john deere tools

[fordbroncodave]

anyone have any specialty john deere tools? i just bought a 1951 john deere model a tractor and i was wondering if there are any tools out there specifically for this or similar john deere models.

i got this tractor for a price shocker too

 

[the spyder]

A crescent wrench, hammer, and a flat head screw driver are all you will ever need haha. (I have never had any specialty tools for mine.) I have a 42 Model LA and a 48 Farmall.

 

[ossaguy]

That's a really nice looking tractor,looks like my Aunts before she had to sell it.Are you going to restore it to like-new,or just repair & use it? I know there are several tractor forums out there if you don't get any answers here.Looks like a fun project!

Steve

 

[fordbroncodave]

its painted already but not as good as it could be but i am leaving it as is. i will unstick the engine and get a new tube for the tire and use it. really no use for it yet but its a learning project. i couldn't pass it up for the price.

 

[sk farmer]

wheel wrench and flywheel wrench are two. some used a special tool for carb adjusting. the one you can't do without is a flywheel wrench. the flywheel needs to be pulled for most transmission work and moved for adjusting crankshaft end play. i have not figured out how to do it without that wrench.

 

[back2class]

Thats the great thing about these old tractors. They were designed specificaly to be easy to work on. Hard to imagine these days! Pretty much a portable toolbox ful of the basics is all even a dealer mechanic would need for these things.

 

[Wascally Wabbit]

I think the wheel wrench came later, when the rack and pinion rear wheels came out on the 50, 60, 70 series on up to the present.

I wonder what special tools were required to work on those, if any, perhaps some were needed for the PowerTrol?

 

[Packard V8]

You do know John Deere had their own branded wrenches and sockets? I've only seen a few. My engine machinist has a 1" combination.

thnx, jack vines

 

[sk farmer]

I think the wheel wrench came later, when the rack and pinion rear wheels came out on the 50, 60, 70 series on up to the present.

I wonder what special tools were required to work on those, if any, perhaps some were needed for the PowerTrol?

correct, i was thinking in general terms. not his particular model.

 

[fordbroncodave]

what about the spark plug socket? i had to get a 7/8" spark plug socket out of my 1/2" drive tools to get it off. is there one for a 3/8" drive?

is there any tools for taking the fan off?

whats the name of that special jack used to lift these things up? they are about 4 feet tall and have a clicker on it.

 

[Zrexxer]

whats the name of that special jack used to lift these things up? they are about 4 feet tall and have a clicker on it.

It's called a Hi-Lift jack.

http://www.hi-lift.com/index.html

 

[Zrexxer]

p.s. Here's the primary special tool for working on old John Deeres:

 

[fordbroncodave]

thanks. i gotta get one

 

[Mickey O]

Cool tractor, I'm a huge tractor fan. They have a tractor night out here at the cruise nights once a year, really cool stuff.

 

[fatfillup]

Congrats and good luck on your repairs. I think you'll do just fine.

 

[fordbroncodave]

$700

 

[rhandwor]

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/ Information on parts manuals and other items.

 

[nissan_crawler]

It's called a Hi-Lift jack.

http://www.hi-lift.com/index.html

For the love of god, get some solid wood blocks for cribbing, and a hydraulic bottle jack.

The hi-lift is not meant for routine maintenance. It is the jack you were describing, but not the proper tool.

 

[fordbroncodave]

lifting a rear wheel with wood blocks and a bottle jack is scary to do. it wobbles like you would not believe.

if i used the hi lift i could put the other wheel brake on and lift the oposing side

 

[dieseldodge01]

I had to make a special spark plug socket because of the way the plug went into the block. flywheel wrench is about the only special tool, but really isn't because you can use a wrench the same size. Have never had to take the fan off, far as I know there is no need for special tools for the Powr-trol, only a gauge set up to test the trip point for the hydraulics.

 

[Wascally Wabbit]

Hi-Lift jacks are an accident waiting to happen.

The fan is held on to the fanshaft by retainers that look like oversized valve keepers.

 

[mofo62]

p.s. Here's the primary special tool for working on old John Deeres:

Awesome Tool "John Deere",congratulations Zrexxer




Greetings

 

[bindernut]

lifting a rear wheel with wood blocks and a bottle jack is scary to do. it wobbles like you would not believe.

if i used the hi lift i could put the other wheel brake on and lift the oposing side

Hmmm, never wobbled when i did it. I put the tractor on a jackstand though, i never trust hydraulic jacks. I had on sitting on a screw type house jack for months, it never wobbled when i worked on the tractor.