[AT] flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Dean VP deanvp at att.net
Sun Jul 6 19:28:58 PDT 2014


Brian,

Wow, then it was a memory from the 50's!  Thank You. I just looked at a 226 mounted picker PC. Sure
enough there they are.  We had a 2 row mounted corn picker mounted on something like a 46  or early 47
JD A as I remember.  We had the outside starting shaft and wheel too. I don't remember the choke rods
though. Too many years ago I guess.  Interestingly, the choke rods make no provision for the change in
choke lever that occurred for Electric start.  I guess most of this was assuming a hand start tractor.
But sure would come in handy if the battery was dead, which occurred quite often as I recall with the
quality of the 6V batteries and generators back then.  How far we have progressed!

Thanks for the ride down memory lane. No wonder my short term memory is so bad. My mind must be full
with this old stuff from the 50's.  :-)

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

They say necessity is the mother of invention. 
Don't know who the father is, probably remorse.
Red Green


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Brian VanDragt
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 6:54 PM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

The petcock operating levers were for use with a mounted picker.  You
couldn't get to them easily with the picker on.
Brian

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dean VP
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2014 7:36 PM
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Subject: Re: [AT] flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Ron,

I've seen somewhere in my travels even maybe a memory from the 50's where
there were levers and rods that were attached to the side of the dash so the
operator could open and close the petcocks from the driver's seat.  I don't
recall seeing something like that recently.  Maybe it was a home brew!

Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

They say necessity is the mother of invention. 
Don't know who the father is, probably remorse.
Red Green


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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ron Cook
Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 11:51 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: Re: flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

Yep.  I noticed those loose bolts on the interconnect cable ends right off.
The cables are in good condition.  Near new and are in series with positive
ground.  However, Dean had brought the tractor home, so they were obviously
making connection at the time.  Not a big deal at all.  
Normal, as a matter of fact.  Heck, most have just installed a 12V battery
and stopped using the two sixes.  I have. That keeps most my 
batteries the same.   Just keep the correct police out from under the 
seat cushion.  I even got fed up with the 6V system on my '46 A and
converted it to 12V about 20 years ago. Now I can start it without getting
off and opening the petcocks.:-)

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 7/5/2014 8:54 PM, Dean VP wrote:
> I'm reading and responding to these emails via cell phone so I'm 
> doubly handicapped! -:)
>
> Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Mike <meulenms at gmx.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jul 6, 2014 01:19:17 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: Re:  flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
>
> Look at the nuts on the clamp bolts Dean, they are not even close to
tight.
>
> Mike M
> On 7/5/2014 7:30 PM, Dean VP wrote:
>> You have much better eyes than I do if you can see the loose 
>> connections between the two batteries.  However, these are 6V 
>> batteries so they need
> to
>> be in Series to get the required 12V for the JD 620.
>>
>> Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: vschwartz1 at comcast.net
>> To: Antique <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Jul 5, 2014 22:56:42 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Fwd: Re:  flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba
>>
>> Ralph; Your reply made it to Central Missouri just fine although it 
>> did
> come
>> in after Janice and John's comment. I guess everyone is looking at 
>> the
> John
>> Deere 620 battery box and wondering who installed those batteries and 
>> cables. After I looked the second time I could see the short cable 
>> was not tight on either end as well as being on the wrong Posts for a 
>> 12 Volt set up. At this point I am assuming that a 620 John Deere 
>> should be 12 volt. I am thinking the battery cables were disconnected 
>> for long term storage and the guy who put it up for sale made an error in
the connections.
>> Gil
>>

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