JD40 VR removal

[Lisa Raven]

Im in the process of cleaning up all the electrical connections on my 1955 JD 40 Utility (6V pos. ground) and cannot for the life of me figure out how to remove the VR ffrom behind the instrument panel. Im stumped! Is there something super obvious im not seeing? Also any advise on how to remove rusted on screws would be great! Thank you.
Lisa Raven
California Central Valley

 

[ET]

Do you have the hood and side panels removed? Keep soaking the rusty screws with pb blaster or something similar.

 

[deeretails]

Not easy, but you need to work from the front side of the dash panel, after the battery is removed.

 

[Lisa Raven]

Do you have the hood and side panels removed? Keep soaking the rusty screws with pb blaster or something similar.

I am going out to ranch now and will use pb blaster. Thank you

 

[Lisa Raven]

Not easy, but you need to work from the front side of the dash panel, after the battery is removed.

Battery and side panels are removed. I will try again today. Thank you so much for reply.

 

[ET]

It's hard to get at, be patient.

 

[Lisa Raven]

It's hard to get at, be patient.

I'm assuming that the mounting bolts are one on each side, but if so... sure can't see the darn things. I just keep feeling aroung from the front side and from the back side, and as ET suggested have been using PB Blaster in the general area for when I CAN get at the rusty little you know whats. Patience I DO have though, as now I am more determined than ever to see this old girl run.

 

[Lisa Raven]

I'm assuming that the mounting bolts are one on each side, but if so... sure can't see the darn things. I just keep feeling aroung from the front side and from the back side, and as you suggested have been using PB Blaster in the general area for when I CAN get at the rusty little you know whats. Patience I DO have though, as now I am more determined than ever to see this old girl run.

 

[M-MAN]

There's a mounting plate near the bottom. A capscrew on each side. You can see the two bolt holes in the pic. I pulled these pics from the net. Not sure if it bolts from the front or back but the pic shows the 4 screw holes where you would remove the front panel screws if necessary.

 

[Lisa Raven]

There's a mounting plate near the bottom. A capscrew on each side. You can see the two bolt holes in the pic. I pulled these pics from the net. Not sure if it bolts from the front or back but the pic shows the 4 screw holes where you would remove the front panel screws if necessary.

Aha, this helps alot. Can't thank you enough.

 

[Lisa Raven]

Managed to get the VR out and cleaned up all the contacts. Going to be making up 0/1 battery cables today and hope she starts. Thank you all for the advise. I love this site!

 

[Lisa Raven]

Im in the process of cleaning up all the electrical connections on my 1955 JD 40 Utility (6V pos. ground) and cannot for the life of me figure out how to remove the VR ffrom behind the instrument panel. Im stumped! Is there something super obvious im not seeing? Also any advise on how to remove rusted on screws would be great! Thank you.
Lisa Raven
California Central Valley

Update: I'm so excited!!
After some trial and error, some manual reading and much help from you nice people on this forum, I have managed to get this old tractor started. Need to do some adjusting of the carb to tame it down and get some tires on her and i think she'll be good to go. I will try to post some pics when I'm done. I just wanted to thank everyone who took the time to help. I can't thank you all enough.
P.S.- So many people told me I was wasting my time....It will never happen.
Takeaway... NEVER GIVE UP

 

[Rusty wheel]

Update: I'm so excited!!
After some trial and error, some manual reading and much help from you nice people on this forum, I have managed to get this old tractor started. Need to do some adjusting of the carb to tame it down and get some tires on her and i think she'll be good to go. I will try to post some pics when I'm done. I just wanted to thank everyone who took the time to help. I can't thank you all enough.
P.S.- So many people told me I was wasting my time....It will never happen.
Takeaway... NEVER GIVE UP

Actually, if your tractor is origional , what you are calling a vr is a charging relay. It is a magnetic switch that reacts to the charge in the battery. When the charge is low the switch closes and when the charge is up the switch opens. I have a 40-w and I converted to 12 volts. That's when I found out about the relay.