[AT] JD B resurrection contemplation

[Spencer Yost]

Any good machine shop can handle what you need. The problem is, as you had intimated,  is finding one to begin with. I had a great one but they retired. The place was a little gold mine but the younger workers just want to work for someone. They could have bought it but didn't. So I was on the hunt again. It took me a while, and I had to visit and talk with two or four before I found one. Any good shop can do any chunk of metal with holes in it and turn any crankshaft.

One note:  The flywheel on John Deere's, if they get a bit loose, will wear the splines on the crankshaft. It's not so much a problem on the early letter series tractors but still check it.  There are only a couple shops in the country that can correct that.

PS:   Parts tractors are your friend.
PSS.  You will have more in it than its worth but does it matter? (-;

Good luck!

Spencer Yost

> On Mar 26, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Al Jones <farmallsupera1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We have a B, serial number is in the 297xxx range, that's a basket
> case but it's a family tractor and my dad is interested in getting it
> running. It was parked because the oil pressure dropped and though it
> didn't seize, it was close to it. This was almost 30 years ago! Then
> it sat outside for years, cover blew off the muffler, etc. It
> originally had a roll-o-matic front end but the pedestal broke and a
> standard front was swapped in, if we get it running we want to put one
> back on. I'm confident that the block will need to be bored and
> probably the crank turned, anyone have recommendations on shops to get
> that done? I'm an IH collector so JD is like being on another planet.
> Buying a good, complete parts tractor is not out of the question
> either. We're in southeast NC.
> 
> thanks,
> Al
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