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Clooney
02-24-2002 08:45:17
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Re: A 1945 John Deere D (seized) in reply to Daniel N, 02-24-2002 07:51:22
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Daniel, you won't know what to expect until you get the tractor apart. It could just be light surface rust on the cylinder walls & will free right up. Or more than likely severe rust & pitting on the cylinder walls that will need the pistons pressed out & sleeves installed. ~Buying a seized "D" is always a crap-shoot & the seller usually wins.
~You probably should go into the deal figuring the worst & if it turns out to be in better shape than expected you are ahead on the deal.
~Buying a non-seized tractor is usually (but not always) cheaper in the long run.
~If possible, pull the spark plugs & look for thick scaly rust on the electrodes, then pull the petcocks & look for dry rust on the petcock threads in the cylinder, if either are found, expect the worst. ~If the seller will let you, pull the rocker cover off the front of the head & look for severe rust on the rocker arms & valves, if found expect the worst.
~See if the clutch will operate & the pulley will turn, if not expect the worst.
~Move the fan blade tip to see if the there is any play in the fan/governor gears, if none found, suspect a frozen governor & the worst.
~If the exhaust is open & it was stored outside, expect the worst.
~If it was found in a tree line & sat outside for years expect the worst.
~Pistons, sleeves & cylinders for the "D" are getting expensive & a lot of machine shops don't have the travel in their mill quill to bore the block correctly, so keep that in mind.
~Unless there is something special about that particular D, like wheels, or the s/n, you would probably be farther ahead to buy a running D.
~Unless the tractor is being sold as an estate settlement, of by a non-tractor person suspect the seller knows more about the condition than he is letting on, if it is as easy to un-stick as most sellers try to tell buyers they would have un-stuck it themselves, as it is worth much more un-stuck.....
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