Re: Farmalls Vs the Johnny Poppers

Posted by Joe Evans on February 02, 2004 at 07:55:27 from (209.41.233.30):

In Reply to: Farmalls Vs the Johnny Poppers posted by Ron H. on February 02, 2004 at 05:50:41:

For the most part, you're comparing apples to oranges as the JD 60 was a generation newer than the M, and thus would have more features. Having said that, my dad had a JD 60 with no P/S or live PTO, and it was a handful! As far as overall handling, an M beats it.

The worst feature about the JDs was the belt pulley/clutch arrangement. To position a JD and get it lined up for belt work, the clutch is engaged and the pulley turns--rather unhandy when backing up, aligning, and tensioning the belt all while the pulley is turning! In addition, a JDs power impulses are spaced farther apart as opposed to a 4-cyl, and under a heavy belt load, the impulses will tend to make the belt slap and chirp.

My brother pointed out to me a rather odd thing about the JDs and that was their carb placement which is above the engine. Forget to turn off the fuel, add a leaky float valve to the mix, and you'll have a crankcase/gearbox full of fuel. Think not? My brother pointed this out to a Club member with a JD--he had to admit that on one occasion, this happened to him. The leak was so bad, he had fuel running out the rear axle seals!

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