[AJD] 1952 B Questions

[Chris C]

Greg,

     Thanks for the info.  I too am interseted in what
others think and have done. 

      Please take a look at your tire stock. 

                   Chris

--- "greg at theoldtractorcompany.com"
<greg at theoldtractorcompany.com> wrote:

> Chris
> Years ago, one of our customers was working on an
> unstyled B. We sold a carb kit. Still had 
> problems. Sold him more parts and later still more
> parts, still not running right. He had told 
> me it had the stock carb on it.
> Later that year I had the chance to see this tractor
> at a local pull at our fair. Well I found 
> our problem immediately. His 1935 B had a brass
> DLTX3 model D carb on it. It did the same 
> thing, ran after a fashion but ran super rich. Too
> much carb for the B.
> 
> Late in the two cylinder's life, Deere adopted three
> carbs for service. If you wanted a carb 
> for a model A,D,or G you got one carb. If you needed
> one for a B or an H you got another. 
> Finally there was one dual throat carb for all late
> two cylinder applications. I always took 
> my cue from this and figured Deere knew what they
> were doing. We have had several model H's 
> through here with B carbs on them although they
> could have been the later replacement carb.
> 
> We'll see what everyone else thinks but I think it's
> likely too large for the B
> 
> Other than that, what a surprise!
> 
> Just for laughs, I'll take a run through our tires
> as I know we used to have some Traction 
> Torques here but they are probably a different size.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 
> Greg Stephen
> The Old Tractor Company
> Stephen Equipment Company
> PO Box 709
> Franktown, CO 80116
> 303-663-5246
> 303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!
> 
> On Fri Aug 11 17:46 , Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com>
> sent:
> 
> >
> >  I bought a 1952B for parts about 5 months ago
> now. 
> >I really only wanted the one new rear tire in it. 
> >(Goodyear Tracation Torque 12.4 - 38)   As it turns
> >out I can't match up the tire as Goodyear no longer
> >makes it..  
> >
> >  Anyway,  the guy I bought the B from bought it at
> an
> >auction with re-selling in mind.  I paid $500 for
> it. 
> >It turned over,  but the carb was not workable and
> it
> >had a top mounted starter adaptation and that
> didn't
> >work so well either.  The exaust had been routed to
> a
> >glass pack type muffler outside of the hood.  The
> >throttle had been moved to the shutter control, 
> the
> >throttle lever was broken off.  
> >
> >   Much to my suprise it started today.  I
> installed
> >the correct starter underneath the tractor,  a
> DLTX-71
> >that I have as a spare for my A's,  and a Wico C
> mag
> >that I had on the shelf as a spare.   I also had to
> >build a fuel line but it fired the 2nd turn.
> >
> >    It surges pretty badly and smokes black (too
> rich)
> >smoke.  
> >
> >     My questions,  I heard people say that a
> DLTX-71
> >will run fine on a B,  I can easily blame this on
> >running poorly on the linkage and other issues that
> >still need to be worked out,  but I would like to
> hear
> >from someone that runs a different carb on a B,  It
> >should have a DLTX-67.
> >
> >      Has anyone disassembled the steeing tower
> with
> >the levers in it?  It looks like a royal pain to
> get
> >all that stuff out and freed up.  I have another
> tower
> >with a good lever in it,  but the bottom lever is
> >broken,  so I am planning to take the good lower
> lever
> >off of the current one and put it on my spare.  But
> >everything on the spare is froze up solid..
> >
> >        Thanks for the help!
> >
> >             Chris
> >
> >Chris Carl
> >Camano Island, Washington
> > 
> >Collector of:
> >John Deere
> >Caterpillar
> >Bucyrus Erie
> >
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Chris Carl
Camano Island, Washington
 
Collector of:
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Caterpillar
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