[AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.

Tue Dec 1 10:19:16 PST 2020

www.handjmachining.com is a good place for old Deere engine parts.

Just be patient when you call.

Jason

On Tue, Dec 1, 2020, 10:52 AM Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

> Spencer,
>
> May have located a place in Phoenix this morning. I asked twice about
> whether they could do it. No problem, we do all kinds of "weird stuff"
> Been in business for 30 years.  The only problem may be finding the parts.
> Bring it in, drop off the head and we will get you a quote on what the cost
> will be.   I'm about 99% sure I don't need new valves. I'm about 99% sure I
> DO need new valve guides which I have found aftermarket versions.  JD's are
> 4X's too expensive. Have the replacement manifold studs  on order. Fellow
> ATIS member Leon Mennenga is running final tests on a replacement used
> manifold. So maybe things are starting to fall into line.
>
> PS:  I did finally get a call back from one of the Machine Shops that I
> called yesterday that had been recommended to me by a local JD Collector.
> Yes, we can do it but..... we are out 3 to 4 months right now.   If that is
> my only source that would essentially cause me to lose another year since I
> would miss all the shows here this snowbird season.
>
> Dean VP
> Apache Junction, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Spencer Yost
> Sent: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 8:21 AM
> To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.
>
> If you continue to have trouble getting call-backs you may want to
> consider expanding your search area since shipping just a head would be
> affordable(albeit not ideal).    Did that with a straight 6 Ford head one
> time when the local shops were all 8-16 weeks behind and I needed it
> faster.
>
> Spencer
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 30, 2020, at 10:17 PM, Dean VP <deanvp at att.net> wrote:
> >
> > Cecil/Stcve,
> >
> > I spent a portion of the day trying to find a machine shop to do the
> > work on my JD B head. Doing really well..... Not a single
> > person/company has called back.  Not the way I wanted to start the day.
> >
> > Dean VP
> > Apache Junction, AZ
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of Steve W.
> > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2020 8:03 PM
> > To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Subject: Re: [AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.
> >
> > Cecil Bearden wrote:
> >> The way those work is there is a reamer/knurlier you run through the
> >> guide, then  insert the sleeve, then run a burnisher/expander through.
> >> I have a bit for an air hammer that drives the burnisher.   I first
> >> started using a hammer.  I get a lot of flak from the "professional
> >> Engine rebuilders" about these only being 0.030 thick.  A 0.010 wear
> >> on a guide will create a bad seal on a valve, so when the guides are
> >> worn
> >> 0.010 or 0.015 they are shot.. Just my $0.02.......  I have had some
> >> of my small block chevy rebuilds go over 200K miles.  I also have
> >> used these on old continental engines and they have outlasted the
> machine
> >> they were on...   My Dad one time said it was ridiculous for us to buy
> a
> >> rebuilt short block when we always had to rebuild them before
> >> installation or soon after..    I had a replacement engine from Pep
> Boys
> >> that had a lifter come apart (350 chevy. )  on the way to Chicago from
> >> OK.    Pep Boys agreed to give me a new short block. Mainly because I
> >> had worked with the as't mgr years prior.  I opened up the new
> >> engine and had to replace the lifters, valves, timing chain and gears,
> and bore
> >> the guide and line them.   They reground the lifters, valves, and
> >> re-used timing chains and gears.  They had installed an oversize
> >> valve guide after grinding the valve stem.  Lifters and valves are
> >> case
> > hardened..
> >>
> >> This is the reason I will not buy a rebuilt engine..
> >>
> >> Cecil
> >>
> >
> > I have a similar setup in the old tools box, one is only the knurlier
> > set up while the other has the option to do bronze liners. Someplace I
> > still have a set to do small engines as well, back when you could
> > still get the parts for them !!
> > Even have a piston knurlier in there someplace.
> >
> > --
> > Steve W.
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