[AJD] JD B flywheel crank

[Bill Brueck]

My experience with the serious/emergency use of the stub-in-the-toolbox and
the steering wheel was with a 1948 G we had on the farm.  Pretty serious
size engine to be cranking with this wobbly arrangement, especially since
the steering wheel nut got put back on just finger tight, and pretty soon
the steering wheel key slot was badly worn.

The wheel in your picture, on eBay, and in the B parts book all give me the
impression of being smaller in diameter than a steering wheel, is this
correct?  At least the G had a good sized steering wheel so we had some
leverage.

B²
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, Minnesota USA

Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 10:07 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank


> Skip:
>
> The original concept was to have the short pin in the toolbox of the
tractor
> and if you needed to start the tractor by hand you took the steering wheel
> off the tractor and inserted the pin into the steering wheel and then the
> cross pin in the inserted steering wheel shaft would engage the flywheel
> ratchet to facilitate starting. I don't know about your experience with
> getting steering wheels off the steering shaft but the whole process seems
> to me to be a PITA. Having an extra steering wheel with the pin in would
> sure make things a lot handier but harder to store on the tractor.
>
> However, the one on eBay and the one I have is not a standard steering
> wheel. It is solid cast with the required stubby shaft, including the
cross
> pin, permanently inserted. That is why I call it the deluxe version!  :-)
> The wheel is similar to the solid cast steering wheels on the much earlier
> unstyled tractors. I don't think it is the same as any of those steering
> wheels however.
>
> There is another version of this stubby shaft which is to be used with the
> later tractors that had the fully covered flywheels. Remember these
covered
> flywheels had a center hole cover that could be removed. These newer
> flywheels had a cross pin built in and then this newer version of the
stubby
> shaft had a ratchet on the end to engage the cross pin in the flywheel.
The
> same concept but just the reverse gender.
>
> Slant Dash B's were only made from 1939 to 1940. In 1941 on,  JD changed
the
> dash to a more upright dash end cap on the electric start B's.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> BetCleve321 at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:35 PM
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank
>
>
> In a message dated 11/25/2004 2:00:58 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> deanvp at att.net writes:
>
> This is  a legit part. I own one of them that I picked up at the Postma
> Auction.  This shows up in the B Repair Catalog as B1615r but isn't shown
in
> PC330.  This wheel can be used on all tractors which have an open flywheel
> and  which are also electric start such as my 1940 Slant Dash B and my
> early
> 1947 Slant Dash A. B1606R Flywheel crank ratchet is on all those  type
> flywheels.
>
> See pictures of the one I found  at:
>
> http://public.fotki.com/deanvp/reference/starting_wheel_b1615r/
>
>
>
> I had one for my 41 electric start B. It was a standard steering wheel
with
>
> a pin in the center to engage the flywheel. I believe this pin could be
used
>
> in  the tractors own wheel but mine had the extra wheel.
> By the way , would this be a slant dash "B"?
>
> Skip
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