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Watching you work on getting that block out was making ME sweat and mumble all sorts of cuss words! I'm glad to follow along on this and see the progress. Slow but steady! I had to laugh when I saw the dirt cascade down when you broke loose the front axle mount. I'll admit I was disappointed to miss the struggle with the block studs (teasing haha). Those things are IN THERE, with some good interference threads! To get ours out it took a stud puller with and electric 3/4 impact, along with a big pipe wrench, and some majorly crossed fingers. Our machine shop refused to touch them and made us remove them haha

Great progress on the DI Mike! Any plans to take it to Classic Green in 2025?

Glad to see you’re making progress with the old DI, just made the comment to Courtney the other day that I was wondering how you were getting along with it. We appreciate the shout out as well. Hopefully we will have the rest of the show footage up soon, the C going down on us has taken up a lot of our time. Keep up the good work my friend and looking forward to the next one.

Wondering; were the original letters painted on or decals like you used ? The tractor looks real good

Where is the tool box

What was the idea behind having the clutch lever made that way?

From the title I was able to guess, "it's never that easy". I hate being right lol. You do great work! Its great to get a combination of machining and tractors. You did the clutch pretty much the way I made mine, though I only had an angle grinder. My homemade throttle broke after a couple years and I ground out my brazing to weld instead. So far so good. So happy to see progress on yours. One step at a time!

Great video of what looks like an amazing show! So nice to see so much of it!

Thanks for taking us along! I’ve never seen a 30 or 40 series with an open station and tricycle front… how cool!

I like John Dreere tractors

Another great video my friend, that’s a bummer about the fan shaft but I know you’ve got the skills and equipment to make it as good as new again

It was definitely a rough one in the shop! That 430 find was a tough discovery, it's easy to miss things in a complex system. I'm glad my 80s hydraulics were more cooperative! The DI seems determined to fight you every step of the way. I was going to mention making sure the fan side threads were good, mine shot the fan into the radiator. Yours decided to give out on the other end! Mine got welded back up and rethreaded

I had a 1939 and a 1946 model H. Wish I still had both of them.

I've used a alligator clipped wire as a substitute ground on a plug for testing. I like the jumper cable idea as well haha. Better than laying it on a D block that's covered in gas.

One trick I've used for decals, have it firmly taped on top like you did, then peel the backing paper off from the top down, very slowly revealing the adhesive, pushing the decals in place as you work the backing paper off and down. It's nice to see all the detail work you put on your restorations, the details really matter. The wood block for the plug wires is a nice touch, at some point they moved to a set of 3, and it's mounted on the ventilator tube, the 30s era and later Ds at least.

That is by far the worst I’ve ever seen, but definitely a tractor worth saving, and I know it’s in good hands in your shop. I’ve seen my share of bent pushrods but never one that was bent that bad. Keep up the good work my friend

I had to add more after actually finishing the video. I am just astounded by how stuck everything is on this poor DI. The amount of carbon, crud, and actual dirt INSIDE the engine blows my mind. I can't picture how it would happen unless it was in dust storm after dust storm. I'm honestly NOT surprised by the wear you saw. It seems everybody wanted to squeeze every cent out of their D before it was finally retired. And they'd give it....and more. My DI was still a stock bore, but had .018 of taper....and the block had been replaced. Thank you for sharing, and it makes me think, "Gee, maybe my projects aren't THAT bad"

Before I get too deep into the carnage I wanted to share a tip for anybody messing with the carb on their D, replace that very hard to get inner carb bolt with a hex head bolt. That way you can get it with a ball end allen socket and it's much easier to work on

Thank you for another entertaining video reminding me of my struggles taking a DI apart! I have never seen a D pushrod bent that bad

She looks a little rough on the front half... A little patience, time, and elbow grease - it will live again!

Inside that carb made me go "Ugghh". She's definitely giving you a challenge. Challenges are good....right? Using that crankcase cover at the beginning was very illuminating just how badly it had rusted. My crankcase cover wasn't rusted, it was only dented....from the INSIDE out

Thank you for another tear down video. I feel your pain on this one as mine was in very similar condition.

She's rough, but if it casts a shadow it can be saved? LOL It's tough news to find something like that, but I think with the right amount of determination you can get it fixed up again. Dynamite might be required to get those pistons free.

Enjoy watching your DI videos! Thank you for making them and please show more as your continue the journey

A good place 2 start would W the john deere 2 cylinder collectors club / most likely that tractor 🚜 😊 was used 4 a high way tractor 🚜 they painted tractors yellow 4 road use 2 make them easier 2 see U need 2 take the sparkpkugs out and fill the cylinders up W spray oil or kerosene let soak it will take the next step would be 2 power wash the tractor 🚜 😊 get it clean then start on the sheet metal straighten out and fix 3rd sand blast the tractor 🚜 😊 4 the bolts U might get loose W spray oil maybe if not U will have 2 use a torch and heat them cherry 🍒 😊 red U know the carb and the magneto needs 2 be rebuilt and go from there 😊😊 OMG 5 14 2O24

I hope you can answer a question, I gave a D in my lower paster . I found the model number and serial number, dates back to 1934. I have the same yellow coming thru the green paint. Could this be a DI?

Looking forward to this project !

I'm excited to see you dig in too! That horizontal mill might be awful handy too! That side seat industrial option sure made getting it inside much easier lol

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Excited to see this one come back around!

Nice tractor I have a 46 D that a two had that they plowed snow with it has the wheels with the brake drums but no other parts so those wheels might be kind of easy to find ?

Здравствуйте, вы можете выложить больше видео про трактора John Deere. Мне очень нравится трактора этой марки

Чем отличается трактора модификации DI от R

Thank you for taking the time to show us your work.

I’m the world’s worst about having too many irons in the fire! The LA and the AR are jobs for other clients. It helps feed the addiction, but also gets me behind on my stuff. Yes, the AR has turning brakes and they are listed in the parts book as being available for them. I call it an AR because of the upright exhaust and air stack but the brakes say AO. Makes you wonder what the production records say. I have seen your bar tread front tires and I was leaning toward that or multi rib. The three rib would fit my 730 so we will see. Good hearing from you! Appreciate the comment!

It looks like you're as bad as me having many projects burning at once. It's nice when you hit a roadblock that you can keep making progress on something else. I can't wait to see more on everything. I have my biases of course, but the 430 looks like a nice little one. The AR.....it has brakes? It looks like the AO style brakes and I didn't think ARs had that style. Not nitpicking, just curious. I do wonder what you're thinking about front tires for the DI. I think you could put practically any design on them and be "right". The 30s were kinda wild with treads. Have you seen mine?

Kind of a rare find, there! I am doing a complete mechanical restoration on a 1927 D. She was worse off than this one, by far. I have a friend that may know where to locate wheels for a DI. I will send him this video and you never know!

First Poppa B, thanks for rescuing her, second, is it normal for a D of this age to be on rubber ? Thanks, Alex.

This poor DI just makes me wonder, what did it do to have ALL the wheels replaced!

An awesome find, and great walk through of all the special industrial details. A beautiful example of an "as found" DI! Many were repainted green, including mine. A couple of the things I noted, the airstack is definitely not Deere, as you said. You can find good reproductions at Detwilers. The generator and light setup is aftermarket. I've seen it a few times. Some Deere light setups used one headlight and taillight. A later one used two headlights, mounted on the radiator. Your extended throttle is straight up, but photos and surviving tractors have it bent at an approximate 45 degree angle so it can be reached from the other side. Whether you're brave enough to heat and bend is up to you! I'd love pictures of it. The seat is all aftermarket. There were FOUR different seat supports used on the DI....at least that I know about. I can show an example of them. The stuck engine sucks but I believe you can beat that monster. The hardest thing will be the wheel brakes....especially the wheels themselves. That period had 28 inch tires with a rear wheel specifically for it. Later 30 inch setups could be used. ALL the parts between the 28 inch setup and the 30 inch are the same, except the rear wheel castings. I've rambled on enough. I can help with any questions. Does the PTO housing appear to be original?

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I grew up around old John Deere model A’s and love the green tractors, I don’t know much about this particular model so this was a very informative video! It’s in good hands and I look forward to seeing you bring it back around in future videos!

Nice find! I’m confident if anyone can bring it back to life it’s you my friend. I’ll have to stop by and check it out next time we are over that way

very nice find! Do you want to sell it?

I see you have a lot of the unique DI parts including the extended brake control, the brake lever, the extended throttle and what looks like the double clutch. FYI I've tracked down 38 of these DIs. Yours would be a new addition

Nice find!! One of my favorite tractors, have had a few of them.. Don’t see many DI’s around for sure!!

DI should be yellow

The first DI built was restored and owned in ga. Absolutely beautiful tractor.

Love the videos keep me coming!

Thank you that was fun what a machine.