Bought a John Deere L at auction

[cjet69]

The auction was 2 weeks ago, and Friday was the pick-up day. Had the winning bid on this 1940 John Deere L project tractor. About the only thing missing is the Carb. This has the Hercules NXB engine.

[cjet69]

Pumped up the tires, turned the rear wheels around to narrow up the tread, and got it unloaded Saturday.

[cjet69]

Yesterday I touched up the points in the mag and now have good spark. Pulled the plugs and looked in the cylinders. I think the PO must have had this opened up because it is really clean inside. Also found it has .020 oversized pistons when I ran the borescope into the cylinders.

[ajhbike]

Thank you and it will be very interesting to watch your progress with the project. Some of us have some green sprouting in the sheds!

[ricky racer]

A John Deere Model L kit! I love it!

[cjet69]

Thank you and it will be very interesting to watch your progress with the project. Some of us have some green sprouting in the sheds!

It will probably be a while before I do much to this one but I may try to get a carb on the engine and see if its a runner.

A John Deere Model L kit! I love it!

Some assembly required. Instructions...... who needs instructions?????

[cjet69]

Got the engine set back in the frame. Found some round rod and bent up a hand crank. Just need to drill for the cross pin. Going to try and start it soon.

[ajhbike]

Cool...give it a go!

[cjet69]

Played around with the L some today. Need to check the valves because its not sucking thru the carb like it should when I crank it over.

[SONNY]

pour gas in the plug holes to prime the motor,--should fire then, got a 420c loader here that I gotta do that to if it sits more than a week.