On your tractor when one piston is at TDC (top dead center) the other is at the bottom of the stroke. However it does kind of run lopsided and that gives it the characteristic JD 2 cylinder sound. When one cylinder fires the next one fires in 180°, then it turns 540° before it fires again. That make it normally stop about the same place and will cause the ring gear to wear more in one place.
Nice; I was born in 1979. I have a 1955 Model 60 that came with the property we bought in 2016. The tractor had been sitting for at least 25 years, $300 in fluids, carb rebuild and some days their little crap and I use to to farm now. Hell, the front tires were 44 years old, the rear not much newer. It’s a beast.
Covid-19, nice story on your 60. Happy to hear that you revived it! Wonderful old tractors. I like your username. We would get along well together. Surprised youtube has not censored you. best your way. steve
When I was a kid, almost every garage had a contraption that they called a growler, which was used to test the armatures of starters and generators. Testing required removing the armature and I remember going through this process of removal and disassembly many times with our 60, and with the (1949) B. When the B was in almost complete retirement, we sent the starter in to be rebuilt. Unfortunately, they had a fire and the starter for the B went up in smoke. Since we almost never used that tractor anyway, we struggled along without going to the trouble of finding a replacement starter, by hand cranking, tow starting, or just parking it on a hill on the few occasions when we did need it running. Traded the 60 and sold the B long before the internet existed.
Kenneth, Thanks for the memories. I remember the growler thing from High school shop class. Used to verify the windings i think? The starters for the old 2 cylinder tractors are hard to come by. Very expensive when you can find them.
@@flyboyslc1 If memory serves, the B, which was the last remnant of our collection of two cylinder John Deere tractors, left our farm sometime in the 1970s. The growler could be used to tell if the windings were functioning, by using typically, a hacksaw blade to check for a magnetic field. Loooong time ago when I last saw one used or had cause to use one lol. Good to see and hear the 60 operating.
@@kennethstanton5407 Ken, my grandfather traded a JD 50 for the 60 in about 1965 or so. It has been in the family now for 56 years. Manufactured in 1952 same year I was born. I used to ride it when a boy as my grandfather cultivated corn. It will be with me as long as I am alive. Just a special tractor that I truly like a lot. Nice to see that the value of these old 2 cylinders are starting to rise, and a lot of people really like them
@@flyboyslc1 nice. My father started with John Deere when his family bought a 15/27 D, new. He went to a John Deere tractor school that they provided because service wasn't exactly widely available. My uncle's farm was 40 miles away and we used to work together, often driving or towing tractors between the farms, which is good for a ton of colorful stories. Between us, we had nearly the whole set of lettered two cylinders and 50, 60, 70 sets. In 1965 we started the move to larger diesel tractors, with a 4020, a Case 830 and rapidly followed with a Case 930, 1370, IH 1468 (V8). Now none of those qualify as big tractors. Moved to serious horsepower by the 1990s roughly. I remember running the 4020 and 930 almost 24/7 for fall plowing. And before that, we covered a LOT of acres with the 60 and similar tractors pulling 3 furrow plows. Times have changed.
Thanks Ken, I will admit that I mis-spoke. I think i have always been mesmerized by the exhaust note being just about perfectly timed at equal intervals, but I think that is because of the exhaust manifold runner length to the exhaust pipe. I do have a bad job to do on this tractor. An exhaust gasket is blown, and the manifold had not been off of that tractor since 1979. Getting those studs out of the block i suspect will not go well.
Hi there, Just google "starter drive for John Deere 60" and a lot of options come up. I suspect most if not all of them are made in china, but the one I bought is still working perfectly.
Mako, Since i have retired and dont have nearly as much need to drive I decided to sell the C4. A 25 year old saw the car and just had to have it. Sold it to him at a fair price. Still have the c5 and c7
On your tractor when one piston is at TDC (top dead center) the other is at the bottom of the stroke. However it does kind of run lopsided and that gives it the characteristic JD 2 cylinder sound. When one cylinder fires the next one fires in 180°, then it turns 540° before it fires again. That make it normally stop about the same place and will cause the ring gear to wear more in one place.
Yes Jim, I misspoke. I think I was remembering my Triumph 750 engine! And not the old two cylinder JD’s that have the 180/540 strokes.
Nice; I was born in 1979. I have a 1955 Model 60 that came with the property we bought in 2016. The tractor had been sitting for at least 25 years, $300 in fluids, carb rebuild and some days their little crap and I use to to farm now. Hell, the front tires were 44 years old, the rear not much newer. It’s a beast.
Covid-19, nice story on your 60. Happy to hear that you revived it! Wonderful old tractors. I like your username. We would get along well together. Surprised youtube has not censored you. best your way. steve
Nice video, may be doing same thing to my 60.
Thanks Ted!
When I was a kid, almost every garage had a contraption that they called a growler, which was used to test the armatures of starters and generators. Testing required removing the armature and I remember going through this process of removal and disassembly many times with our 60, and with the (1949) B. When the B was in almost complete retirement, we sent the starter in to be rebuilt. Unfortunately, they had a fire and the starter for the B went up in smoke. Since we almost never used that tractor anyway, we struggled along without going to the trouble of finding a replacement starter, by hand cranking, tow starting, or just parking it on a hill on the few occasions when we did need it running. Traded the 60 and sold the B long before the internet existed.
Kenneth, Thanks for the memories. I remember the growler thing from High school shop class. Used to verify the windings i think? The starters for the old 2 cylinder tractors are hard to come by. Very expensive when you can find them.
@@flyboyslc1 If memory serves, the B, which was the last remnant of our collection of two cylinder John Deere tractors, left our farm sometime in the 1970s. The growler could be used to tell if the windings were functioning, by using typically, a hacksaw blade to check for a magnetic field. Loooong time ago when I last saw one used or had cause to use one lol. Good to see and hear the 60 operating.
@@kennethstanton5407 Ken, my grandfather traded a JD 50 for the 60 in about 1965 or so. It has been in the family now for 56 years. Manufactured in 1952 same year I was born. I used to ride it when a boy as my grandfather cultivated corn. It will be with me as long as I am alive. Just a special tractor that I truly like a lot. Nice to see that the value of these old 2 cylinders are starting to rise, and a lot of people really like them
@@flyboyslc1 nice. My father started with John Deere when his family bought a 15/27 D, new. He went to a John Deere tractor school that they provided because service wasn't exactly widely available. My uncle's farm was 40 miles away and we used to work together, often driving or towing tractors between the farms, which is good for a ton of colorful stories. Between us, we had nearly the whole set of lettered two cylinders and 50, 60, 70 sets. In 1965 we started the move to larger diesel tractors, with a 4020, a Case 830 and rapidly followed with a Case 930, 1370, IH 1468 (V8). Now none of those qualify as big tractors. Moved to serious horsepower by the 1990s roughly. I remember running the 4020 and 930 almost 24/7 for fall plowing. And before that, we covered a LOT of acres with the 60 and similar tractors pulling 3 furrow plows. Times have changed.
Great video !!
Matt Pavelich - Thanks Matt. Glad you enjoyed it. Driving it just a couple of days ago.
Hate to tell you, but the cylinders are staggered 180 degrees
Thanks Ken, I will admit that I mis-spoke. I think i have always been mesmerized by the exhaust note being just about perfectly timed at equal intervals, but I think that is because of the exhaust manifold runner length to the exhaust pipe. I do have a bad job to do on this tractor. An exhaust gasket is blown, and the manifold had not been off of that tractor since 1979. Getting those studs out of the block i suspect will not go well.
Great video to the point. Where did you purchase the bendix drive from?
Hi there, Just google "starter drive for John Deere 60" and a lot of options come up. I suspect most if not all of them are made in china, but the one I bought is still working perfectly.
good video, where is the c4
Mako, Since i have retired and dont have nearly as much need to drive I decided to sell the C4. A 25 year old saw the car and just had to have it. Sold it to him at a fair price. Still have the c5 and c7