered like glass when i went to remove it. I ended up replacing with a new rubber hose, i must have forgotten to include it on this video. Thanks for watching!
@@EquipmentRevivalYT Yes, the original tube is an odd plastic that has to be heated to become pliable to be removed. Glow plugs should be easy enough to test, and in the worst case the module is about $100 for OEM. I didn't know my module had failed on my 755 (same engine) until it got cooler in the fall and it took longer and longer to start. With working plugs she starts in a second or less, even when quite cold.
very nice job! are the mower belts exposed like that is there a cover plate for them?
The slogan is true, Nothin runs like a Deere
False information. Pre 90s Deere's are un killable. Everything else is plastic trash Deeres.
@@lifeintornadoalleyfalse information. 90s Deere run great.
Except a Kubota
Kubota mowers suck
Great job!.
I clicked to see diesel mower and ended up seeing another dude with the same mower I sport. I have a 1979 Gravely 8123 (Same thing with hydraulic lift) that gets used weekly.
Worked for JD at the Davenport plant for a while and became very familiar with the x475 and it's insane pulling power. We'd use those to pull the ADTs down the assembly line from station to station and pop wheelies
Who makes the engine for that series John Deere?🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I bought five or six years ago an old 1988 Kubota g5200 14hp diesel mower.
Has 4200hrs on it.
Only reason I bought it was a bunch of hours is because it was my neighbors and I knew it was maintained correctly. I just keep it at the camp house. Runs like a top, but burns fuel like crazy.
Very informative lawn tractor repair video. Hipa supplies high quality and affordable parts for small engines. You see, you know a lot of the knowledge and tricks about small engine repair, maybe we could collaborate to help more DIY repairers if you would like to.
I am reviving an "86 420. It looks bad as someone spray painted it flat black...it seems mechanically good though. I think you might be able to modify a factory lens cover to fit over your light bar. It is fun to bring them back into use. NIce work.
I run Shell Rotella oil in mine works great
Fine job man fine tractor to..
Any reason you didn't adjust the valves when the valve covers were off? Nice tractor.