Very nice video and good looking old jd.

My dad bought a1952 JD A in 1962 the year I graduated from High School. It was 50 miles away and I drove it to our farm. It didn't have an exhaust so the first thing we did was weld a pipe in place so it had a rear exhaust that really made it Pop-Pop. It was a workhorse for us plowing, baling, and even chopping corn. It didn't have live PTO but you learned how to handle it when you got to the end of a row. My most favorite tractor!

I love hearing those John Deeres run. It sure brings back some great memories. My Grandfather had a 60 and an M and later a diesel 2240 which I still have today. He sold the other two before I was old enough to handle the responsibility. I sure miss Him and the two cylinder sound that reminds me of him. I lost count of how many times I replayed the tractor sound part of this well-made video. Thanks for posting it. : )

Definitely enjoyed it, full view and thumbs up,,👍

Great video. The pop on the clutch is key. I'd alway put it in neutral and then pop the clutch in while parked. I'd cultivate 600 acres of Shiawassee County, Michigan corn every summer with the "A" listening to the engine pop in the early 60s. My brother would run the other "A" running through the corn. We used a 4 row cultivator. So we did 300 acres each twice through. "A" was smooth on gas. Eaglegards...

Good to see someone with the proper personal protective gear for working in the field.

Good video think it would be worth while to repair the electric start get that back in good working order. Get the lights working. Have a great day.

Nice to meet your Dad 👍

The late A’s are excellent tractors!

That John Deere is like a time machine, if only it could talk.

After watching the show again I really saw how battle scared that tractor is! You have your plans for the year, but it could be a beauty again.

Your grandpa had the right idea. The A never had a 3 point, that is an add on. The A had a solid mount for he mower. The mower "clamped on" to a pair of "stubs" on either side of the draw bar. Your mower has been altered in the mounting set up. Once that mower was on, the only movement up and down was the cylinder. There was an adjustment screw above the Pro shaft that looks like a bolt with a long cap on it. This is where you determine hydrau!ic cylinder or the rocker shaft that that is now hooked to the 3 point. The cover comes off and the adjustment screw is altered to put the hydraulics through the pioneers or the riockershaft.

Great video. Thanks.

nice john deere A , love the 3 point and the options you pointed out with the left side hyd

I've always loved these old Johnny's growing up. There's a farmer here in the area known as the John Deere guy who collects any and all old Johnny's he can find. So he has loads of them that he brings out every summer and lines them up in a big hay field he has closest to the farm so people driving by can see them. I don't know the model, but he has an early articulated JD 8-wheeler that sits amongst the other tractors that always has a JD snowmobile sat on it's roof. I found a segment a few years ago done by a local tv show that was interviewing him back in 1990/91 about his JD collection and he said it all started with his fathers or grandfather's model A or B, I don't remember which. We're not farmers ourselves so we didn't have many tractors but the one my grandfather did have was a Massey Harris 33. It was put away for the winter, properly winterized and fired up each time spring rolled around. It was a great machine, he always used it for dragging logs out of the woods. Sadly he sold it sometime in 2001 and got a newer smaller tractor with a loader setup on it. Which my father still has today. Like the Massey it fires up every time it's needed. :)

Don't worry about sharp clean corners. Just keep going around and any un-square corners will self correct as you proceed.

Good job starting tractor!

Please keep that tractor parked in its car port, and a little john deer green paint would be nice. Canada

Gosh Jordan, who's the intelligently dressed big guy running the Deere ? -- Hat, Shirt, Trousers and Boots ? -- How did he find his way into one of your videos ? --- There's times we watch your presentations and shake our heads ---------

I would bale the grass anyway; I often cut with the bush mower and let it sit for a few days, then rake it up and bale when cured. Just let the buyer know ther are weeds, and which weeds if you know what they are, to some it may not matter. I have a sickle mower but it's a pain in the a&& to hook up so I use the 3pt bush mower nowadays. Tractor sounds great, I have an old "A" as well but I need new rims for it. It had fluid in the tires that leaked and rotted them out. Reminds me I should call the tire shop and see if they found me some yet. :) Happy tractoring!

Although I couldn't see in detail, I think what you may have between the rear end of the tractor and the Power-Trol, is a Baker Valve. That gives you the extra set of remotes. I've got a Baker Valve on my JD G in a similar configuration to your A.

I used to roll start a "B" model. Always in6th gear with choke. I had to get off, start the roll by pushing the rear wheel and then hop on and engage the clutch.

At Lease the old man wears so shoes. You ever drop something on those toes you will too. LOL

Hey - nice work on getting the JD up and running. My great-grandfather had International Harvesters - I recall that giant red tractors working the sugar cane fields in South Louisiana. Have you shown your grandmother the video of your getting the JD back up and running? I am sure she is proud of you and so would your grandfather.

Thanks dad!

My dad had one and when before we started it we opened the pitcocks underneath to release compression, also opened when we killed it.

that looked like good hay for cows you could of big baled it and sold it in the field. just my two cents worth!!! that is a baker hydralic unit sandwiched in with the powertrol. had one on my 44 A that only had the rock shaft. that was an after market unit to add hydralics to your tractor back in the 50s !!! l be watchin!!!!!!!

Jordan: considering the diesel engine....how about wedging it into an FJ55....unreal- discovered a '76 in wonderful shape, 350 engine, sold for 6500. Damn

In flip-flops?

Hi Justin! I love watching the old tractor work. When I was a teenager I had a crank start Oliver tractor that was mine and I could just mess around with it. Love the video I was just wondering what kind of drone you use for filming? Keep up the good work

When you push the clutch to engage then pull it back out bc the motor can handle that high of gear to keep going depending on the hill small hill so it fast with choke then push that in fast to depending

Don't know if anybody mentioned it in the comments. But just to correct the people that told you to start it in a higher gear is incorrect. The reason why I'm telling you this is when you use a lower gear like first gear the gear reduction ratio works backwards so it will spin the engine faster at a lower speed starting the engine quicker. By using a higher gear ratio closer to the gear ratio one to one you are only turning that engine slowly like you are turning the tires and that's why you were having so much issue getting your it started at that slow speed dragging that brush cutter. But don't take my word for it you seem to be a pretty smart man when it comes to looking stuff up look up first gear ratio versus 5th gear ratio and talk to some of the old timers that had to live with that situation

Have a nice day.

If you sell your hay for horses, the weeds are actually good for them (in spite of what the owners say) and they like them. Just no foxtail.

Got to watch gyromowers , n old tractors, be sure the pro has overrunning clutch. Many funerals where caused by rotary mowers on tractors without live pto, mower blades keep turning when clutch is pulled, momentum from blades will power transmission , won't be able to stop!!

Can you not get a 2nd cut of hay off that field? Or lease it for grazing in the fall/winter? Why mow it?

Always pull start or roll start in high gear

show us how'd you tightened the clutch. I am going to get my Model B and it will be my first owning a tractor.

Don't know where you are getting your Agronomy advice but the best quality grass hay is in early boot stage, not when the seeds have developed. Early boot is just before the seed head emerges.

You as well get use to the choke I have used several A john Deere's and they all have to be choked or they will not start when cold

What’s wrong with the starter?

chock! Don't let it sit not running with the clutch engaged, If you don't use it for a while, it may get rusty and not work properly! you don't want the clutch freeze up in the engaged position!

What you call relief valves they are called peacocks,

OK.

No 3rd point? I guess I was spoiled when I was a kid and didn't know it.

Have hard time watching a farmer working on old JD with sandals on 🤬🤬🤬🤬