1948 McCormick-Deering W-4 Walkaround - An Original Survivor!

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[@Ihbinder14]

Looks like you are gonna have to find a new parts tractor.

[@IndergaardAcres]

parts tractor......yeah right. I can guarantee you will be parts hunting at le sueur in the spring for both the super and this one.

[@homeFall1]

That is what I would vote for but... it aint my money or time... They sure aren't making anymore of them

[@SuperMAZ007]

I'm leaning towards saving this one more than the first W-4 you got. No specific reason other than it probably having less hours and the dedicated high compression head. I'm amazed the hood is so nice. What ever landed on the gas tank did manage to miss the hood by a long shot.

[@d00dEEE]

I agree, this one seems to have very solid bones. And the patina! Nice.

[@aserta]

Ultimately it depends on the state of the guts. If this little gem turns to be as honest as it is on the outside, on the inside, then yep, this would be a better restoration candidate. The other one's not bad either. Whatever landed, also dinged the fender. The bends are in line with the gas tank. Tho, ultimately, moot point. Once the liner's gone, there's no worth to them anymore (unless you're keeping parts to assemble a lawn art tractor, in which case, that's fair game).

[@rickyjessome4359]

Fantastic video Toby! Seems like that w-4 could very well be a low hour machine? Looking for to the next video. Cheers

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Toby. I see this one getting a Squatch build,,lol. Nice find,,already got a tank! How did the eye appointment go?

[@ormmeford2204]

Bet the small spark plug was a chain saw spark plug. It's about the right size.

[@76RSLT]

Rebuild! Rebuild!! Rebuild!!!

[@budwalker333]

Definitely way to nice to be a parts tractor

[@sterff89]

I think I’d fix this one before the other one if it runs! I like the old ugly ones myself!

[@hiluxmad]

Cj7y plug will fit your stihl chainsaw

[@chrisrhodes5464]

My oh my you have it very bad you just hear of a old tractor sitting somewhere and you have to go and get it and you start looking it over and see that it could be a member of the force Toby please do yourself a favor and take care of your eyes first and then you can finish up some of the projects you are already in the works

[@ryanredfarmerMN]

10 videos later, a half complete W-4 parts tractor comes home to fix 2 w-4's.. 😂😅

[@neilshep50]

I knew where this was going when you said you could get the correct seat new!

[@growingknowledge]

We all know it's not a parts tractor...enjoy the new project, she's got the magic !

[@mtronics]

all these fancy shutters... LOL... cardboard and bailing wire is where we all know its best. LOL!

[@cometcountry1974]

Speaking of paper pulley, did you ever get back the one you sent out for the swamp angel and I somehow missed it?

[@davidvogel6359]

@squatch253 I go to church with two brothers that are mail carriers and they told me that they can't hire enough people who will work. that job is very physically demanding and most people are not fit enough to do the work. he said they hired 7 people and at the end of the week they had 2 or 3 left. they both said they worked 12 hours and 6 days a week.

[@ronshumway1]

Yep - a worthy machine. Nice "tractor archeology" with the contents of the tool box too. An 1113 project with this one would preserve a rare model . . .

[@JH-qi7fz]

Save the Wheatlands!!!

[@andrewklahold2880]

You might be able to hydro that dent out of the gas tank

[@jmailbell]

Don’t name and tame your Thanksgiving turkey and let the children get attached to it before Thanksgiving, you might not be eating turkey at Thanksgiving. Same goes for parts tractors!

[@homeFall1]

at the same time... I prefer ham so I would encourage my folks to get attached to the turkey so we can go grab my preferred Thanksgiving protein ;)

[@billtheunjust]

My Sister and her kids name their chickens things like Alfredo or Parmesean. That way they have a way to talk about specific chickens related to health or egg production etc without forgetting that they are food not pets.

[@SamMaass-s5h]

Never ate a tractor.

[@raymondbuterbaugh3117]

Time to find another in alot worst shape. For parts. Those have most of there parts

[@homeFall1]

need to marinade them for a while... ;) @@SamMaass-s5h

[@geneguenther4325]

Great walk around video! Would be a great one to do like the Swamp Angle! Thanks again Toby

[@ralfie8801]

It looks to me like you’ve thought about my comment the other day a little more Toby, I can hear it in your tone of voice. You better put your buddies on the lookout for another W-4 parts machine to restore your Super W-4 with and plan on building this tractor back to new. Edit: The small Champion spark plug is for a Briggs and Stratton 2 HP engine from an edger or a mower. And I made the above comment before the video was over, now I’ve seen the end and you’ve basically confirmed my thoughts. Better get to searching for another one!

[@benmeyer3962]

Parts or another iron in the fire.

[@paulsilva3346]

Iron,iron...! 18:11

[@nandi123]

I hope you decide to fully restore and repaint this beauty when the time comes.

[@barkingmouse8152]

Has all the matching numbers, which is the donor...?

[@gordonmcmillan4709]

The spring on the clutch pedal stops the thrust bearing from rattling, just a noise "upgrade"

[@NineCylinderDiesel]

That tiny sparkplug is likely from a chainsaw or other two steoke machine

[@homeFall1]

That was my thought as well was likely a chainsaw that was being used with the tractor and they just dumped the plug in the box when they pulled it in the woodlot etc.

[@johngibson3837]

Chainsaw I agree, even the 7 something letters sounded familiar

[@alwatts3778]

Looking forward to seeing the outcome on this one!

[@jdsmort]

CJ7-y... Chainsaw plug, and B&S small flatheads

[@brenterickson1695]

I'm kinda thinking that's a saver not a donor.....Your tractor Toby, what ever you do with it, I'm good with it....

[@KensSmallEngineRepair]

KNOX insulator. Very popular brand.

[@BigStickFisheries]

It's funny when I watch ur videos the weather is usually the same as here in nova scotia 🇨🇦..u guys get lil snow ..we get a lil snow....u guys have hurricane type weather..so do we...jus thought I'd add that..haha

[@1murder99]

I think CJ7Y spark plugs fit you lawn mower. I have some in the garage.

[@johnmckee7937]

Nice W 4, off subject have you ever seen a tractor with a Coffman starting system? Maybe at a show?

[@dieselsforlife3847]

17:32 see someone walking around in background!

[@erickmclean9584]

Feller gota go get some VGG shine juices for that old girls....she be mint when done

[@jvin248]

Those up mounted lights ... I have found I really like "mid-engine" side light mounts as found on Allis Chalmers WD and similar tractors. When you are working at night and something happens, you have lights to work on the tractor too. I have retrofitted the family heirloom Ferguson TO35 with mid-engine lights (modern bright LED lamps on brackets from bolts near the battery tray). I'm not interested in period correct but 'getting the work done' with the old equipment. My 'newer' MF35 has LED vertical strip lights mounted where the round-eye lights normally are then decided on the heirloom tractor to put them back like the ACWD I have.

[@bobferranti5222]

Keep the patina that's on there, just clean it up and paint it with a matte clear and leave it

[@oldenslo4141]

I also watch another KZbin channel, "Adventures Made from Scratch". Silas and his dad own salvage yards in Kansas. They do a lot of farm clean-ups, I mean a lot with a multitude of old tractors. He has many old tractors in "his" yard. Might be a good source for finding an old W-4. Recently, he bought an old Case (not sure of the model) but it has the lower rear fenders similar to the W-4. Please, take a look at his videos.

[@patricktetreault4870]

wondering why a coil, everything ive been around or worked on the mag generated the the spark

[@RGC1968]

Squatch..... I am just a car guy. But your stuff is wearing on me...... SAVE IT!!!!!! The fact that all major components are still numbers matching, and has the radiator louvers as a rare option, is a no brainer to me... rebuild or restore.

[@FlyNavyP3C]

Thanks for posting the walk around! Also for the shoutout!

[@waltermattson5566]

I think you will need another parts tractor.

[@mandolinman2006]

Like I said, you're talking yourself into making this your next project tractor.

[@mattdanger-ny]

My guess is that clutch block & spring was added so someone's kid could run the tractor and pull the wagon while dad walked along side fixing fence.

[@johnwilkinson6067]

Myself I would definitely keep it to mechanical restore

[@richvandervoort2950]

I could see not a full mechanical restoration, but repairing and restoring the bits worn beyond service limits or just what is needed.

[@seniorelectrician6831]

Yes, Parts are hard to find for those, however, Please don't write it off as a parts tractor, you may find that with a little searching while you are down for a while, or with a little repairing that you can easily have a W4 and a Super W4

[@duanebolen543]

Somebody was working on an electric fence. That's what that insulator is for.

[@dustyfarmer]

That CJ7Y is a chainsaw sparkplug.

[@dougellsworth3545]

high headlights mirrors the look of the Iron Mistress.

[@TF856]

Two-headed battery cable for two batteries in parallel?

[@pauledmundson8132]

Don't you hate it when your "parts unit" looks too good to part out? Tough decisions!

[@deweydodo6691]

Whats better than a restored w-4? Why a couple of restored ones

[@Framo60]

I must say that this honest and dignified original survivor W-4 is much more appealing to me than the painted over first one. Also, a 1948 build year does evoke images of postwar America still recovering from WWII, so this tractor is a representative of a time when such a machine represented a significant investment for a small farm (and by the looks of it the place where you hauled it from somehow looked like it was somewhat frozen in that same time, too), while in 1953 things had reached a 'new normal', and buying a tractor was nothing to write home about any longer I guess. Thus I would definitely be tempted to try to keep the older model alive and as close to its 'survivor' state as possible if I were in your shoes - which I am not, of course. Of course it would even be better if both tractors could be saved as working units - but let's not get to far ahead of ourselves here ... ;-)

[@EricMinnaert]

Hey would you please explain the jar air cleaner? I never understood why they were there or what they actually did. I also like this w4 a bit better but why not try to restore both as long as you are only missing tin.

[@geraldschrader8511]

Nice walk-around. Enjoyed the tool box exploration. Looks like this tractor would make a fine restoration series - please make it happen!

[@rawbsworld6604]

👍 ha! Tool box was the icing on the cake!!! 🤗😂

[@rogerallen6644]

Agree 💯

[@FURST420]

I was starting to think that toolbox was bottomless 😜

[@duanebolen543]

He probably used that tractor in the woods because that spark plug was probably out of the chainsaw and they're hooking the front. There's probably the hook of rope or whatever to the tree.

[@briankeating692]

cj7y was a common old chain saw spark plug

[@589193fz]

With the lights up, it has a bit of a Mickey Mouse look...

[@jatomlin1991]

You need to try to do a "will it start" with this one. Hope your eye is getting better.

[@gearsnstuff7330]

So what's the difference between a 'super' W4 and a regular W4? Super tractors are a Farmallisim that I've never fully understood.

[@rawbsworld6604]

Thanks Squatch 253 and here I thought they came equipped with a cape off the back of em 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤣😂 them regular ones were known as mild mannered Clark IH

[@Yellow_iron_and_spanners]

the tool box never fails to make me laugh I found some interesting thing in my 1940 5j d2 I I went over that in one of my videos

[@duanebolen543]

That w4 looks like it hasn't been used very much.

[@personator907]

By my reckoning that small plug was likely from a chainsaw or some other small 2-stroke engine.

[@charleswray404]

Restore both

[@KG-yn9qi]

10x after Prep H ????? Then RD6???

[@stevew270]

Keep that white stuff up there, would ya, please! haha

[@Denis-tu1pd]

That micro spark plug we use on our 5 horse power Briggs and Stratton rotertiller.

[@stevestrohacker8436]

Owatrol/Penetrol should pull the details out of that tin work.

[@sallybrokaw6124]

There is a dent in the left side fender that is in line with the big dent in gas tank.AL B.

[@dylanhockaday9878]

Restore the other one and fix that one up to keep oem to take to shows or clear coat it and time to get a w6 lol

[@terrywitt5543]

Is a w4 like a Wheatland tractor

[@brycewiborg8095]

I've got it !!! They weren't wearing out the throw out bearing fast so they kept tension on the clutch to rectify the situation. Seriously i like it. Dad bought his H with implements in 1948. Thank you.

[@paullewis5045]

I am in for a 1113 type restoration. (Awesome BTW.) This one will surely benefit from what you learned on the dozer. The hints are good that you are headed that direction. Looking forward to seeing it start and run along with the running evaluation. It's cool as it sits. Good luck.

[@coolhandluke5557]

Wow , first snow already ???

[@clydeschwartz]

Excellent video it would look awesome as a patina rebuild tractor

[@rawbsworld6604]

Would look awsome as a restore too 👍 😂🤗 ✌️

[@rawbsworld6604]

Alternate comment can’t wait to see the Skid plate he makes for it 😝

[@markr478]

cjy plug=lawnmower

[@WilliamWallace14051]

But if you buy 3 W-4s you might have 2?

[@Fragaut]

Patina ... 🤦 Squatch, you incorrigible optimist ! It doesn't matter how you call it; it's still rust ! FeOOH ! Highly porous, highly expanded hydrated iron(III) oxide-hydroxide! 🤣

[@melsplace4007]

Electric fence wire insulator, yes, sir.

[@lordcaptainvonthrust3rd]

Nice walk around. Thanks Squatch

[@duanebolen543]

I would keep the w4 that you just got its in better condition.

[@rgendrud8695]

love those turned up lights

[@BarnyardEngineering]

The spring is the "Clutch Rider-o-Matic 5000." When your dad yells at you for riding the clutch, you install one of those.

[@jaduca22]

I'd like to see it restored

[@nealyerges8882]

How would you go about taken that dent out of gas tank?

[@paulsilva3346]

Crank that son of a gun.. 18:11

[@briancook4065]

2 yrs Younger than the Wife 8 yrs younger than me and its in better shape than both of us

[@rogerallen6644]

I’m thinking that’s too nice for a parts tractor. There’s good bones there.

[@PrairieViewJim]

Looks like a low hour builder to me

[@diamonddahlberg]

Build this one Squatch! It seems like a goooood candidate, atleast for me sitting comfortably in my couch watching You do it 🙂. Thanks for the entertainment!

[@cecilhohimer3651]

Do you have plow parts for sale

[@wayneb2490]

That clutch spring assist may have been from somebody that had a injured leg

[@walterbickel7962]

So now repair both of these.

[@StubProductions]

I was thinking this tractor should get the CAT D2 #113 treatment… then you said the same thing! Great minds think alike! lol! That tractor is way to nice to part out. Looks like you have TWO new tractors for the collection!

[@darrelldvorak9633]

Restore her. I have a 1941.

[@theda850two]

While going through the contents of the toolbox, I so much loved the comment,, "there's the sediment bowl base, , , oooooof" . 😂

[@alanmize5627]

be nice I am 48 model and am 75 .

[@arthurpage3175]

I think you nead another parts tractor, Don't know how you get it home though now the snow has arrived.