John Deere B With Stuck Engine and Water in the Rear End

Old John Deere Two Cylinder Tractors

[@Papa-vq3fv]

Well sir seen one of these model B JDs for over 50 years finally the stack rusted off very sad I remember the old boy using tractor from 1964 on I have always wanted one I will really start looking now. Good luck on your indevor. I'm going to keep watching.

[@opasvintagegarage]

Hello and thanks for watching - yup, many of these sitting in tree lines or forgotten sheds! The B seems like a good size to fit on a trailer and parts are plentiful, good luck to you on your search. Thanks for your comment, hopefully next summer we'll be running a bush hog with this rig!

[@johnbender1596]

Patience and persistence will pay off. That hole in the flywheel is rather close to the center to get much leverage on the crankshaft. Would there be a way to pry on the ring gear teeth??

[@opasvintagegarage]

Hello and thanks for your comment! Yup, those holes are close to crank and wont provide too much leverage and I think I need to find a better way to do it. I may need to put the starter back on to use the teeth to pry on or I've seen where fellas weld on two steel studs on long flat bar stock and mound in those two holes on the flywheel and try to break the rings free. After I remove the top inspection cover, I'll see what the back side of the pistons look like and hit them with some PB blaster. Honestly, I really didn't expect the current pistons and sleeves to be any good, but so far they look way more promising than I thought. Also, thanks for your advice on patience and persistence, I will need a lot of that! ha ha