[AJD] Lights KW-Duane

greg at theoldtractorcompany.com greg at theoldtractorcompany.com
Fri Jan 6 10:27:28 PST 2006


Where do I send my check Duane? Oh wait....no charge....
SWEET!!
Greg
hehehe


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 Jan  6  9:53 , 'Duane Larson' <jdlarson at comcast.net> sent:

>Sometimes the impossible takes a little longer.  K-W likely stands for J. A. 
>Williams (President) and Wm. Kaple (Vice President) of the K-W Ignition 
>Company. An important piece of trivia.
>No charge.
>Duane
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: greg at theoldtractorcompany.com>
>To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
>antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 1:07 AM
>Subject: RE: [AJD] Lights KW
>
>
>>
>> KW was indeed a major player in the lighting market. I have, and I believe 
>> Duane does also, a
>> KW tractor lighting book altho it tends to be for somewhat earlier 
>> tractors.
>> We had a very old road grader here that had KW lights on. It was 
>> unfortunately consigned or it
>> would not have left our lot with its lighting system intact!
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>> Greg Stephen
>> The Old Tractor Company
>> Stephen Equipment Company
>> PO Box 709
>> Franktown, CO 80116
>> 303-663-5246
>> 303-468-0377 FAX
>>
>> On Thu Jan  5 18:08 , 'Dean VP' deanvp at att.net> sent:
>>
>>>Chris:
>>>
>>>There may be an alternative for lighting that I hadn't thought of before. 
>>>In
>>>the repair catalogs I mentioned earlier, there were K. W. Lighting kits
>>>offered for the B's. I don't recall at the moment what the K. W. stands 
>>>for.
>>>Nor have I ever seen any of the components on a RC crop styled B.  There
>>>probably are others on the list who know more about this lighting set-up. 
>>>If
>>>I've seen this lighting kit on other JD tractors I didn't recognize it as
>>>such.  So much to learn about these rusty relics.
>>>
>>>Dean A. Van Peursem
>>>Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>
>>>Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>>>
>>>www.deerelegacy.com
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>[antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">antique-johndeere-
>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>>>Chris C
>>>Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 4:31 PM
>>>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>>Subject: RE: [AJD] Light mounting on 39 hand start B
>>>
>>>Dean,
>>>
>>>    No you are right on,  I had not re-read your
>>>article at the time I replied to your e-mail.  It
>>>would appear that I answered my own question when I
>>>asked it.  Can't be done without retrofitting the
>>>tractor.  I thought maybe there would be something
>>>like the H light bar that clamps onto the steering
>>>column to add lights without a drastic remodel of the
>>>tractor.  Do you happen to know what the part number
>>>would be of the kit that you had to order for a 39 B
>>>to convert it?  Just curious,  I think I am just not
>>>going to operate the 39B in the dark...
>>>
>>>    On the wheels,  I am looking find a narrower set
>>>of wheels for the 44A.  It already has 12.4-38 wheels
>>>that are beyond repairable. I bought a set of pressed
>>>steel wheels that will take the 12.4-38 up to 15-38
>>>tires,  but they look pretty goofy with the 12.4 tires
>>>on them.  Just exploring options.
>>>
>>>               Chris
>>>
>>>--- Dean VP deanvp at att.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chris:
>>>>
>>>> Now you have me really confused. The article very
>>>> clearly delineates what it
>>>> takes to make a Slant Dash B out of a Hand Start 39
>>>> or 40 B. Or at least I
>>>> thought it did.  There are no other alternatives
>>>> offered by JD to add lights
>>>> and/or Starting to a hand start 39 or 40 B.
>>>>
>>>> The 39 B I parted out had pressed steel wheel
>>>> centers and they appear to be
>>>> in really good shape although I don't have the tires
>>>> off yet. If you are
>>>> interested in this type of wheel center I will
>>>> dismount the tires and make
>>>> sure the rims are in good shape. Yes, they are for
>>>> sale.
>>>>
>>>> Dean A. Van Peursem
>>>> Snohomish, WA 98290
>>>>
>>>> Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>>>>
>>>> www.deerelegacy.com
>>>>
>>>> http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From:
>>>> antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>>
>>>[antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">antique-johndeere-
>> bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
>>>> On Behalf Of
>>>> Chris C
>>>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 8:40 AM
>>>> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>>>> Subject: RE: [AJD] Light mounting on 39 hand start B
>>>>
>>>> Dean,
>>>>
>>>>     I am using PC-330.  I guess I will need keep my
>>>> eye out for the originals you mentioned.   I did
>>>> read
>>>> your article in the newsletter.   I thought you were
>>>> refering to Sland Dash B's,  which mine is not.  You
>>>> have seen it,  it's the one I bought from Dave.
>>>>
>>>>     While we are on the subject of 39 B's,  I don't
>>>> recall what the 39 you parted out had for wheels...
>>>> What were they,  do you still have them,  are they
>>>> for
>>>> sale.  etc.  etc...
>>>>
>>>>                       Chris
>>>>
>>>> --- Dean VP deanvp at att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > 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
>>>> >
>>>> > Forbidden fruits create many jams!
>>>> >
>>>> > www.deerelegacy.com
>>>> >
>>>> > http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>>> > From:
>>>> >
>>>> antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>[antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com','','','')">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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