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John Deere Van Brundt seed doors

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Owen555

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I recently got a Van Brunt FB137A and am reviewing the manual on operating and setup. The manual references setting the seed doors for various size seed using a hooked tool. I briefly looked at my doors and found they are not all set the same and everything is so grungy I cant tell for sure which slot they are set in. Tomorrow I will clean and adjust tomorrow but have a question. How do you adjust the doors? Does the tool hook in a hole on the door, or does the the tool just pull the door forward in the slot? Do you push the door rearward to change slots, then pull forward to engage a new slot? The manual didnt go into depth on adjustment so that is why I have questions, and can it be done by grabbing with needlenose pliers?
 
I just use a flat blade screwdriver to pry the lever up it helps to soak the lever at the pivot point where it connects to the door
 
SV's got it covered, study up on what you need to do (where the "doors" need to be for what you are drilling), oh, yeah, first off you may as well lube up the front of the little "doors" where the latch pivots so it can soak a bit while you figure this out, then pry the latches up, tip the "doors" forward" and clean any debris out behind 'em, then tip 'em back in put the latch on the correct slot on the right or left side, as required.
 
(quoted from post at 01:44:11 05/26/19) SV's got it covered, study up on what you need to do (where the "doors" need to be for what you are drilling), oh, yeah, first off you may as well lube up the front of the little "doors" where the latch pivots so it can soak a bit while you figure this out, then pry the latches up, tip the "doors" forward" and clean any debris out behind 'em, then tip 'em back in put the latch on the correct slot on the right or left side, as required.
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Ditto. If seeds are left in cups the doors will get very rusty or even deteriorate.
 
It has been years since I did that. It is why I was going to go back to a McCormick when I quit farming. Take a box of bandages with you when you go to start as that job is nothing but a knuckle buster and skin scraper. One of the worst ideas Deere ever had.
 
I have never been cut or scraped adjusting the door it isn?t hard to do with either a screwdriver or needle nose pliers
 
I cleaned the cups this am and found the latches and will give them a shot of pb blaster before starting. I got sidetracked and pulled the wheel/drivechain cover. What a mess, 5 lbs of grease, dirt, chaff, and rats nest. I removed the chain and started soaking it. I found the chain tensioner only works when the wheel is traveling forward. Is this by design, or is my tensioner screwed up?
 
As bad as I got my hands hurt trying to adjust them is why I was just ready to junk the drill that was good otherwise. No way to get hands in there to do things without busting a knuckle.
 
(quoted from post at 23:09:54 05/26/19) As bad as I got my hands hurt trying to adjust them is why I was just ready to junk the drill that was good otherwise. No way to get hands in there to do things without busting a knuckle.
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When adjusting seed doors on an older JD fluted feed drill my hands/knuckles don't get close to drill parts because I used a "long screwdriver" with the flat end bent up at 90 angle. The correct tool can make some tasks easier/safer.
 
Long tool would not help any as I could not even see the parts and just had to go by feel to tell where doors were set. So without seeing things only way is to feel them. And to feel you have to get your hands in there.
 
It?s probably designed that way is my guess . You shouldn?t back up with a disc drill when the openers are in the ground or with the seed drive engaged although sometimes with the power lift drills you get in a bind and have to because you can?t go forward far enough for the lift to raise the drill
 
This will be almost a new experience for me as I havent drill beans since I was a kid, and Im now 67. Back then we used the old Oliver Superiors, wood boxes, and tall steel wheels.
 
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