FORGOTTEN JOHN DEERE 55 EB combine: PROGRESS CONTINUES! WILL IT RUN? Part 2

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Ross the Oliver Man-Rieckers Farms

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@Scott-qj1pm 11 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to all the other guys here that watch your channel

@markflick1641 11 ай бұрын

Great video Ross. I know I’ll get to see old John running 👍. Red pliers rule😁

@pagrainfarmer 11 ай бұрын

You're getting there. It's something how JD makes it so you pretty much can't cross-reference their stuff. I've found their bearings to be that way also.

@keithtyson6457 11 ай бұрын

You have a lot of irons in the fire Ross . Maybe you will find all the parts and get your JD combine running, time to take a break. Enjoy your Holiday, Family and friends. Merry Christmas to you and family.

@jonathancrissinger2301 11 ай бұрын

I'm excited, you're making progress. It will live again here in the near future. Merry Christmas. See you soon.

@corydriver7634 11 ай бұрын

Hang in there Ross, you’ll win sooner or later. Merry Christmas.

@michaelsheeder148 11 ай бұрын

Ross, nice job 👏👍 thanks Michael

@Ham68229 11 ай бұрын

Ross, we'd take our old parts with us and match up new ones. Can't depend upon the parts numbers matching mainly because JD did a lot of "number" changing.

@DaveHarrison-p3g 25 күн бұрын

Liked and interesting!

@MrJeep75 11 ай бұрын

Like this project

@Ron-m9p 6 ай бұрын

great video you will make the ole girl run again😊

@williammatzek4660 11 ай бұрын

Dad found out on 1969 95 when you ordered the combine new you had a choice on 2 different gas engine sizes , the 303 and 318. Dad's 95 had the 318 engine. You had all the horse power needed!!!

@masoncarver460 11 ай бұрын

Idk if you already know about them but Steiner tractor parts online seems to have some parts for the 303 power unit I'm excited about this project and hope you get it going soon

@garybarrett-q8p 11 ай бұрын

Merry Christmas to you and Buddy l will be watching in the new year!!!

@danw6014 11 ай бұрын

You are close Ross. That engine was used in the gas 4010. The displacement of the gas 4020 was approximately 340 cubic inches. Since the 55 was introduced in 1947, 13 years before the last 730 two cylinder tractor rolled out the door, John Deere used a Hercules engine.

@Scott-qj1pm 11 ай бұрын

Great video Ross and Merry Christmas

@stephenheyes4324 11 ай бұрын

Like your progress so far on the old combine

@banditfarmer1900 11 ай бұрын

Hay Ross on the distributer you should pull the base plate ware the points mount to and get into the springs and weights for the advance to make sure they dont stick and they need to move easy. Also check the springs to make sure they are tight and not loose cause this will cause lots of problems for the engine. The ODD will kick in when you open it up ! LOL Bandit

@pagrainfarmer 11 ай бұрын

Hey Don - glad to hear you're alive. Have you stopped doing videos?

@banditfarmer1900 11 ай бұрын

Hay Charlie There is a long story about not putting video's up and over the last month I switched cable companies and havent been able to load a video yet because of a cable problem. Saying that when you see one pop up I got it figured out and the flood gate will open on video's from last year. Biggest problem is going to be trying to figure out how I'm going to get everything into video's that make sense, There will be a lot of editing to do ! LOL This is going to be fun ! Bandit

@Art-ot2jn 11 ай бұрын

No bare wires sparks will ignite the straw stay away from gas engine combines

@banditfarmer1900 11 ай бұрын

@@Art-ot2jn Been running them for 50 years and have never caught one on fire yet. For me I'd rather have a gas combine for easer winter starts and the fuel is cheaper too ! Bandit

@pagrainfarmer 11 ай бұрын

OK. I understand. I was just worried that something had happened to you or that you just decided to quit. You were one of the very first people I started watching on KZbin a few years ago, and I always enjoy your videos and consider you a good friend. We're a lot alike in many ways. Oh by the way (teaser alert) - I just bought another White/Oliver tractor - this one is very rare. I'm buying it off a friend, but it probably won't make it here for a while, as I recover from my recent surgery. I'll do a video on it. This one is very rare and the price was right. Stay tuned. Looking forward to you getting videos up when you get things figured out. Merry Xmas! @@banditfarmer1900

@keithwuchter624 11 ай бұрын

Good video Ross. You just can't trust those parts books or the numbers in them anymore. We always took the old parts to matchup. But hey, you're making progress and that's all that matters. Thanks for sharing and good luck with the ole 55.

@terrynoland487 11 ай бұрын

Enjoy watching all of your videos thanks for sharing

@andrewdougal2262 11 ай бұрын

It's the distance between the block and the head the short plug fits in no room for the long reach plug

@LyleBrand 11 ай бұрын

your klien screwdriver also works aS A nut driver

@bigun447 11 ай бұрын

Ross, It would have been more fun to have just filed the points, put the new rotor in, and fire it up with Grandpa's parts. JD is like Ford, they always guard letting people know what they could use to replace what their book says. Get that other 303 running, adapt a 5-speed transmission behind it, and put it in that Chicken House pickup. If you are going to work on making it run then you should do a repaint on it. That would make the Junky Deere guys drool so much you would have to install drainage ditches around it.

@brianforson2630 11 ай бұрын

Aftermarket

@jacobb3446 11 ай бұрын

Check and see what the other combine has for plugs in it.

@opasvintagegarage 11 ай бұрын

Hello Ross, with the upcoming eating, drinking and of course church services, I want to take this opportunity to wish you and family a Merry Christmas!

@alexgarrod9093 11 ай бұрын

Hope get it running your other projects sorted or so I've finished my kosoyo p10 car fixed other got it running swapping parts

@JoTa8389-gu9vi 11 ай бұрын

Another step closer! Your luck tends to be like mine. Ignition's almost done carb. on the way. Merry Christmas to you and yours.

@bradleyhughes6853 11 ай бұрын

The fun of part matching something that you have no way of knowing if it was correct in the first place, or did they run out of what they needed and say "That will work for now."

@utahbrumley7473 11 ай бұрын

Great video! The more I see your combine, more I'm convinced it will run and once again be usable! I just don't see any major deterioration. My father and I got to talking about the straw walkers. We both wondered since they look to made of sheet metal, if one could be fabricated without major work. We both have experience in metal fab; I wonder if 18 gauge is same as what JD used. A local farmer who used to be around here; sadly no longer with us, has two combines that look like your's. Going to try and get a closer look at them to see if there 55 models; may be good parts units if you end up needing something you don't have. I looked at my agri-services catalog out of curiosity to see if they had any wiring harness's for a JD 55 and they do! So, if you end up needing major wiring they should have it. Noticed the distributor cap problem; i got into the same thing on a replacement; that center graphite was much bigger than original. Not sure if that's updated design or not. On mine it just seemed to depress down more on the center tang of the rotary button. Keep it up, can't wait to see it fire up! I would be not surprised with the engine running if majority of the inner workings engaged and freed up. The grain tank looked solid! I'd used POR pain if it were me; at least they advertise its supposed to stop rust lol. I'm guessing it has hydrostatic trans. Excellent video, give it two weeks and I bet you have running!

@petepeeff5807 11 ай бұрын

I knew it would finally happen. YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED THE WORLDS SUPPLY OF BRAKE CLEAN!! Thanks now there is none for the rest of us.😂😂

@MikeJensen-wo7oh 11 ай бұрын

Why don't new coils fit the bracket? Well, obviously, they are bigger! The next question is, why are they bigger?! Just ran into this a couple weeks ago working on a Farmall 400. Luckily, I found an original IH coil that fits the bracket and, and works!

@burrridgefarms 11 ай бұрын

You are trying to revive another combine in the winter.... it just shows you never learn🤣🤣 On the flip side I've been laying on the steel floor of my tmr waygon welding a new liner in. Boy! Does that suck the body heat away. 🙄

@brianstreeks9154 3 ай бұрын

The key fell out of the keyway as you were tapping it on.

@glennschlorf1285 11 ай бұрын

Hey Ross... that is a 303 Hercules engine.... John deere used this engine on combines and Cotton pickers.... the John Deere 4010/4020 would have used the 369 Hercules engine... the 45 combine had a 217 Hercules engine