How to drive an antique John Deere tractor

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@fredbaumberger8988 4 жыл бұрын

After watching this video on describing the difference part of a JD-B, first of all you said to check the oil you take the plug out and look in their to see the oil level, what you do is screw it out a few turns and oil should drip out the bottom if not add oil until it does, then the lever on the left side of the seat isn’t the power takeoff lever it’s for the hydraulic lifts like the rock shaft that sticks out on each side of the seat or a cylinder on a piece of machinery your pulling, the PTO lever is that little one below the clutch level which can only be engaged when the clutch is disengaged, as for shutting the tractor off all you should have to do is pull he throttle lever way back and the tractor should stop, on yours either the linkage on the rod going to the carburetor is wrong or the set screw on the screw on the carburetor next to where the rod connects is screwed in to far and not letting the butterfly inside the carburetor close tight, I’m not trying to be a smarty I just wanted help you understand the JD two cylinder tractor better,

@richardvandyke9578 3 жыл бұрын

Fred is absolutely correct.

@kennethstanton5407 3 жыл бұрын

All correct, Fred. Looks like it has the Pow-r-trol hydraulic set up. The 1949 B I started driving when I was 3 years old had only a foot pedal under the front edge of the seat tower to operate the rocker shaft. We had other somewhat newer two cylinder tractors in those days that did have the Pow-R-Trol hydraulics and live pto (50, 60, 620). The one in this video desperately needs that clutch lever adjusted. It will take your kneecap off if you snap it out of engaged position running it like that lol. I do remember using the belt pulley to power grinders and other equipment. And with practice, it was possible and sometimes necessary to shift on the go. We still used our old B for light work -running augurs or moving wagons around the yard - until at least the late 1960s by which point not much work was done with anything less than 90 hp or so. And now the "big" tractors from those days are scarcely worth starting up to do more than running an augur or going to get the mail ;-)

@LouisGodena 4 жыл бұрын

Good. But you shouldn't use the choke to stop the engine. Properly, closing the throttle should do that. But some of the early models (pre-1947) were shut off by closing the gas spigot. Thanks for sharing.

@davidm8717 3 жыл бұрын

You can shift on the fly on these JD's with some practice. It also saves riding the clutch when trying to start from stop in 6th/road gear. On my uncles tractors we would start in 4th, open throttle wide open, when up to speed, then pop the clutch, pull back some on throttle, shift into 6th, bump the clutch a bit if your grinding, and should go right in, throttle back up. Trick is to do this all before you lose momentum. If you get the right "touch" of throttle, and clutch, shifting, it goes right in without any grinding and you jump right into road gear without a lot of wear on the clutch. Some of later JD's had hi/lo levers down by shifter, next to power take off lever, they were even easier, gears were 1-2,3-4,5-6 and you could do the above starting low lever position, then shift on the fly to high, using your foot to move the hi/lo lever. 5-6 still kind of rode the clutch from a dead start but not as bad as from 6th. We mainly did up shifting as you had to slow way down to down shift one or two gears down on the fly, throttle way back. My uncle when haying with a jayhawk bucket could make it look like he had an automatic transmission he was so good at it. Those were the days ! Enjoyed the video !

@ashorttag-8238 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah my dad has told me how to do that on the deeres that have hi-lo gears. Its a lil tricky but not impossible

@kennethstanton5407 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this, David M , now that you mention it. Wonder why we didn't get killed in those days because we were always pulling stuff that if you think about it, was ridiculously way too heavy for such tiny tractors lol. Always managed to get stopped with it somehow, but pretty risky business if the truth were known ;-)

@davidm8717 3 жыл бұрын

@@kennethstanton5407 Isn't that the truth? Not only overtaxing equipment, overweight pulling, etc., when I was younger, would ride with my cousin standing on bouncing parts of tractor pulling implements that would pulverize me if I fell off, forget any safety. I did have another cousin tip one of these on a side hill too fast, fortunately threw him free, but messed up his hip.

@kennethstanton5407 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidm8717 I was remembering today that I was only about 5 years old when I was turned loose on my own running a B John Deere pulling drag harrows and a roller. I was given a stern warning not to turn too sharp because there was a risk that the hind wheel could pick up the harrow and drag it over top of you, which could do more than mess up the paint on the fender ;-) There didn't seem to be near as much worry that I would fall off and get run over by the roller. Either it's because they had more kids in those days and figured they had spares, so why worry? Or it's that my father figured I had demonstrated enough intelligence not to do anything goofy enough to end up falling off. ;-) In those days, we would spend a ton of time riding along with the adults, or driving with them sitting behind us in the seat, for hundreds of hours before they'd let us operate solo.

@phibber Жыл бұрын

my thought exactly,...thank you

@l337pwnage 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a machine you don't want to drive with untied shoelaces, lol.

@ashorttag-8238 3 жыл бұрын

There are a couple of things that’ll catch loose clothing as well, like the flywheel (at least on the ones where the flywheel is exposed) or clutch

@mksonmor 3 жыл бұрын

Instead of rebuilding a car when I was 13, Dad got me a B john deere to rebuild instead. I didn't get a car till I was 18. I still farm with one 30 plus years later. Great tractor on the hay rake.

@rickcathcart2196 3 жыл бұрын

Even better on sickle mower ( also jd, that clamped to back of tractor, and single trailing wheel)) duty . Come to end of field , step on right brake spin steering right, then release brake and steer straight to continue across field. Worked so well, so fast.

@PaulHigginbothamSr 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! I learned to drive on these when they were new. Antique my rosie red emblem.

@RelivitMedia 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the video. We were just recently given a John Deere b tractor from my father and have yet to learn to drive this thing and your video is really helpful! We like your style!!

@screwsnutsandbolts 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome old machine ! 👍

@phillipharris8277 2 жыл бұрын

The hand brake only stops the tractor while the transmission is engaged. If the tractor starts rolling while out of gear, the foot brakes are required to control the tractor.

@levismith8245 3 жыл бұрын

Cool old John Deere I own a 1950 John Deere model B and I love it

@nathanshoulders1511 3 жыл бұрын

my great grandpa bought a 1950 jd-b new and now it is mine

@lincolnselfstorage3524 3 жыл бұрын

I got one too!

@chrisnzella 4 жыл бұрын

"Belt pulley " very cool video.

@MrMarkpeggy 4 жыл бұрын

Nice B! Thank you for sharing.

@scottscheuerman6170 3 жыл бұрын

You should never use the the clutch brake to stop the tractor should pull the clutch out and use the brakes evenly to stop and then use the clutch brake to stop the belt pulley so you can put it in gear

@suelieb4792 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice tractor but i agree you should never use the clutch as a brake

@darronandteresascheck2174 4 жыл бұрын

You shouldn't pull the clutch back to stop use the brakes but even if you do it should be fine

@AirborneRenegade 2 жыл бұрын

PTO is the small lever under the shifter. The lever is for the lift arms

@henryofskalitz2228 2 жыл бұрын

For shifting jds you need to keep the clutch engaged lower the throttle and wiggle the throttle until it pops into gear.

@shaggydogg630 2 жыл бұрын

PTO control is the little lever by your right foot.

@darrenwilson7688 2 жыл бұрын

You were operating the hydraulics not the PTO.

@ampatriot 4 жыл бұрын

Good video bud. Let me offer a couple of things, throttle off, should kill the tractor. Use the tank valve to shut off the fuel. Just drain water from the bowl.

@PaulCTownsend 8 ай бұрын

That was fun thank you.

@edeancozzens3833 2 жыл бұрын

Can shift on the fly if you are careful.

@savageshane7994 4 жыл бұрын

I was driving that when I was ten

@jaxonruppel7108 3 жыл бұрын

I was driving when I was 7

@texasmullet997 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, what year is that ol'john deere antique tractor sir?

@PTinsman22 2 ай бұрын

You should never use the clutch lever as a brake.

@jamespaul203 2 жыл бұрын

My dad had a John deere b just like he used to say that he should have kept when he sold the farm I wished he had kept it it would be mine now but I my feelers out looking for one that I can restore

@johnrobison4635 2 жыл бұрын

The Lou ears are for distillate. These tractors were originally built to start on gasoline then switch to distillate when the engine warmed up. The louvers helped warm the engine faster so that it could be switched over sooner. Distillate was a low cost fuel for farm tractors from the late teens to the 1950’s before it was phased out in favor of gasoline, lp gas or propane, and diesel fuel.

@justinkrivers 4 жыл бұрын

does it have petcocks underneath the cylinders to decompress? that's often part of the startup protocol

@donaldglaser7686 3 жыл бұрын

Most of the ones with compression relief were hand spin start. Our A was like this with electric start & no compression relief.

@covid-19ispsychologicalwar10 3 жыл бұрын

Our 1955 JD model 60 has decompression petcocks

@kennethstanton5407 3 жыл бұрын

Even with electric start, most had the relief petcocks on the bottom side. The older ones (unstyled, for sure) without electric start had them up on the topside where you could see them, or open them without crawling around on your hands and knees. There was also a "crank" which was a steering wheel with a crank hub that fit into the flywheel hub. Awkward thing to use since you were squeezed between the flywheel housing and the rear wheel. And quite hateful if it backfired and tossed you over the axle. But, when handcranking, you needed the compression relief.

@DanielMeyer-ls5ph 5 ай бұрын

Yes, his are underneath. Older ones are on the sides. 1935-1938 had none. They aren’t necessary to start, but can help if you are hand cranking.

@DanielMeyer-ls5ph 5 ай бұрын

Once started, there’s mighty hot gasses coming out of the relief valves(peacocks). Use gloves or get burned.

@pzzuo1387 Жыл бұрын

I have a John deere 620, 1957 that when I put it in gear and let out the clutch, doesn’t move. Is there some lever or gear I need to set ( besides putting the gear shift in a forward gear or reverse gear) to make it move? It was pulling fine when it was parked, but no one here knows how to make it go now… thanks, ANYONE!!

@DanielMeyer-ls5ph 5 ай бұрын

You might need to adjust the clutch. There’s KZfaq videos on how it is done.

@timeinbu7909 9 ай бұрын

You move the camera around too fast

@shanejohnson437 3 жыл бұрын

Nice camera work and editing, but for the one person that reads this, in addition to the fluids, you have to grease the fittings on the tractor, AND implement you’re hooking to, and we call those sep. brakes cutting brakes