Advice on a JD A

Got a chance at a 1950 JD A that has a broken oil pump drive . It it hard to fix? How about carb rebuilding, Have done a few over the years but never a JD. I will try to get some pics to share .

If it is just the square coupling for the oil pump that isn't expensive and will just take some time to fix. Even if it is the actual pump, there were enough made that parts aren't all that hard to get or cost that much. Again you will be in it time. Rebuilding the carb isn't all that difficult if you have the right drill bills to drill out the passages that like to get plugged. The thing opens up into 2 pieces and you can get parts from the reputable carb parts folks. If you can get it for a fair price I wouldn't think twice.

You must be referring to the one in New York
with the wheels weight that don't go with the
tractor.. BTW If I was closer, I'd be bring it
home.. Good Buy & a Easy Fix....

Glenn, Think twice on what you said. Oil pump drive, that is engine lubrication and if that went then you have no oil pressure and if it was run like that then the engine has to be dissambled to even find out the problem and then probably would be needing all bearings, rod and main plus cranckshaft. Now if you are talking oil pump as in meaning hydrolick pump that is a different story and then would it be the internal PTO drive pump or the behind the mag type live pump? That tractor should be the 2 stick gearshift for that year and could be either power lift or power troll. More information is allways better.

It only ran for a second because I saw that there was no oil pressure. I bought the tractor with the engine stuck, got it freed up, straightened out the clutch, put a different carb on it and it started, but was shut down immediately. I bought it because I knew the history; My Father"s buddy"s Father in Law bought it new and farmed with it for years, a few years ago he approached us about all of the equipment except the A which he wanted to restore. We got a late B, an ABG snow plow, a number 5 mower, a 44 trip plow, a runnung gear and a few misc. items and I helped him get the A running...everything with the exception of the snow plow blade was always shedded to that point. He drove the A home about 20 miles, parked it by his tool shed and let it sit for about 6 years. Then called me last summer to see if I was interested, it had the engine stuck, and the brakes and clutch frozen. Once I had it started I shut it right down, and put it in the barn fully intending to make it this coming winter"s project as I luve As. Unfortunately we are in the middle of restoring a Super M and a "53 Jeep, and when base gasket went on my favorite tractor, our "48 A I took the head and block to be tanked and checked, found the head was junk and the block needed bored, so new pistons, rings...plus another block, and with money tied up in the other two projects something had to go because I wanna be plowing with the "48 this spring tryin" out that new 125thousandths over bore!
Anyway it is sold, was gone about an hour after I put it up, went to a collector in Owego, NY with whom we pull sometimes. It was a 1 stick tranny. Pete

I knew nothing about this tractor. Just remember a while back Glen was dealing on a tractor that was something completely different than what he thought it was. So I just wanted him to be aware of possibilities. Could it have been a 51 instead of a 50 as I thought all 50's had the 2 stick and the 51's started with the single stick?

We had one that was supposed to be a '49 and it was single stick, the ex-dealer we bought parts from thought since it had the one stick and battery under the seat with a magneto it was a '49.

leroy , been awhile since we have chatted , I didnt get to buy this one it sold quick,

Oh I wasn"t offended...it was good advice you gave! ...and yest it is a "51...ran the serial number...TY for the correction.

I think he was getting the A and B confused. The 47 to 52 B's all had the single stick and battery under the seat and I am not sure just when they went to the distrubutor but our 49 B had the mag. I think it was 1950. The 1950 AR had the Wico distributor while the 1951 A had a single stick and battery under the seat and Delco distributor. The 2 stick A's low gear was about the same as second in the single stick models with the rest of the gears acording.