Brought home a John Deere A

Cjet · Aug 30, 2013

Just picked this one up today. The haul was pretty tough, had to pull it from across the road. Might have been almost 1000 feet total.

leon · Aug 30, 2013

She's got potential. Wow, that's one humongous looking plow bottom. How wide is it? I bet it would male old John pop!

Ray Durham · Aug 30, 2013

Looks like you have new tires and rims. What size are the tires & the rims?

Bob Harvey · Aug 30, 2013

What ? Too lazy to drive the thing ? ;^)

Cjet · Aug 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 15:25:57 08/30/13) She's got potential. Wow, that's one humongous looking plow bottom. How wide is it? I bet it would male old John pop!

The plow is an 18" sod buster.

Cjet · Aug 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 16:03:58 08/30/13) Looks like you have new tires and rims. What size are the tires & the rims?

The tires are 13.6 x 38 and the rims are 10" x 38". The tires are a bit on the rough side when you get up close, but will work fine for now. I sandblasted and painted the rims since they were already off the tractor and needed some better rubber mounted up to hold the tubes in place. The old tires were rotten with big splits in the sidewalls.

Cjet · Aug 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 17:05:31 08/30/13) What ? Too lazy to drive the thing ? ;^)

The PO said the oil pressure was getting low, but it has an automotive gauge in it that goes to 80 lbs. Wanted to check things out before trying to fire it up. Also have to get spark and fill the cooling system. Hopefully there are no big problems.

johndeerefan · Aug 30, 2013

Pretty nice looking early 47 model a you have. It has potential.

Ray Durham · Aug 30, 2013

I have a 1945 model A with 10 inch rims that needs new tires. I was wondering if 13.6 x 38 tires would work on 10 inch rims and I see yours look fine.

BushogPapa · Aug 30, 2013

I would be inclined to think your "A" came with 11" rims..

I just put a set of JD "A" (11") rims on my Late Styled "B", with Deep Tread 13.6x38 Firestone tires and mine look exactly like yours as far as tire width compared to rim width..

Great find..!!

Ron..

Cjet · Aug 31, 2013

(quoted from post at 19:57:02 08/30/13)
I would be inclined to think your "A" came with 11" rims..

I just put a set of JD "A" (11") rims on my Late Styled "B", with Deep Tread 13.6x38 Firestone tires and mine look exactly like yours as far as tire width compared to rim width..

Great find..!!

Ron..

I checked the rim width again and they are 10"

Cjet · Aug 31, 2013

(quoted from post at 18:27:56 08/30/13) Pretty nice looking early 47 model a you have. It has potential.

The serial # is 575xxx which I believe is a 1946 model.

johndeerefan · Sep 1, 2013

It is a 46. I was guessing judging by the drawbar that wasn't there. That is one of the few minor differences.

Cjet · Sep 1, 2013

I drained the engine oil and found a bit of sludge in the bottom so I popped the top cover for access to clean. Think I will drop the oil pump out so I can do a thorough cleaning and make sure the screen is clear and in good shape. Also pulled the grille and cleaned out the radiator, it was mostly plugged with dirt and debris. Couldn't have been much air flow. The shutter is rusted away on one side so I'll have to repair it or find a used one.

Cjet · Sep 3, 2013

Made a little more progress. I cleaned and inspected the oil pump which looks to be in good shape. The screen was half plugged with crud. Cleaned out the crankcase also. While its opened up I'm going to check the clearance on the rod bearings.

Bob Kerr · Sep 8, 2013

I just bought a JD B right across the road from me. It was a nice shape 1 family owned one. It was restored several years back and has sat inside a nice building since. Learning experiance for sure since I have all red in my shed! Got to get used to the hand clutch! I keep trying to use the left brake as the clutch! Haha!

Cjet · Sep 8, 2013

(quoted from post at 13:36:01 09/08/13) I just bought a JD B right across the road from me. It was a nice shape 1 family owned one. It was restored several years back and has sat inside a nice building since. Learning experiance for sure since I have all red in my shed! Got to get used to the hand clutch! I keep trying to use the left brake as the clutch! Haha!

If you have some pictures, feel free to post some. I always like to see other peoples toys.

Cjet · Sep 8, 2013

(quoted from post at 13:36:01 09/08/13) I just bought a JD B right across the road from me. It was a nice shape 1 family owned one. It was restored several years back and has sat inside a nice building since. Learning experiance for sure since I have all red in my shed! Got to get used to the hand clutch! I keep trying to use the left brake as the clutch! Haha!

If you have some pictures, feel free to post some. I always like to see other peoples toys.

Cjet · Sep 12, 2013

I pulled the flywheel off the A. It is leaking around the crank seal and needed the end play adjusted. While it was off I decided to paint the area behind the flywheel before putting it back together.

Cjet · Sep 14, 2013

I installed the new cork in the flywheel spacer, installed the flywheel, and got end play adjusted. Next I will check the rod bearing clearance.

Cjet · Sep 17, 2013

Checked the rod bearing clearance today. The #1 rod was .006 and #2 was .003 . I pulled some shims on #1 and got .003 there also.

Cjet · Sep 18, 2013

Got it fired up for the first time today. The oil pressure looks good so I guess my adjustments worked out. Now I need to fill the cooling system and check for leaks.

Cjet · Sep 19, 2013

I put water in the radiator and it leaks out almost as fast as I put it in. Looks like its time for a recore.

Cjet · Jan 13, 2014

Got a new radiator core. Now I need to find time to tear it down and install it.

rockyridgefarm · Jan 13, 2014

Thanks for posting the progression of your restoration. It's great to see how you go along on rehabbing one.

Cjet · Jan 13, 2014

Looks Like I will be welding up one radiator side support that is cracked. The filler flange will need replacing also. We'll see what the bolt flange area of the tanks look like when I get it torn down. When I rebuilt our AO rad, they were eroded and needed repair.

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