John Deere R First Drive

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Ай бұрын

First Drive of our 1950 John Deere R that we recued from a field where it had sat for 20 years. We finally got the rear tires fixed and were able to drive it around.

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@tommckinley111 Ай бұрын

Awesome, beautiful spring day with the sound of a JD 2cyl diesel running down the road, imagining the days when that was a common sight and sound in our country, glad you guys are bringing a little of that back. Keep the good sights and sounds of history coming!

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

👍🏻 You got that right!

@johnalexander4356 Ай бұрын

Lord! I love that tractor! I can tell you do too. The smiles when it started tell that story. I spent many hours as a kid listening to those two cylinder diesels back in the Texas panhandle. There were still quite a few in use in the last 1960s. I do envy you finding such a jewel!

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

Yeah, it's hard not to smile when that diesel engine first fires. And with that straight pipe that's about 4 inches in diameter you can feel it!

@stevespangler6042 Ай бұрын

Love hearing those old johnny poppers run. Thanks

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

They do sound cool!

@lewiemcneely9143 Ай бұрын

Glad to see you and Pop getting that FINE ride going.............AGAIN! It'll sure make an addition for the farm! CHEERS!

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

Working together... Making progress... Making memories.

@lewiemcneely9143 Ай бұрын

@@jonelsonster That's what it's all about! Blessings to ALL YALL!

@lttl858 Ай бұрын

It was hitting better after driving. I think your right about putting it to work. On first start up, it wasn't running on a solid 2 cyls.......some injector pluggage is my guess. Put the rest of the additive in the fuel and get it under a good load. All in all after 20 years of setting you guys are making good headway.

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

It will be nice if we can get it reliably running on both cylinders without having to dig too deeply into the injectors... But if we do, it will be a good learning experience.

@timothykoller5210 Ай бұрын

Nice tractor great video thanks for making it.

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@larrydavidson3402 Ай бұрын

Good to see it up and running, I think your idea of putting it to work for a day is a good move.

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

Let it stretch out legs after resting for so long.

@wemedeeres4105 Ай бұрын

I’ve got a soft spot for those original paint tractors and boy is that nice clean straight original!

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

It's actually been repainted once already. You can see overspray on the plug wires and magneto of the pony motor. And you can see where the original Deere John Deere lettering was and then there is a second set of John Deere lettering slightly off. So it looks cool. But it's not original.

@weirddeere Ай бұрын

It's looking good, I'm part way thru and wanted to add a tip, when bolting up a tire with wedges like that, get them all snug, then place a block of wood or a vertical hammer handle close to the sidewall of the tire (but not touching), then spin the wheel and start cranking down the nuts. You can see if the tire is straight and crank the nuts down in a way to get it pretty straight.

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

That's a good tip. What we paid the most attention to was the amount of thread sticking out of each nut on the wedge lock. We tried to tighten them equally. It seemed to work ok... But now I'm kinda wondering how true the wheel is about the center. Luckily that's something that's pretty easy to check. Just jack the rear of the tractor and do as you say.

@AndrewHCann Ай бұрын

Excellent video Jolenestar :) also dad yes John Deere R tractor doing well and come together on repairs also more very good too! Yes think if running more in 5 th gear in down plus up hills grades losing up perfectly and running better too!

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@anthonyhengst2908 Ай бұрын

That's sounding good and the more it runs under a little load I bet it will only start sounding better.

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

That's what we're hoping for.

@shannonburns6724 Ай бұрын

Rebuilt them from the ground up. Loys of money oh but so nice.

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

I remember you commenting previously that you rebuilt yours and increased the fuel delivery to give it a little more power. I bet it's a sweet machine.

@randybhuuu7uuhuuhoopesz288 Ай бұрын

I want to come and drive it soon

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

You're welcome to!

@kodru27MC Ай бұрын

Can’t wait on the 830 rebuild

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

I need to do a video of the finished product. It is a very good running machine.

@kodru27MC Ай бұрын

@@jonelsonster and that r is running on one cylinder two

@clarencetrice4442 Ай бұрын

U 😊😊 done the right 👉 😊 thing by using a block of wood and a digging bar U have 2 lift the tire up from the bottom 2 get it 2 line up and put the wheel bolts in 😊🎉 OMG 5 27 2O24

@jonelsonster Ай бұрын

Getting a tire on is much easier with two people. And a little lever action definitely made this job easier.