Question on a John Deere Model A

Two days ago I was looking a a John Deere model A. The year to the serail came to 1941. The person who is selling could not tell me any thing about it (because he had took it away from his son for money that his son owed him). My question is this tractor is hand cranked. There are two tanks for fuel on it. One is Red cap (which I think is gasoline). The other one is a silver cap (which I think is diesel or kerosine? Did John Deere put any diesel engines in a model A ? Could it be just gasolone or kerosine. I like the JOhn Deere it is in Parade ready condition. Never bought a tractor in excellant shape.Please let me know thanks Brent
 

Sounds like a tough dad.
assuming the red cap is on the smaller tank, it is for gasoline and traditionally only used for starting. The larger tank contained tractor fuel, power fuel, distillate, whatever you want to call cheaper fuel that was often used. Yeah, it was something like kerosene.
Deere never built a diesel A.
 
because of the circumstances you may be in line for a good deal as long as you don't mind the hand start part.
 
Thank you so much for letting me know about the john Deere not build a model A as a diesel.Some body was trying to tell me that but some how I thought it was wrong. I do know know that the secound fuel was kerosin Not diesel.Would it damage it any if I just ran gasoline in it all the time? yes I have made up my mind that I will buy the tractor.Thanks for all the imformation you have been a big help to me. thanks again Brent.
 
Dual fuel tractor, would start on gas, once warmed up, switched to tractor fuel. Most folks just use the big tank and burn gas. Kept tuned up and once you crack the code on starting it, hand start aint so bad. Have fun with it.
 

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