John Deere FB-B Grain Drill Restoration parts needed

Dromunds

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I'm restoring our John Deere FB-B Grain Drill, which is still in regular use. Several of the cast iron shoes have broken, and I also am in need of the rubber tubes that slide inside the shoes as well as the metal "funnels" that attach to the top of the rubber tubes that the seed and fertilizer falls into from the bins. I have some part numbers from a couple of the existing tubes and funnels (M18748 is the tube and BB3607M is the metal funnel) but John Deere wants $24 for each rubber tube and $61 for each metal funnel which is insane. Moreover, they say they cannot get a drawing in their computers of the parts to even confirm the parts are what I am looking for. I'm hoping that someone on the forum can help me out. I have a parts drawing in my operator's manual, but even that is not apparently available to the guy at the Deere dealership I am talking to. I need a lot of the tubes and funnels and I can't order blindly. What's more, I need a few of the cast shoes. Does anyone know where a person could look for the cast shoes - used or new - and how I can confirm the part numbers are what I need? The metal funnels for example are simple stamped metal pieces that should never approach $61 apiece so I think something is awry at the dealership. Thanks much for any help.
 
Chances are the new funnels will look nothing like the old ones. I might have some of the cast iron parts you are looking for but I need part numbers
 

Have you contacted Burrell Equip in Oklahoma for used parts? They were selling drill parts several yrs ago.
(580) 227-4494

Does your drill have single or double disk openers?

Have you looked at the parts catalogs at JDparts.com?
 
Thanks, I will try to get some part numbers for the cast iron shoes after i get home from work. Sometimes they are referred to as furrow openers and other times as the boot. The operator's manual also refers to the metal "funnels' atop the rubber tubes as "tube tops" in places.
 
It has single disc openers. Thanks for the tip on the Okla used parts lead. I will try to check JD Parts.com also
 
Where are you located I have a B model parts drill and may have some of what you need. I am located in Central Texas just east of Austin.
 
I was able to discern a number on a cast iron boot on our drill just now and it appears to be Z 82M. When I look at JD Parts online it
appears that this would describe a single disc short right hand boot with toe scraper. But its hard for me to see the drawing too good
online, its very fuzzy. It shows a part number of KK168M. Does that make sense? Anybody have any of these? Thanks.
 
I was able to discern a number on one of our drill's boots, Z 82M. This appears to be part number KK168M in the JD Parts Online drawing,
although hard to tell its fuzzy. Does that make sense? Its says single disc short right hand with toe scraper.
 
See my replies above regarding the part number. I believe it to be KK168M. The number stamped on one of our boots is Z 82M.
 
I'm in Wisconsin. Looks like the part number is KK168M. The boot has a number stamped in the cast which is Z 82M. JD Parts Online appears to show that as a single disc, short right hand w toe scraper, and part number KK168M.
 

It appears your drill has the short openers. As I previously stated when I was employed at JD dealer in parts dept the boots that the dealership sold was the long boots.

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I wasn't really sure how I would tell if I needed the long or short boots until I noticed the number on the casting on our drill's boot. I don't
know how hard it will be to get some used, but I guess I will give it a shot now that I appear to have a part number. Thanks for your help
 
Bought a funnel from JD a couple weeks ago for a FBB. Part number was superseded and the part was described as plastic. But it turned out to be metal and exactly like the old one. I was happy to get it. But then, only needed one.
 
Deere quoted me a price of $61 for the metal funnel, which my operator's manual calls a "tube top". That seemed quite steep to me for a simple stamped piece of metal. But I have to admit I was encouraged that they still had the part to order, and I always appreciate support for vintage equipment
 
I needed some for an older McCormick drill, so I took one of the funnels and carefully took out the rivet. I then very carefully straightened it out so I had a pattern. I laid it on some new sheet metal, traced the pattern and cut out the trracing. From there I simply bent and shaped the funnel to the shape of the original one. To make 20 of them, I spent $18 for some sheet metal from a heating and AC company. A vise and some angle iron is all you need to do the bending.
 

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