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    1950 JOHN DEERE A valve racket

    Rocker arms seem to be extremely noisy. They are set to spec .020 inch. .I pulled the rocker shaft and looked it over and found nothing on the assembly that stood out from normal as far as wear on it.I haven`t checked for oil flow yet. Any chance of weak valve springs. The valves have a little...
  2. J

    1950 John Deere A flashing charging system

    My generator is a delco remy 1101777-9J20 2brush, 2 pole with external regulator , 12 volt ,regulator has one wire underneath to armature, field lead ,generator to reg. , bat. lead on reg. I assume negative and a L marked connection to light switch and battery with a positive ground...
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    1950 John Deere A flashing charging system

    This tractor is evidently positive ground, I` pulled the generator and relay to clean up and inspect. It`s been years since I have flashed the fields in a generator and wasn`t sure that most likely it had to be done . Any way is it needed and what`s the process , battery was disconnected when I...
  4. J

    1950 JohnDeere A top link

    Looking for top link parts or link,it has a pair of turn buckles coming out to a bar in the center that attaches to the implement .Each of the turn buckles has a lever that locks in to a stop that prevents rotation of the turn buckle .It is built different from the conventional top link, having...
  5. J

    valve train noise

    1950 john deere A , seems to have excessive valve noise, valves set to , 20 thou., valve ,rocker wear? JR.
  6. J

    1950 John Deere A , reduction gear,

    My A has a set of gears ,on crank to reduction gear on transmission, filler plug at top of case, drain near bottom,I pulled the bottom plug and a little water, then some off colored oil. came out, teaspoon maybe, I assume they should have a small amount of lubricant in there? Tech manual...
  7. J

    john deere mag shut down

    Thanks for the info. Jr
  8. J

    john deere mag shut down

    1950 John Deere A For one reason or another they didn,t put a shutdown on the mag on this tractor. To shut it down you cut fuel off or idle it down and clutch it ,does not make make much sense. Anyone ever put a kill switch on the magneto,you get into trouble and you instantly kill the the...
  9. J

    three point top link use?

    When pulling a brush hog with a three point hitch you have a situation where you can bind things up on uneven ground with a top link fighting when the wheel on the brush hog goes up or down unless the slot in the brush hog compensates for it.I understand there is an adapter to alleviate this. Jr.
  10. J

    John deere A powertrol info.

    How much weight can these handle I,m thinking of buying a box scraper for it , possibly a six footer. Jr?
  11. J

    50 John deere A removing tire rims?

    Thanks Jr
  12. J

    50 John deere A removing tire rims?

    Is there any safe way to remove the rims from the cast iron center sections ,no calcium cloride,38 by 1200 tires I believe. How much weight?
  13. J

    paint on wheels A johndeere

    Are there different colors of the yellow on the ag paint,I painted the wheels on my B years ago ,seemed like almost canary yellow, a john deere color at the time,the paint I thought was a 2 part polyurethane , it looks like it was painted yesterday. I forgot the name of the paint manufacturer...
  14. J

    removing yuccas?

    DOES ANYONE MAKE A TOOL TO USE ON A THREE POINT HITCH TO GET YUCCA PLANTS OUT? THEY SEEM TO BE A BIT HARD ON MY BRUSH HOG? JOHN DEERE A, 5 FOOT BRUSH HOG?
  15. J

    plugs john deere A

    Nothing yet, have my hydraulic pump pulled, trying to find parts for it first, to repair it.
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