[AJD] Light mounting on 39 hand start B

[Dean VP]

Chris:

The 1939 and 1940 hand Start B's are unique in how lights and starting were
added. If you are using PC330 to try to figure it out you will become more
confused than you really want to have happen. I had real trouble figuring it
out until I got my hands on the original Repair Catalogs 49-R & 58-R dated
April 1942 and August 1943 respectively. The Slant Dash B's were the
solution for electrical lighting and starting on these two years tractors.
Slant dash B's have many changes to accommodate these options. And JD did
sell an upgrade kit to upgrade a hand start to an electric start version.

I just published a 4 page article on all of this, of which half has been
published in the local Two Cylinder Club newsletter with the remaining half
to be published in the next "spring" newsletter. I assume you are no longer
receiving this newsletter. 

I will send you the whole article to your private email address so you can
get the full picture. 

>From 1941 on there were the long hood B's with the options and the hand
start versions as well but they were quite different from the 1939 and 1940
Slant Dash versions.

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
Chris C
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:39 PM
To: ATIS LIST
Subject: [AJD] Light mounting on 39 hand start B



    I have been studying my parts manual and am
curious as to how one would mount lights on an early
styled B,  Hand start.  Lighting and generators are
shown as an option,  but my parts catalog only show
light brackets (front) for a cast dash B serial
numbers 60000 to 200999.  My B is serial number 91714.
 It has a tin dash.  No holes or places to add the
light mounts shown for that serial number.  On the
later B's it shows the bars mounts that screw into the
steering support.  I don't believe that those work
with the early steering support on mine.  

     My question?  How do I mount lights on this
tractor?  Or,  if I were a farmer in 1939 wanting to
add lights,  generator and batter to this tractor, 
would I have to 'convert' to the long hood,  cast dash
tractor to accomplish this?

                      Chris


		
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