1935 John Deere B at the bridge

The b took a stroll today...running pretty good...got a chirp somewhere in the engine plus a puff blue smoke once in a while. The exhaust valve and guide were a little sloppy when I had the head off. I should have replaced the valve and guide then but I didn't. Check out the video and some other pics

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I have a 1935 B on steel and I can trace it history back to 1940 when my grand father got it. I even have the owners manual that came with it when it was new

Meant to say it is serial number 9405

That's what you call a keeper right there, nice.
I'm thinking the chirp is from an occasional stuck exhaust valve not closed by maybe 1/2 millimeter or less. Changing the guide would only help possibly if you had access to the proper sized valve guide reamer to straighten the hole out with and that might be the issue here as well, it may have never seen a reamer since the factory. People that do valve jobs for a living learn about the absolute rule of using a reamer after replacing valve guides and people that don't do valves to put food on the table don't seem to know about how extremely vital that reamer treatment is. Sadly it's a thing just not talked about enough for everybody to be on the same page about. One should use a reamer just in case the hole isn't straight for the past 40 years too, I don't know the history on it, but I do know a crooked valve guide hole will easily cause valves to hang open. So if it's getting lube, it might still work itself in and quit the chirp after a good deal of running, but heavy work might lead to a burnt valve as well. Just putting around isn't a great risk for a burnt valve, but 8 hours of full throttle grunting would be sort of asking for it on a modern engine. These are built a good deal more solid, but the exhaust valve has to be on the seat to cool off just the same. I'd putt with it for a couple years to see if that chirp shows any signs of going away and if not, then do the reamer thing on it with or without a new guide as you see fit. Might find a used reamer on eBay in the meantime for much less than buying a new one. Shows might be another source if you have some close or attend them.

4458 here old

Sad to see that your is sitting on cut off steel wheel instead of the factory rim for the rubber tires. By the way here is a question for you. How do you have a flat tire on a steel wheel tractor??

Built 4-08-35 Eugene Oregon.

Yep it's still here

Very nice looking B! I still have a B 10609 that my Dad had. It has been well used and
is wore out. You can turn the steering wheel almost 180 degrees before the front wheels
turn. It had a loader on it alot of years with fluid in the back tires. The rimes are
half rusted off from manure and fluid. It is loose , but not close to running ( I wish
it was).

Looks like 40 inch tires on the back?

38 on mine