The Regular is alive!

[jd2cyl1943]

After spraying lube into the cylinder again, soaking the main bearings in oil, changing the points, and trying for the third time to time the mag to the engine, the Regular came to life in a cloud of smoke and a shower of crud from the combustion chambers. At first it had no power at all, couldn't even drive it at full throttle with out it stalling. wouldn't run past 1/4 throttle without stalling. After running it for an hour it would idle right down and drive at the slowest RPMs I could get it to run. the only thing that concerns me is that the cooling system seems to be heating up really quickly. after running at an idle for 20 minutes there was a lot of steam coming from around the cap. I shut it down and started it several times and every time it fired back up, even after sitting for 2-1/2 hours. the real test well be does it start that easy after sitting over night?

 

[Rich'sToys]

Congratulations! Glad you got it going. That's always a good feeling, isn't it?

 

[Fritz Maurer]

That must have been a popular conversion... my regular has the exact same mag. Apparently no one likes working on E4A's .

 

[Charlie M]

Concerning your tractor running hot, both my W30 and F14 which while newer than your regular are still pretty old and when I had them apart the area around the cylinders was packed with minerals from years of running them with just water in the cooling system. A lot of farmers in those days ran straight water in the summer which means getting a lot of minerals left as the the water evaporated, Yours is probably the same way and water can't move through the system. I had mine apart when I found the problem so it was easy to remove the crud. Not sure what is a good way to clean out that much crud when the tractor is still together.

 

[Mark Poss]

Good for you Andrew! There’s nothing like bringing one back from the dead!

 

[SweetFeet]

Good for you Andrew! There’s nothing like bringing one back from the dead!

Yayyyy! I believed you wouldn't give up.

I love your Reg rusty... but realize you might apply shiny paint.

Just a suggestion, but my husband plugs the inspection hole with steel wool when the tractor is not in use... keeps mud daubber wasps out and prevents chipmonks or squirrels from storing nuts in there. Our Regular was full of acorns when we got it!

 

[560Dennis]

Yeah

 

[Tgrasher]

We all work for that elation of the first start, oh happy day.

 

[db4600]

After spraying lube into the cylinder again, soaking the main bearings in oil, changing the points, and trying for the third time to time the mag to the engine, the Regular came to life in a cloud of smoke and a shower of crud from the combustion chambers. At first it had no power at all, couldn't even drive it at full throttle with out it stalling. wouldn't run past 1/4 throttle without stalling. After running it for an hour it would idle right down and drive at the slowest RPMs I could get it to run. the only thing that concerns me is that the cooling system seems to be heating up really quickly. after running at an idle for 20 minutes there was a lot of steam coming from around the cap. I shut it down and started it several times and every time it fired back up, even after sitting for 2-1/2 hours. the real test well be does it start that easy after sitting over night?

I applaud your desire an effort. You keep sticking with this sickness you’ll end up nuts like the rest of us.
Was good to see you at Albany and hope to see you again next year.
FYI, We’re pondering a JD show in “26.

 

[GermantownGreen]

Good job there. GG

 

[teddy52food]

That must have been a popular conversion... my regular has the exact same mag. Apparently no one likes working on E4A's .

I have done 2 of them recently!

 

[tractorford]

good to read you made it happen

 

[Fritz Maurer]

I have done 2 of them recently!

Not sure what I'm supposed to glean from that.

 

[stevieb49829]

I totally understand that shower of crud. Even when you think you have stuff cleaned out, that snap and pop of the engine starting to run pushes all kinds of debris out the exhaust. Just a good thing its coming out, and not going in. Congratulations on keeping at it 'till it ran. steve

 

[teddy52food]

Not sure what I'm supposed to glean from that.

I don't mind working on them!

 

[DanielW]

I suspect Charlie M is correct in his guess of mineral deposits all through the water jackets and rad. Very common on older tractors, especially as old timers didn't have nor use use filtered/distilled/soft water when filling the rad, and they often used some very questionable types and quantities of antifreeze. An old-school method to clean things up is to drain the cooling system, fill with vinegar, let it sit for a few days, run it for a few minutes until good and warm, let sit for a while longer, drain, flush with lots of water, then fill with fresh coolant. It's amazing what kind of crud that can clean up. But if it's really bad, the rad may be at the point where it's partially blocked and need to be rodded out (I don't know what the core of a Regular looks like to know if that's even possible).

 

[Fritz Maurer]

I don't mind working on them!

I thought you were talking about the conversion. I see now.

 

[jd2cyl1943]

I applaud your desire an effort. You keep sticking with this sickness you’ll end up nuts like the rest of us.
Was good to see you at Albany and hope to see you again next year.
FYI, We’re pondering a JD show in “26.

Have to see about dragging the B down there!

 

[Pembroke]

I ran vinegar through my tractor and got it warmed up pretty good and then let sit for a while and then drained. Repeated process a couple more times until it looked clean coming out. Good luck. Pembroke

 

[Russ from MN]

Good for you!