Thanks for all the great advice. I am glad to hear that most of the advice given was to leave the tractor as configured from the factory. I just didn't want to go that route if the experts here didn't agree.
I installed a new 2 gauge battery cable and Autolite 216 plugs. Then I followed the procedure that jCarroll described. This indicated that everything was functioning as it should, so I pulled the starter knob....the tractor started right up and runs perfectly! Thanks to jCarroll and everyone else.
The attached picture shows the tractor in its current state. It is a 59 year old tractor and is far from new condition, but compared to the tractors on my family's GA dairy farm it's just getting broke in! My wife's grandfather worked the railroad and really only used the 40-S for gardening and maintaining the 3-5 acres around their SC home. (The rest of their land was always rented to a neighboring farm family). I also have the mid cultivators, rear tool bar and cultivators, two wheel weights, two front weights, a 2-bottom plow, and 3-pt hitch disc that was all purchased new. I also have the original bill of sale for all of this vintage JD equipment. The tractor was repainted in 1990, but everything else is in its original form. Does anyone have any idea what this package is worth? I have no intentions of selling any of it, but I don't really know if it's valuable or very common.
I have new 6.50-16 front tires and plan to buy new 12.4-24 rear tires in the near future. The only other parts the tractor really needs is a new front grill and a battery cover (it's missing). Is there any reason I should not buy an aftermarket grill and battery cover? Any other restoration comments or suggestions?
Thank you again to all of you 2-cylinder JD experts!
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