I Bought a Craigslist Minneapolis Moline G900 Tractor for $750

I found a Minneapolis Moline G900 Diesel Tractor on Craigslist for $750. Will it run? It hasn't ran in 10 years. will it start?
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[@FarmAlarm]

- I am very thankful to the gentleman who sold me this tractor. - Thanks for watching. - Check out this New Shirt ---> Tractor Nerd Shirt teespring.com/tractornerd

[@JamesCouch777]

I love all old tractors and motorcycles. There is something about getting an old machine running that is so satisfying 😊

[@bardee1]

My Dad did most of the tests on this style for production back in the 60s.. He was a R 7 D engineer for Moline.

[@FarmAlarm]

Now That is Awesome!

[@martinwatters2729]

Thats is a big deal CHUCK - AMAZING

[@garyfeltus9801]

Love Minneapolis Moline tractors. I have been on one. Just something about the way they look. Just a nice stile. Thanks for sharing . Just fond your channel.

[@jaceclark3564]

I saw the listing for that tractor on Craigslist. Cool to see it again!

[@citizendick6087]

Awesome! i grew up on Minnies! we had an M670 propane a jetstar 3 and a u 302. always wanted a g 900 or g 1000. great video! thank you!

[@dennishayes65]

Go Big MinneMo ! Im from Minnesota. My grandpas neighbor had several MM tractors, none this new. It was in the 50s & 60s. I like the Prairie Gold & Maroon colors !

[@tracylemme1375]

Tracy here, Tracy. There aren’t many of us male Tracy’s around. It is a great name. I not only love tractors in general, but I have been into machines of all types for over 70 years.

[@iamrichrocker]

really dig those fenders with the lights...just great looking tractors...

[@MichaelCarolina]

Awesome...can't wait to see it crank up.

[@JudAric]

It hasn't RUN in that many years, you did well.

[@markenloe1265]

Great video! Can’t wait for pt two. Cole County, MO

[@BakerBoysyt]

Say what! Great find, I had a MM G1000 vista we farmed 6 seasons with, eventually we parted with it because constantly finding rear end parts for that tractor was hard. Again great find, put her to use!

[@heavenlyhillfamilyfarm6485]

Recently picked up a moline for $300, runs but needs work. Look forward to seeing what you do with this

[@doncroddy7856]

Man, you should have been up here in Central Indiana, years back. I worked for an old farmer that had one of those tractors. He put the front wheel in a hole and drove the radius rod into the engine. Not a good day. He found a new, in the crate engine and had it installed. Not many years after he passed away. Not many Moline tractors around here and it sold for a little of nothing.

[@EssayonsFG]

Great pick up, Tracy! I'm with you. My jaw would drop too for that bottom line price. Rob

[@HarmlessFarmerAndyDetwiler]

That’s a nice Minnie Mo. Looks pretty straight. I never ran one but always liked those tractors.

[@FarmAlarm]

Hey thanks Andy! It should be a nice Tractor. Well if we ever meet up, I'll have to let you run it. Thanks for the comment 👍😀

[@jamesorr2404]

I hope you get the Ole Girl to talk to yea you know she wants to!!! I will be watching I have always liked them MM's that one has a Huge Motor on it I seen them set up on water pumps in Kansas and run 24-7 for weeks at a time just above a Idle.Good Luck

[@turbodiesel4709]

Hey, nice find! The rubber alone was worth the purchase. So glad to see she didn't end up in a scrap yard! Breaks my heart when they do. Such an easy fix... Must be the previous owner just wasn't willing to bite the bullet and pay for a rebuild of the injection pump. Oh well... His loss, your gain! 👍👍 Love your tow rig setup (truck & trailer). Next time, please, just winch that MM tractor up on to the trailer. Might be slower, but it's one a heck of a lot safer! Could have easily been a tragic ending if the tractor pulling it up on the trailer had accidentally slid sideways, which can easily happen in this type of scenario. Stay safe, & God bless!

[@garygrose6351]

Grew up running a g1000,Vista, and others. These are super tractors.

[@EL300B]

Going through the same thing with a oliver 1650.Sat for several years in a shop,went to start it and same thing as you have.Has same pump too.No fuel at the banjo fittings.Was told there is a fuel metering plunger that will stick if they sit long.Local pump shop wants $500 just to look at it.Will be interested to see what you find.

[@kevind3185]

G900 is a Muscle Tractor that is a hell of a good deal. I've run a G1000 vista nice tractors.

[@Jason1Pa]

Just found this channel! Should be a fun project!

[@FarmAlarm]

thanks Jason

[@burtbrooks7731]

Dang you got good tires with it👍👍

[@SKC640]

Man look at those rear rubbers even if they are Chinese you scored on just them! I am looking at MM M5 tomorrow to hopefully add it to the farm

[@ourselfreliantlife]

Nice score! I'm a nerd of all kinds of things unfortunately tractors aren't one of them.😆 Maybe someday. 😁

[@martinwatters2729]

Thats my favourite MINNIE and she turns over for 750 BUCKS OUTSTANDING. CHROME HAND rail STILL ON HER WOW. No matter what you got a steel of a deal.

[@nickolasburger5999]

When are you going to upload the video on the rebuild of fuel pump, placing it back on tractor and then firing up of the old girl finally from its long slumber?

[@brent440]

we used to have a super rare GVI front wheel assist, got rid of it in the seventies. Can't even google a pic of one

[@caveman5943]

i grandpa has one just like that one but i think its older and you dont start it with a key you turn on the fuel with the throttle and the key and you push in a deal that usees the starter. i think he said it was a 1950s tractor

[@vanlifenomadfirekeeper]

Cool old tractor.

[@ChickaWoofRanch]

Nice!

[@lanelewis8597]

Just subscribed cause #missouri. Good stuff

[@FarmAlarm]

Thanks Lane

[@petedohmen8827]

I grew up on an R,ZB,and U302. They were good tractors in their day

[@FarmAlarm]

Would be cool to see them still in business today

[@sonyhk3824]

Have a good luck

[@isaacwegner6714]

We actually have an Oliver row crop 88 that we got to go up to about 80 hp

[@davekimbler2308]

That is a smoking deal on a G model MM ! Up here In Minnesota they go for 3 x that not running easily !

[@FarmAlarm]

Thanks Dave!

[@bwilliams463]

Good catch; the tires look like they're worth about half what you paid for the whole machine. Was this tractor built with a cab, originally? I swear I saw an A/C compressor on the engine.

[@masterful7574]

What is “awl” pressure???

[@mobes329]

Hi Tracey have you ever played around with steam engines? Your videos are great! I live in farm country also 80 miles south of Chicago.

[@FarmAlarm]

My younger cousin really likes steam engine's. Check this out --> kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6K8Zol5aMalnpo

[@alankuhlman8550]

Im betting the flex ring for the governor is shot as well. They usually deteriorate over time with no use.

[@FarmAlarm]

Yeah but we won't have that problem anymore. I bought a solid governor weight cage. Thanks 👍😀

[@burtbrooks7731]

I need a 4620 John Deere if ya ever come across one I’m wanting to make a super farm eventually turn it into a pro stock 💪 nice MM

[@nathan8649]

We have a 4620 great tractor hope you can find one

[@jonathanstodden6029]

My father has one of these sitting in the back of a barn. It has two bad cylinders and I haven't seen it run in 15 years. He uses it for parts for his lp 900.

[@FarmAlarm]

Perhaps he wants to sell it...?

[@jonathanstodden6029]

@@FarmAlarm I'll ask him. He's located in Central Illinois.

[@tuckerbuzzell1882]

I have a zasi military tractor really cool tractor only 500 made

[@markgamble8377]

Sweet deal.u got some nice tractors there. What is the IH u took it off trailor with.?

[@FarmAlarm]

Thanks Mark. That Tractor is an International 706 with a DT466 truck engine.

[@wayofthewordwow7574]

Someday I'm gonna have a tractor

[@TABrown-xh7xc]

I have a BG I have fiddling with for awhile , should of bought a 2 cylinder Deere!

[@outcastprojects6733]

Good buy should clean up nice,I have 750 in the gas G6 moline i have on my channel!

[@FarmAlarm]

That's awesome. I'll check it out. 👍

[@mooutdoorstv8594]

Dang you live 1/2hour from me! How’d I not see ittttt?🤦🏼‍♂️😂

[@FarmAlarm]

Where at?

[@SchnelleKat]

Be ready to look for Parts... Edit, Sweet tractor... don't see many Gs around I've been on the hunt for a ZB and ZTU for awhile... As well a RTI.

[@FarmAlarm]

Your just looking in the wrong spots lol 👍😀

[@FarmAlarm]

@@dustnashes that is correct. And the Welters family are top notch folks.

[@julianocarlos7182]

Legal Sou apaixonado pôr mm Tenho un aqui no Brasil minneapolis moline ub diesel

[@tammysarrazin7078]

by the time Henry is a adult there might be no farming just a whole bunch of redone tractors and a awesome old truck lol hugssssss from Ontario Canada

[@tammysarrazin7078]

wowzers he got a pick up he wasnt looking for lol

[@slowride55]

Big fancy trailer and no winch?

[@HuntGamingProductions]

fun fact:these tractors were built really heavy. how do i know? my grandpa told me because at a local tractor pull i seen them pulling parts off the tractor to ligthen it up

[@nickkaiser8831]

What kind of fuel line/fitting are those?

[@FarmAlarm]

Those are called *Push Lok* fittings. You dont need hose clamps. Lube the fitting or the hose, push it on, and you're done! Super nice.

[@Zarealy]

Looks kind of out of place in the middle of all that IH red. Can you leave them alone together in the same shop? I suppose they'll be fine, but if it was green there might be a problem. Lol

[@FarmAlarm]

Lol red and yellow get along, because they both have a common enemy---> green.

[@arvbergstedt3303]

We sold new G-900s Good tractor. Better than the G-1000.

[@arvbergstedt3303]

It’s normal for hydraulic light to come on at warm idle. Do not adjust rear pump above 15 psi. Will blow seal and oil soak the button clutch causing slippage. Have to split tractor to replace seal.

[@neilkratzer3182]

How about a rare bg 1 needs restored but straight tin work?

[@FarmAlarm]

You have one you're trying to get rid of?

[@neilkratzer3182]

@@FarmAlarm yeh going to restore but have to many projects. Needs to go to a MM person that has the time and add to their collection since there was only about 1200 or so made. Time for someone else

[@FarmAlarm]

Rare sounds expensive lol

[@neilkratzer3182]

@@FarmAlarm $1700.00 it needs a new home

[@FarmAlarm]

Perhaps advertise it on the Minneapolis moline Facebook page

[@martinwatters2729]

I can't get over how good that M&M looks for 750 bucks and she is all there 2 wow. i subscribed to your channel because of this tractor i wanna see how far you go on her return to business .OLIVER'S and M&Ms ARE MY FAVOURITES.

[@doughboy1966]

Sure glad I found your channel. I can tell this is isn't yalls first rodeo loading and unloading tractors. Can't wait to see the next video on that Minnie Mo.

[@FarmAlarm]

Thanks for watching Damon

[@soldtobediers]

''Tractors'' The Lion Tamers of Wild Lands. -2520

[@FarmAlarm]

LOL 😂👍

[@FarmallFanatic]

The real question....whos farmall on the trailer? lol

[@FarmAlarm]

There's plenty more of those where it came from...

[@FarmallFanatic]

@@FarmAlarm that nice?

[@HuntGamingProductions]

i know what its like driving a tractor without steering. i broke the steering on grandpas ford jubilee

[@FarmAlarm]

Was grandpa mad??

[@HuntGamingProductions]

@@FarmAlarm nope bc it was a pure accident. it was also a old tractor from 1953 . he told me it was bound to happen

[@don66hotrod94]

Almost as good as a CASE.

[@FarmAlarm]

That was almost a Good Comment lol 👍👍😀 But at least you didn't say John Deere

[@bradmorgan1234]

I'll give you your money back! Lol

[@FarmAlarm]

Do i still get to keep the tractor too? LOL 😂😂😂👍👍👍

[@bradmorgan1234]

@@FarmAlarm I like tractors that not many other people have. I've been looking for some MM around here to buy but they are just few and far between!

[@FarmAlarm]

@@bradmorgan1234 where are you from?

[@bradmorgan1234]

@@FarmAlarm western Kentucky

[@morgansword]

I don't want to bust your balls and I know there is at least half of them left for scrap yet with a million motor hours, but fair is fair. Its your play toy and could of went half way with him. Most farmers don't know how to turn wrenches and it is on him to learn but dang it sounds like theft, in the moral way. I have worked on them and they were pound for pound a good heavy tractor. I had one as a kid and that one started on gas and switched over to diesel. For a fact, water in fuel really wasn't a problem unless it got to a way over ratio proportionately. I just wish farmers took better care of their equipment... put to bed wet and a grease gun was "how do you shoot this thing" as they greased a half a dozen fittings but there was oil in it yesterday so it should be just fine today kids. Real sad to me to abuse it/them that way. I came out to a farm to give him a hand and he told me it wouldn't start so first things first, check the fluids. It might of had a gallon of oil floating on water and the oil portion of this milk gumbo smelled just nasty so drain all fluids including radiator and refill with designated stuff. I drained the fuel tank and what came out would puke a dog off a gut wagon so strap a fuel cell on the top and drain the fuel pump much as possible. I did cheat as I cranked it a couple times to see what made it through so with very little battery and all stuff hooked up cranked it a couple rolls and hit some either in air filter (don't ask what came out but it did live at one time) and it popped right off and ran like new and while running forced the gen to charge for a while. Then shut down and fix that too. Moral of the story; the guy promised me he would do better but that fall he comes back and says its acting up. I go over and same story so told him better get another tractor as I can't keep up this feel sorry for you when you don't help yourself and just walked away.

[@danharris1065]

I have a G1000 propane 1966 I would like to sell it's my pulling tractor if anyone is interested

[@hydrazombie]

02:50 "Willie nelson" not a fan of youtube

[@randykroells8049]

I bought a M670 for $1000 ,what a piece of junk.

[@arvbergstedt3303]

The engine vibration shakes the whole tractor. Who needs a massage therapist.