Restoring a John Deere B | Part 1 | Getting it running

[@johndeere1951a]

That was monumental work. Congratulations 🏆 35 minutes to show months and thousands if dollars worth of work. " Bob's yet Uncle" indeed ! Watching all your vids from Hillsboro NH. 73 year old retired master technician with Mercedes Benz and BMW.👍👍

[@ddelano7408]

It's nice to see a young man so enthusiastic about bringing old equipment back to life. Keep up the great work! I look forward to your updates on this build.

[@zerofull6936]

I'm an old man now, x farmer and so pleased to see the younger generation taking up this work. People like this go to make a great country.

[@Badgeweefixstuff]

Very impressive kiddo well done you took me back 60 years when I started. I know you got the gift wow very good 🇨🇦👍👍🛠️🇨🇦🛠️

[@ابراهیمصالحی-ط4و]

You are great, young man. I was almost the same age as you when I started mechanics and repairing machines

[@jimrerko3415]

Andrew, Am so glad that I found your videos. They are so enjoyable. I can't get enough of watching you. You never swear in any of the ones I've watched. I have high respect for you young man !! Keep up the great work ! One other thing, your young right now, get help when lifting heavy items. Don't mess your back up. Don't end up like me. Please ! Sincerely, Jim.

[@LewisMowersandBoats]

Great show brother 👏 👍 I worked at a HD radiator shop for 19 years I was like done that weld and heat trick about a million times before 🤣

[@andrewklahold2880]

You actually found new departure bearings wow

[@scoutandlouie4652]

Very cool to see that be brought back to life. Nice work!

[@colin_5839]

AMAZING JOB! I'm really impressed with you knowledge of this stuff since it seems like you are even younger than me lol! Keep up the good work!!

[@jonbender9110]

Very good and professional job

[@terryraymond7984]

Awesome job makes me want to try that if I had a decent shop.

[@johnnyholland8765]

I feel for you my friend. I bought a basket case 1939 B about 7 years ago now and just in the last year (2021) I really made an effort to complete an almost total restoration of it. I am now in the seven to eight thousand dollar range and I have yet to drive it. I figure I will have a total of around nine thousand dollars in it. Two thousand in just the engine. I am into it to the point I could never sell it for what I have in it so I must finish it. Good luck with yours...

[@thesmallenginekid]

thanks. You'r right, it is not economical to restore and sell these tractors. I probably should have parted this one out. But is obviously too late. I still need to find a set of tires for it.

[@lyleminyard2308]

Great job young man FYI and you already probably know this the fly wheel has a timing mark on it let her stamp V in addition to be in the timing of the engine it is the counterweight for the crankshaft the opposite side of the crankshaft where the clutch is attaches also has a ladder stand V and it is a counter weight for the crankshaft just thought I’d throw that in there he did a great job

[@brianclark2876]

Another amazing video! Awesome job !!

[@elijahedmondson997]

Good job. That’s one more old tractor restored.

[@Onemattressatatime]

Torque to spec, really you did 👏👏

[@donalddehaven3229]

Really nice job of restoration

[@mp444me]

Excellent, love the long videos.

[@dancase9019]

How did you learn to work on old farm equipment? Curious minds would like to know 😊

[@bunk822]

You’re destined to be a mechanic 😅

[@RustyInventions-wz6ir]

Good job

[@MjS-zb6jr]

The trick when using silicone is to tighten down until you are lightly touching the silicone with the entire surface and let it cure for at least a few hours preferably a day then tighten down to spec (recommended torque)

[@coltonturlington501]

Love the content buddy keep it up

[@rosoffe1]

Amazing job, found you on Tik Tok and love your work, it's great to see such work ethic, where did you get it from ?

[@jamesbondesen5467]

Did you ever get the chance to upload the part 2 ?

[@dannybuckley30]

im about to buy a jd b myself do you know the best websites to go for parts/questions

[@thesmallenginekid]

I suggest buying a service manual on eBay or probably Amazon. For parts Steiner has pretty much all you need. If you need cheaper used parts Rusty Acres Ranch (vintagetractors.com) parts out a lot of B’s.

[@dancase9019]

What do you do with the tractors after fixing

[@thesmallenginekid]

I would love to have a farm to use them! I do drive them down the street, go to tractor pulls, and local parades. I sold a Farmall C that is being used in Guatamala now.

[@amjadalmasri2049]

Okay let's goo

[@jamesbondesen5467]

Can you make a video on how you prep the tractor for paint ?

[@thesmallenginekid]

Yes. Part 2 of this tractor will cover sheet metal work, paint and reassembly.

[@jamesbondesen5467]

@@thesmallenginekid thank you I am restoring a John Deere 620 and I need some help on what to do to prepare the tractor for prime and paint. Thank you for responding, I tried contacting you on your TikTok, yeah thank you.

[@jimrerko3415]

We'll only human, we all make mistakes. Yeah... Ag Pro. $$$$

[@andrewklahold2880]

See you got a roller matic

[@andrewklahold2880]

Never seen many jd bs with roller matic on the front. And the roller matic was not john deer is was designed by a man name Elie Williams

[@Jewish_infidel]

And I thought the one me and my buddy were fixin was bad

[@123MineMan321]

Reupload the chainsaw video! Or else...

[@TF856]

Repairs and paint does not make a restoration! Nice rebuild though!

[@Onemattressatatime]

Torque to spec, really you did 👏👏