[AJD] JD B flywheel crank

[Dean VP]

Terry:

Well, I guess you have a point there. Or having a hand start tractor that is
difficult to start!

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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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
Terry L. Hrdlicka
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 4:16 AM
To: Antique John Deere mailing list
Subject: Re: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank

Dean,

What about Bow Flex?

:)

Terry



Dean VP wrote:
> Duane:
> 
> I'm not aware of any mechanism to aid in the starting of a hand start
> tractor.
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door 
> 
> 
> www.deerelegacy.com
> 
> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Duane Ledford
> Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 4:45 PM
> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank
> 
> Dean:
> 
> Yes, I have seen and understand the principle of the steering wheel and
pin 
> to start an electric start with a dead battery. Just didn't understand the

> purpose of one for an unstyled tractor, as they would all be hand start to

> begin with. I'm sure there was a purpose for them.
> 
> Duane
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
> To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'" 
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 9:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank
> 
> 
> 
>>Duane:
>>
>>My understanding is this was just the deluxe version of the alternate 
>>using
>>the tractor steering wheel and the special pin. The only other starting
>>wheel I have ever seen was to be used when one had a two row mounted corn
>>picker on an electric start tractor and the battery went dead or something
>>failed. This set-up had a similar wheel but a much longer shaft that went
>>through the side of the picker to get to the flywheel. Now when thinking
>>about this I wonder if there was some other kind of setup for hand start
>>tractors when using a two row corn picker.  Maybe we didn't mount two row
>>pickers on hand start tractors.
>>
>>I've been sitting here trying to recall what we did on the farm in the 
>>50's
>>if the tractor that had the corn picker on it wouldn't start. I sure don't
>>remember using the wheel mechanism. I think we just pull started it with
>>another tractor. Hard to remember that far back. As cold and nasty of fall
>>weather we had in NW Iowa, I'm sure this happened occasionally.
>>
>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>
>>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>storeroom door
>>
>>
>>www.deerelegacy.com
>>
>>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>>Duane Ledford
>>Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:06 PM
>>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>Subject: Re: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank
>>
>>Well, goes to show you can learn something new every day. Was the purpose 
>>of
>>
>>these cranks to give the operator a better reach when there was equipment
>>attached? I could see that this could be the case when you had orchard
>>fenders as Chris stated, or a mounted cultivator, loader, etc. Still seems
>>like you would still have to climb in or reach over to get to the 
>>flywheel.
>>Guess it would be better than nothing.
>>
>>Duane
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
>>To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
>><antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 12:56 PM
>>Subject: RE: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank
>>
>>
>>
>>>Bill:
>>>
>>>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/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>
>>>I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
>>>storeroom door
>>>
>>>
>>>www.deerelegacy.com
>>>
>>>http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>>>Bill Brueck
>>>Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:03 AM
>>>To: John Deere List
>>>Subject: [AJD] JD B flywheel crank
>>>
>>>eBay item #  3855280526
>>>
>>>this isn't legit, is it?  I am familiar with at least 2 styles of nubs 
>>>for
>>>the later letter series whereby you use the steering wheel.
>>>
>>>But my early B's both just have the end of the crankshaft, nothing to
>>>engage
>>>a crank into.  And what's the point, when you can just grab the flywheel.
>>>
>>>The guy has to be blowing smoke, unless I'm in need of a little 
>>>education.
>>>
>>>
>>>B²
>>>Bill Brueck (brick)
>>>Chatfield, Minnesota USA
>>>
>>>Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
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