[AT] Not really an antique

[John Hall]

One side of the shaft is leaking bad. Hopefully the rebuild kit will 
solve it!!

John

On 3/1/2024 3:02 PM, Dean Vinson wrote:
>
> 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
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 29, 2024 4:28 PM
> *To:* at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Not really an antique
>
> 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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