Can we get the old John Deere tractors started? Bonus tractor rides!

Working to see if we can get a few of the old John Deere tractors from the 1930s, 40s and 50s running. Bonus tractor rides for the grandkids!

[@johnfry9010]

Nice collection of old machines , very cool !

[@vikingmech]

@johnfry9010 Thanks! We still have a few to work on that haven't run in decades. I'll keep posting videos as long as you guys enjoy watching them!

[@clarencetrice4442]

there's a another trick 2 that also U cut the gas off and some out of the carb then see if it will start U might have dry off the sparkplugs 1ST 😊😊 OMG 7.1O 2O24

[@tomhill4765]

I was confused by the older gentleman's comment about the dual fuel tanks. The smaller rear tank was for gasoline and the larger front tank was kerosene. The engine was started on gasoline then switched over to kerosene once the engine warmed up. Before shutting down the engine it was switched back to gasolene to flush the kerosene out of the fuel bulb so next time you started it had gas in the fuel bulb and carburetor.

[@vikingmech]

@tomhill4765 Yep you're exactly right. The small tank was for gasoline, just for starting. The large tank was originally used for tractor fuel oil (or kerosene). But at some point in history his dad stopped using tractor fuel altogether and both tanks would have contained gasoline. Good catch! Thanks for watching.