[AJD] 51 B Gauge Color?

[Mitchell Daly]

Charlie,

Check www.joetraktor.com for the part. Greg has a huge stock of old parts and has come through for me and a lot of others. Mother Deere has gotten totally out of sight on parts for the old ones.

Mitch Daly - md31043 at msn.com


 
> Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 21:35:52 -0400
> From: 1cdevill at gmail.com
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: Re: [AJD] 51 B Gauge Color?
> 
> Another big disappointment from the Deere parts counter is part # H 723 R
> Seal, Leather. It is a preformed gasket to fit around the shift lever on
> 1941 John Deere H to keep water from leeching into the transmission /
> differential case. That seems a pretty important function to me since
> tractors are sometimes out in the rain. The local JD dealer charged
> somewhere around forty bucks to order one in for me. Leather??? The item I
> got (sealed in a JD parts bag) was made of formed sheet cork and was so
> inflexible that it tore the first time the gearshift lever was moved. As a
> long established company, I wonder what makes Deere think a customer will
> come back to be burned a second time?
> 
> The scraps of the old seal which I removed from the tractor actually were
> leather. Reminds me of Mother Goose story. -- "Once upon a
> time-------------------------.
> 
> 
> Charlie V in WNY
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