Antique John Deere Power Unit
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Topic: Antique John Deere Power Unit
Posted By: BuckSkin
Subject: Antique John Deere Power Unit
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 2:06am
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I hope some of you guys are old John Deere knowledgeable. I have searched the internet until my eyes are sore and gone down so many time-consuming rabbit holes that I have barely found my way back. No matter how I search, all I can come up with are Model W, C, and LUC; plenty of each of those and none of anything else. Everything I find has the air cleaner or the stack or both in the wrong places. This has the original John Deere 2-cylinder horizontal engine configuration. It is powering a huge vertical shingle mill. Can anyone properly identify this power unit, please ?       |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 4:45am
Might be a tractor that someone chopped ip to make a PU. You need to ID some components, then trace back to the tractor it comes from... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: dp7000
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 7:24am
| I agree with Dave. Flywheel # good place to start. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 9:21am
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With a B_____ part number on the bottom radiator tank, I'd say it was a power unit using a B tractor engine. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 10:27am
This is in reply to all three of you guys (I couldn't figure out how to multi-quote) I had considered the possibility of this being a repurposed tractor and the more I look for a purpose-made power unit like it, the more I believe it is one of a kind. Due to the "B" parts casting, I will pursue the John Deere "B" angle first. |
DiyDave wrote:Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 11:07am
Well, that didn't take five minutes once I had the "B" clue. The first thing that came up was this http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX6hzCDzjYUMarch%202016%20VIDEO" rel="nofollow - March 2016 VIDEO of this exact same unit on the same farm where I photographed it last weekend. The hyperlink don't work and I can't figure out how to fix it so here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX6hzCDzjYU I do believe that it is a one-of-a-kind as it is the only John Deere "B" power unit that I am finding. One curious thing is the smooth radiator front; every example of a "B" tractor I saw has JOHN DEERE prominently cast onto the upper portion of the radiator. Also, all of the tractors have the breather and exhaust routed through the hood; whereas, this machine has them coming up beside the hood. What do you think about that hydraulic starter ? These people have a vast collection of vintage tractors, equipment, hit-n-miss engines, and both industrial and agricultural machines. I have been to many large shows that had far less to see than these people can pull out of a single barn and they have numerous barns. Thank you guys for helping me solve this mystery. NOTE: I have made numerous attempts to make the link to the video work; I cannot find any way to go into "advanced" edit or a true BB-code editor to clean up the mess I have made of it. Just copy/paste the address and it should get you there. The unique hydraulic engine starter is worth the extra trouble.
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Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 4:54pm
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Found the Video Link Hope it works! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX6hzCDzjYU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cX6hzCDzjYU |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 6:18pm
Thanks for fixing that.
It works fine and took me right there. What do you think about that hydraulic engine spinner/starter ? I bet that guy on the skid-steer (or is it a loader-tractor) came up with that and designed and made it himself. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 13 Oct 2022 at 7:18pm
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If you move the radiator back a foot and cut the front end of the frame off... there is no room for the muffler and air cleaner under the hood any more... JD B   ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |