The engine had been run long enough in that condition to hammer the Babbitt metal out through the crankshaft journals. ![]() It was the result of the left main bearing’s having been run without oil. In a few short minutes of engine diagnosis, Tommy found the knock in the engine. If Tommy weren’t such a good mechanic and so charitable with his time, I may have given up on the project long ago. After I transported the tractor home and unsuccessfully fielded questions from my two daughters as to why I needed another tractor, my neighbor Tommy Fisher generously offered to store the tractor in his greenhouse for the winter, and assured me we could get it going. The tractor looked fairly good for its age, and I bought with full knowledge that it had a bad knock in the engine.Īt the time I knew very little about John Deere tractors and felt that the knock would be something rather easy to fix. John Yablonski, a very affable dairy farmer who dabbles in tired iron, recommended I buy the complete ’39 for a little more money than I would have to pay for the needed engine casting. ![]() 1869, in Somerville, New Jersey, while looking for an engine block for a 1941 John Deere H that I was planning to restore. I located my 1939 John Deere model H, serial No. 4 East Gate Road, Sufferm, New York 10901
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