[AT] Not really an antique

[Dean Vinson]

Hi John.   I did indeed join that group on Facebook, and already posted a quick note about buying this tractor.   I’d been a member several years ago as well but eventually signed off since (at the time) I didn’t have a 10 or 20 series tractor and was getting bogged down with too many Facebook groups.   But clearly the time is now right to come back.  :)

 

I also am a member of the “Classic Green” FB group and posted about the tractor there as well, and right away someone noticed it has the original Marvel-Schebler carburetor—which evidently has a rather dismal performance record—instead of a Zenith.   When I test drove the tractor it started easily but did tend to stumble and require fiddling with the choke even while I was driving it around, so the Facebook comments about the carb weren’t really a surprise.   I’m going to replace the original carb with a Zenith from Roberts Carburetor Repair, but they have a long backlog of orders so I’ll have plenty of time to tinker with the Marvel-Schebler.

 

Was your loadshaft leaking at the seals?   I ran into that with the 3020 I’d owned way back when.  One of those little nuisance things with an old tractor.  Hope your rebuild process goes quickly.

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio

 

 

 

 

From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of John Hall
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I HIGHLY encourage you toe join the 10 ans 20 series Deere group on Facebook. I grew up with 2 4020's and the knowledge in that group is amazing. One of the guys there guided me through converting my 24 volt system to 12 volt. We did it better than any of the aftermarket kits. I have to rebuild the loadshaft now, guys there told me where to go to get a kit better than what Deere has.

John Hall



On 2/28/2024 1:22 AM, Dean Vinson wrote:

25 years ago I bought a 1965 gas-burning 3020.  Didn’t know hardly anything about them, or about that series of tractors in general, but it had a shiny coat of paint on it and I was at a place in life where it felt important to buy a tractor.   I sold it a few years later, having learned a few thousand dollars’ worth of lessons about the problems those tractors can have.

 

In recent months I’ve again felt the desire to buy a tractor, and yesterday I became the third owner of this 1967 gas-burning 3020.   It’s got a few issues for me to tinker with, but it’s about as clean and original as one could ask for—with only a little over 3200 hours on the original working tach.   I think and hope I’m a bit wiser of a buyer than I was 25 years ago, but the coming years will tell the tale.   In the meantime, dang, it’s fun to have a new toy!

 

(Or to be precise, to have a new toy picked out and paid for… I still have to arrange for it to be hauled about 200 miles from where it sits to my place.  All things in time.  :)

 

Dean Vinson

Saint Paris, Ohio





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