I'm working on fixing up a John deere 318 that has been sitting for 20 years. A video will be out on my channel soon, but I might need some parts for it. I'm not gonna know for a few more days because I just figured out why it wasn't pumping fuel from its tank. The video should be all on my channel somewhere around January 10th. If you buy any chance, have the rear two thousand rpm pto i might buy it off you.
I wish I could help you with the rear PTO, but I've never had one on any of my tractors. I bought and installed one on my uncle's 318 back in 2017 but that's the closest I've ever come to owning a kit. I'll keep an eye out for you though.
I should make an update video soon - you may need to build a jig to split the main case from the rear axle housing, as the dowel pins won't let them separate without a fight. I built two plates out of 1/4" steel, one that uses the shifter quadrant holes and the other one that uses the top 3 rows of holes on the back of the rear axle housing, then split them apart with a bottle jack and a few blocks of wood.
I guess metal that has been bolted together since the 50s would be a little tough to get apart. I still need to get my hubs off the axles. I'm afraid the pinion gear is rusted pretty bad inside
You seem like someone who would know, lol. if I were planning a restoration on a 318 where do I source parts these days? I always wanted one and finally found a good one.
The nice thing about 318's is that parts are still pretty easy to get for them - Deere has kept parts in stock for many years due to the 318's being so popular, but within the last year or two they have slowly been discontinuing the more obscure (slower-moving) parts for them. Not really an issue though, as most good dealers still have plenty of stock left on their shelves and there are plenty of used parts sellers (myself included) who specialize in these 300/400 series tractors. Most of the critical Onan engine parts are still available through OnanParts.com, Boomer's Onan Parts, or most Cummins dealers.
Would you happen to have any Onan performer 16’s for sale either built or rebuildable? I have a miller bobcat welder/generator I would like to rebuild the engine on but don’t want to down it until I have something ready or close to drop back in it. Would like to at least find cylinder heads so I can have the machine work done ahead of time.
Unfortunately I don't have any at the moment. Most welder/generator engines had tapered crankshafts specific to those applications and are not the same as the engines used in tractors. All my parts engines have straight cranks rather than tapered, so nothing I have would work.
I would get some. However due my running boards on my pickup damages from clipping a guard rail at a slow speed which Im okay in physical, mentally I got so mad, resulting the right rear tire blow out results in replacing all four tires and new pare of rrunning boards. That add me up $2500 in replacements. Currently, the pickup is getting the running boards on slow progress due the daylight. Now the small engine on the 18.5HP B&S Intek from my Cub cadet LT1018. I got the pulley off with a small propane torch and a pulley removal. Pulley is so bent can't re use it. Now I'm preparding to remove the engine crankcase. Hopefully it's the governor gear replacement and going to replace the crank gasket and that one gasket ring that goes throught the crankshaft.
Wow John, sounds like you've had a lot going on lately. Glad to hear you were OK and that your truck will be fixed. Those crankshaft pulleys on the vertical Briggs engines never seem to come off without a fight, I've been there before on an LT1024.
I was never a fan of the Dubuque tractors to be honest, but I recently learned that my grandfather demoed the very first 420V when it was brand new in 1956, and it was found 11 years ago on a farm 8 miles away from where I grew up. So now naturally I have to have one myself. New Jersey farmers were responsible for the initial design and field testing of the V series of tractors, and apparently the dealers local to my hometown sold about 2/3 of all the V's that were sent to the Baltimore branch house.
@@MichaelTJD60 I figure y'alls area up there would be the best when it comes to finding any of the 40V/420V/430V tractors. And there are probably quite a few in California, along with the High Crops. I'm 50/50 on Dubuques. I kind of love them, I kind of don't. Never been around one, only ever messed with Waterloo-built two cylinders. I need to find me an L or LA someday, I think they were the only two cylinder built in Moline if I remember correctly.
@@NEAFarmKid4010 I know of an L and LA for sale in rough shape near the Jersey Shore if you're looking for a few projects. And yes, to my knowledge at least the L was built in Moline.
Wow, wish I could find an old Ford like yours out here on the Kaliforne coast. Good luck with the sale!
Ok, thank you for responding.
Happy New Year Mike! Wow those Onan’s must have been happy the way they multiplied.
LOL. Funny how that happens - sometimes they just appear randomly! Happy New Year, Jon!
I'm working on fixing up a John deere 318 that has been sitting for 20 years. A video will be out on my channel soon, but I might need some parts for it. I'm not gonna know for a few more days because I just figured out why it wasn't pumping fuel from its tank. The video should be all on my channel somewhere around January 10th. If you buy any chance, have the rear two thousand rpm pto i might buy it off you.
I wish I could help you with the rear PTO, but I've never had one on any of my tractors. I bought and installed one on my uncle's 318 back in 2017 but that's the closest I've ever come to owning a kit. I'll keep an eye out for you though.
@@MichaelTJD60Thanks!!
Im not far behind you on the disassembly. Maybe Monday ill get the transmission disassemble and start splitting it from the rear end.
I should make an update video soon - you may need to build a jig to split the main case from the rear axle housing, as the dowel pins won't let them separate without a fight. I built two plates out of 1/4" steel, one that uses the shifter quadrant holes and the other one that uses the top 3 rows of holes on the back of the rear axle housing, then split them apart with a bottle jack and a few blocks of wood.
I guess metal that has been bolted together since the 50s would be a little tough to get apart. I still need to get my hubs off the axles. I'm afraid the pinion gear is rusted pretty bad inside
You seem like someone who would know, lol. if I were planning a restoration on a 318 where do I source parts these days? I always wanted one and finally found a good one.
The nice thing about 318's is that parts are still pretty easy to get for them - Deere has kept parts in stock for many years due to the 318's being so popular, but within the last year or two they have slowly been discontinuing the more obscure (slower-moving) parts for them. Not really an issue though, as most good dealers still have plenty of stock left on their shelves and there are plenty of used parts sellers (myself included) who specialize in these 300/400 series tractors. Most of the critical Onan engine parts are still available through OnanParts.com, Boomer's Onan Parts, or most Cummins dealers.
I'd be interested in the Kubota binder
Send me an email at mtrazzera@gmail dot com
Would you happen to have any Onan performer 16’s for sale either built or rebuildable? I have a miller bobcat welder/generator I would like to rebuild the engine on but don’t want to down it until I have something ready or close to drop back in it. Would like to at least find cylinder heads so I can have the machine work done ahead of time.
Unfortunately I don't have any at the moment. Most welder/generator engines had tapered crankshafts specific to those applications and are not the same as the engines used in tractors. All my parts engines have straight cranks rather than tapered, so nothing I have would work.
I would get some. However due my running boards on my pickup damages from clipping a guard rail at a slow speed which Im okay in physical, mentally I got so mad, resulting the right rear tire blow out results in replacing all four tires and new pare of rrunning boards. That add me up $2500 in replacements. Currently, the pickup is getting the running boards on slow progress due the daylight. Now the small engine on the 18.5HP B&S Intek from my Cub cadet LT1018. I got the pulley off with a small propane torch and a pulley removal. Pulley is so bent can't re use it. Now I'm preparding to remove the engine crankcase. Hopefully it's the governor gear replacement and going to replace the crank gasket and that one gasket ring that goes throught the crankshaft.
Wow John, sounds like you've had a lot going on lately. Glad to hear you were OK and that your truck will be fixed. Those crankshaft pulleys on the vertical Briggs engines never seem to come off without a fight, I've been there before on an LT1024.
Wouldn't mind having me a 40V or 420V someday. That being said, kinda had my mind on a 430C too....
I was never a fan of the Dubuque tractors to be honest, but I recently learned that my grandfather demoed the very first 420V when it was brand new in 1956, and it was found 11 years ago on a farm 8 miles away from where I grew up. So now naturally I have to have one myself. New Jersey farmers were responsible for the initial design and field testing of the V series of tractors, and apparently the dealers local to my hometown sold about 2/3 of all the V's that were sent to the Baltimore branch house.
@@MichaelTJD60 I figure y'alls area up there would be the best when it comes to finding any of the 40V/420V/430V tractors. And there are probably quite a few in California, along with the High Crops. I'm 50/50 on Dubuques. I kind of love them, I kind of don't. Never been around one, only ever messed with Waterloo-built two cylinders. I need to find me an L or LA someday, I think they were the only two cylinder built in Moline if I remember correctly.
@@NEAFarmKid4010 I know of an L and LA for sale in rough shape near the Jersey Shore if you're looking for a few projects. And yes, to my knowledge at least the L was built in Moline.