Abandoned John Deere R - First Start in Decades

That would be a bit harder to start by hand:)

Interessante, não tem motor de arranque 😮😮😂

Very cool. Thanks you. 👍👍👍

Good to see a piece of equipment like that,get started back up, after sitting all these many years.

I guess i better get my Moms R started, it always had a problem with the pony motor.

You never mentioned checking the coolant. I hope you did before starting it. Kind of surprised it started so easily on the old fuel. As a kid on the farm, we had an old Minneapolis-Moline combine that wasn't being used anymore. It had a V4 Wisconsin engine on it. I always hand cranked to start it once in a while (had no electric start like the newer Wisconsin's). It was kind of temperamental, so sometimes i got it started easily, but IF NOT. hooked one of our JD's to it with a flat belt like you did here.

A good save!

Awesome

Amazing my opinion NO means to pre heat any part of the disel engine IT STILL MANAGES TO START!!!!

Man those mountains in the background and the sound of a johnny popper filles my heart with peace!

Interesting that as a kid in the 60's I don't ever remember seeing anybody farm with an R, even though I lived in the hearf of John Deere country. They were so clunky compared to "The New Generation Tractors" 4010, etc., that they were almost obsolete. They were cool tractors however. We had a 4010, 730 and 520; my brothers and we always fought over who got to drive the 4010.

Not sure how you buy an abandoned tractor. Who did you give the money to?

That's a beast of a tractor that should be in anyone's collectoin. Last one built was in 1954. Presuming that it was bought and used for 40 years, then parked, it may have sat for 25 years. With an 8" stroke, that engine generates a lot of torque. Just one cylinder has more displacement than most V-6 engines.

The 'R' had a toolbox under the seat, which saved my life when I became trapped in a spring loaded hitch on a one bottom International 26" breaking plow.

The R normally was started off of a pup motor

One of the reasons these old R's lasted so long was because, they only ran at 1000 rpm, and held 15 quarts of oil.

Loved my old John Deere 'R'. Bought for $1500 & farmed with it for years, in the 1970's. The old 2 lung diesel ran all day on 5 gallons of diesel fuel pulling a four bottom plow.

What amazes me how these things start again ,testament to the quality of these machines

Yes sir. That's a jim dandy tractor.🥸👍👍👍👍

I used to have an AR, and spent many hours in the field with that old girl. My oldest son cried when I sold it.

A Model R was used in the movie Conair

What if water gets in the crankcase. Turn it over and you have problems. Scored cylinder walls

Pretty amazing that decades later the tire are not dry rotted or flat

I heard 1 of those run when I was a kid. I am 57 years old now. I live near Denton North Carolina. In the Summer they Do what they call The Treashers Reunion that You can see all kinds of Antique Farm Machinery and Engines.

how do you find these things?

You can't miss the sound of an old John deere that pop pop is iconic.

Where did you get the Settlement bowl and valve assembly from on you A?

The smile on his face
Priceless

Off road fuel red in color

Can't believe anyone would abandon such a machine......Any of the other stuff for sale? I like old trucks, tractors, engines and other stuff I really don't need.....😃

Kudos to the guy who put the ol can on the exhaust. That simple item has saved many a engine from seizure.

That’s incredible. I’ve never seen a tractor started with a big belt but you guys have to check the coolant.

Mad respect for your mechanical skills and love the video...but I gotta ask (maybe someone already has)...The John Deere R....originally made for pirates? You know, cuz...well...

As an old farm-boy, we gad a Johnny popper, a massey-furguson and a farmall. Give me any of them and I could do lots of work with them in one day. Great video on these tractors...WOW!

He bought “an R” did he buy a vowel too!😂😂😂😂😂

wow look at that view ... beautiful...cool vid!!!

Definitely had the strongest exhaust fumes of any tractor i ever owned, you had to be quick to hook up an implement in a shed or shut the tractor off otherwise she will gas you.

Nothing like the sound of an old R plopping out a rhythm. You don't have much to do to restore it by the looks of it.

Im 57 years old now . Great memories. Sound brings back memories

I was 6 when i started to drive my first R to 1984 . Also a's And b's . The Diesel exhaust smells great . It was high sulfur fuel . Many many miles working Fields in South Texas

Nice find! It shouldn’t take too much to bring her back to her former glory. Everything about this tractor is just heavy duty. Yes, they are cold natured but once warmed up will run merrily all day long.

Loud,... But sounds sooo good.
The thing about Diesels is thy can sit decades and with a little knuckle rubbing most times they will come back to life.
That's a nice find....

If it were me,. I'd get it home and just run all that old fuel out and when almost empty top it off with fresh and sweeten it up.
Oh, and Change The Oil... First,. unless the oil looked like it was fresh, and parked right after it was changed.
And if the oil pressure is any indication, being 20 Lbs, that engine may be in pretty good shape.

Well what I know about trackers is sometime the gas lines may go bad and the gas and oil also some other parts may be damaged do to decayed rust

Seeing that old old boy run that old 2 cylinder is priceless. Total respect. Great video.

So fake lol nice new tires on that 70 year old tractor lol ur just trying to make money fr video s it's fake guys

Beautiful find. You guys are lucky. Looks like your dad really enjoyed it.

I like tractor

Tractors

Looks like a great tractor to restore, good tin and not beat up.
On your A, the lever below the throttle shuts and opens louvers for the radiator?

Awesome tractor!!
Love the sound of those !!
Thanks