Thanks Lee! I love listening to these tractors too. I have many more videos on this G, as well as my A, and B. I think my next Johnny Popper will be a D.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I’ll give that a try in a few of mine. Thanks for the suggestion!

Glad to hear that I'm not the only one with this luck. It is scary for sure when you pull that plug and nothing comes out!! haha. Glad yours has been good. I'm going to have an upcoming video on this G hopefully fully restoring the oil pressure. I'm hoping it's just caked around the oil pump and restricting it.

Diesel fuel does just as well just use oil mixed in. Diesel has lubricating properties plus cleaning

I started with my 1948 B. It’s a family tractor. Last year I picked up a 1950 A. Just a few months ago I picked up this 1950 G. It’s a great tractor so far! I’ve got many videos of all these tractors on my channel if you want to check them out. Nice to “meet” you on here! Sounds like you have a nice collection too. They’re some of my favorite tractors.

I’ve had my B apart and I felt like those lines were a nightmare as you mentioned... Glad to hear the situation may be better with the G. I referenced some of your videos to see what t expect with mine, so thank you!

@@TractorHoarders I got thinking. If you haven't gone into the engine yet, see if you can see the casting numbers on the pistons if you get a chance. Someone has spent some time and money on that tractor by the looks of it (water pump, power steering, pressed rear steel). I wouldn't be surprised if there is something special inside.

@Daniel Whitlow and with some extra rpms that would accelerate babbit wear, and it usually shows itself in the bottom of the crankcase.

Very similar to operate for sure! The G just has a little more "thump" to it. What part of the country are you in, Robert? I am in Colorado somewhat near Denver, but originally from Ohio.

Thanks Hyatt! Some of the videos like these that I make are in hopes to preserve some of the maintenance procedure information for future generations.

Lol, it was already uploaded and scheduled for publish! I do feel good about it being OK at the moment for at least anything I’ll do with it, which isn’t much. I am hopeful that pressure comes up after cleaning it out real good though. I will most definitely share what I pull out of it. Feels thick.

@@TractorHoarders I'm just giving you a hard time. Ha ha. I'm sure there is plenty of sludge in the bottom, judging by when you pulled the plug, yet it was still "plugged", If say it's a fair assumption.

And a few hours on "D." My older brothers spent a LOT of hours on "D"s.

Those are all excellent tractors! This G is my first experience into the G family tree (G,70,70D,720,730). They all started with a good bloodline! 😁 I’d love to come across a deal on any of those you mention. To keep inline with the letter series, I’d like a D and H too.

Hopefully you can take some time to get it going again. It’s a great feeling to get one working after sitting so long,

Dying to get it done, doesnt help when its 50 miles from electricity. Horse traded my grandfather (who it came from) a bunch of work on the 46 D2 for the wide front off the styled A that had the farm hand. My goal is to just have it kickin around the place with a small front loader for pulling and moving engines and maybe a little gardening. I have a fairly decent assortment of antique yard art, but some of it could go again, the two sicle bars and the spud digger work. We have a 37 A at the ranch that still chooches too. Plan was to fix the pinion clutch in the D2 and take it down to our old homestead place (that hasnt ranched since the early 70s) and drag the A and the B up to the house and try to figure out a way to get them to the top of the hill to put on a trailer, or fix the low road that washed out. After about the 5th time of pulling the pony we succeded in mostly - partly fixing the pinion and ran out of summer time. Fast forward a couple years, grandfather is 79 in two days and slowing down and i live on the other side of the state. Need to make some time for it though, for multiple reasons. I appreciate the video, was a boon to my motivation.

Yes, I agree with that!

You're right. A previous owner of this tractor must have swapped them out. The pressed steel wheels that I have are usually desirable by people into tractor pulling because it allows them to cut weight to get into lower classes. I personally wouldn't mind swapping these out back to the original cast center wheels.

Haha, I think they have accepted the fact that I am their neighbor and it's just how I am. I do a lot of snow removal for our neighbors in the winter, so they put up with me. :)

Thanks Chuck, I’ll give it a try. Do you think this will work even with very solid and thick sludge at the bottom?

@@TractorHoarders yes and change filter we would do this every time we’d buy a used tractor or truck we’d do this until the oil was clean enough. Remember this RPM’s means wear the old johnnies were low RPM’s that’s one reason they last longer without major problems. All the other had twice the RPM’s wear out faster and cost twice as much or more to repair or overhaul. Have a nice popping weekend.

Hi Noah, I can not claim to be an expert on this subject and I know many people have a wide variety of opinions on oil and filters. To my knowledge, NAPA filters are manufactured by WIX. Whether or not they are better or worse than John Deere (not sure who makes those... maybe Baldwin?), I do not know. It'd be interesting to find a side by side comparison where they are cut apart. Thanks for the comment! Maybe I'll get a few filters and do that comparison in a future video.

@@TractorHoarders I'm sure you know a lot tractors as well I got a John Deere g as well It definitely has some horsepower to it I need to get it out and run it again and believe I got it on KZfaq it would just be under my name

@@noahhelmuth6497 Cool, I will check it out! I have wanted a G for a long time.... like 20 years. I just recently got this one and am very happy to start learning about it. I've never actually worked mine, but am looking forward to doing some plowing with it.

Observing you changing oil. Having grown up on a G spent many days in the field on it have many stories to tell. But i do not recall the oil filter being in that location. I am 77 maybe my memory is fading

You could dilute the oil with about 50% diesel fuel to rinse the crankcase and block out. Let it run at medium idle without pulling anything then drain. Diesel fuel has lubricating qualities plus cleaning.

I bet you’re right about the carburetor leaking as straight through. The float might have gotten stuck or hung open and let gas keeping running in.

I’m going to try your suggestion with 50/50 oil and diesel. Thanks!

Oh man, The Pipe. I loved that. Do they even still have it? They introduced it years back with a new Oreo shake (not the current one). Or so I’ve heard. Lol 😏

@@TractorHoarders To my knowledge, they do not, but I hardly watch TV or go out to eat.

You've got me scared now! It's got an awful lot of sludge in it. I hope it's not that. Thanks for the info!

@Tractor Hoarders Who knows the last time it was flushed. Read an old operator's manual. After draining the oil, you filled the crankcase with kerosene and ran it for a few minutes then drained it and changed the filter and added oil. NON DETERGENT OIL. Don't let it bother you. Use 30wt detergent oil, clean the vent filter. You can remove the crankcase cover and see how much play the rods have. You also might be able to just replace the crank babbits. Get a good shop manual and have fun. I bought a 47 A once that had sat for 17 years. Fresh gas, cleaned the points, made sure nothing under the valve cover was stuck. Fired it up and drove it on the trailer.

Yep!! 😁

haha! My neighbors are extremely forgiving. I'm sure it helps that I do a lot of snow removal for the neighborhood in the winter. Man, finding ball bearings rolling around in the crank case would be scary. Glad you found the cause. I guess in a way you lucked out that it was an easy fix! :)

That’s where I live but not the only property I own. Welcome to my channel and check out my other videos.

@@TractorHoarders I used to cultivate with one of those, it'll make you go deaf sitting on that all day with no ear protection

@@logpile1318 I totally believe it! When I was younger I never wore hearing protection, but now I’m starting to. I’m sure a long day in the field could leave your ears ringing all night!

What's been done to the tractor engine wise? It doesnt sound 100 percent stock

Lucas, I’m not sure, but I agree that it doesn’t sound stock to me. I just got it a few months ago at auction and couldn’t ask the previous owner anything unfortunately.

Definitely good stuff. I run Rotella T6 in my truck, and T4 in some of my tractors.

No it doesn't, test show the walmart oil he put in has more zinc,

Rotella T does not have as much zinc in it as it used to

It was so thick in the bottom of that crank case! I put my finger in and could feel it all over. I'm going to try and open it up and take a peek in there. It feels like I may need to scrape it out of there. I'll have a follow-up video on this.

I get it at Walmart. I’m not picky about oil brands in these old tractors because everything produced today is better than what was available in the 1950s.

@@TractorHoarders Good point! A lot of technical data indicates SuperTech is pretty good stuff.

Haha, I don't think I can go back after using this new fangled stuff. lol. Both do the job and are similar prices. I think the Super Clean absorbent really works better... like less material to suck up more mess.... that kinda thing.

Agreed! Totally disappointing to find that. Kind of hard to believe some people just do no maintenance.

It was about as hot as I could get it without doing some real work. It felt like it was about an inch thick on the bottom of the crankcase. Crazy!

through the magic of video editing, you didn't see it running for a half hour prior. no one would watch that :)

@@TractorHoarders how long did you let it cool for? I take it out right away after i turn the key off in my farmall 450

@@henryofskalitz2228 same for me. I changed it immediately after shutting down. That stuff had been in there a while. Scary.

@@TractorHoarders ooooffffff

Yeah you can. I haven’t tried that because I guess I’m being stubborn and assume something is clogged. If that’s an easy fix, I’m for it. ☺️