John Deere B

[Anonymous-0]

I have a chance to buy a John Deere B. I know nothing about the two cylinder John Deeres. The man told me that it quit last fall. It was sucking oil into the motor and stalled out. It also blew some out the exhaust. What could and problem be and how hard could it be to fix? Thanks for any help.

 

[CalJim]

Could be as simple as a ring job or could need a total rebuild. CalJim

 

[johns48jdb]

my first thought was the air to the carb is restricted in some way. could need a ring job though. if he was running it and it just did this all of a sudden then it may have broken a ring. never pass up a chance to buy a deere. you can always get your money back out of it unless you completely restore it. then its a different story, of course depending on how much you have to do to it to make it right. you'll love working on it. the b was real popular and parts are still ease to get, most from mother deere.

 

[Anonymous-0]

If you live where I do the breather is full of dobbers and wasp nest and needs a good cleaning. Of course something major could have broken in the motor. my 2 cents worth

 

[Pappy]

Check out the air cleaner and see if it got full of water and oil and caused the engine to suck it up.

 

[HaroldIHC]

Pappy; I had the same thing happen to my A. With help from Mr. cloony on this board I found the problem. there is a crankcase vent pump attached to the back end of the fan shaft in the governor case. If one or more of the pump parts fail, oil will be forced directly into your air intake, so much that it will flode the engine. It is not to hard to repair , have your JD partsman show you a parts layout. I can help you if you let me know. -----------Harold