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"HERE WE SIT LIKE BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS!"

 

Just a Quickie ... My parts that I ordered from the nearest John Deere dealer ... about 80 mile away are in ...

I have planned to camp out overnite when I go down to Green Bay for Easter family gathering (& participate in a FIVE generation photo)  so that I can pick up the parts: an ammeter so that we can tell how we are doing with the new generator & starter ... and a switch. 

I was hoping to economize for a little while and bypass the switch ... but, I found out that it is a key part of the 24 volt system that must power 12 volt lights and gauges.

There is an ignition button ... this switch lies in the middle of the system and controls the designation of the 12 volt power ... really a multipostion switch for the ignition button and several light systems.  I'm glad that I found out that it is not just something that you can temporarily wire around.  See below for a discourse on this John Deere's complicated 24/12 electrical system...

READ THIS FUNNY ENTRY ON MAKING MAPLE SYRUP:

How to make your own Maple Syrup

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On this beautiful day of scattered snow storms, we went to pick up another attatchment for the John Deere.  The storm clouds were so grand!

 

 

 

Now, I have a back grader blade for my John Deere, without having to fabricate one with the snow plow blade that I have here.  It is for the three-point hitch & swivels the full 360... The Brickmans heard of one for sale, and, we went to get it in their pickup truck. Of course, it will have to get a good coat of green & yellow next spring ... we should have one (spring) this year.   SPEAKING OF PAINT: I found this info at The http://www.retiredtractors.com/Q/Paint.html.   There is no such thing as the one "right" John Deere paint ... it's just not that easy!

TO QUOTE:    There were many, MANY different shades of green over the years as John Deere bought their paint from different vendors, and formulas changed from manufacturer to manufacturer, and changed AGAIN to eliminate lead pigments. It is commonly accepted that the color on the older two cylinder tractors was different from the "Agricultural Green" that is used presently. This didn't happen on PURPOSE; different pigments are different chemicals and they would oxidize differently over the years. So, you see, there never really was ONE "correct" color for the older tractors. The John Deere "Ag Green" is merely the latest version of the color, that has been pretty well "standardized" in recent years. "Classic Green" is actually a NEW color, and it is my feeling that it was designed to try to duplicate the "patina" or at least resemble the slightly faded look of the older colors.. However, even "professional collectors" seem willing to accept EITHER color and also any number similar colors from third party paint vendors.
    It is only the members of the "correct police" who are picky about the exact color. And the fact that even the "correct police" cannot agree, only serves to prove that there IS no absolutely correct color. It's YOUR tractor... Pick the green that YOU like best!!

~Meli~

  SOME NEW LINKS:  

 Antique John Deere Tractors  

 The John Deere 730 Tractor  

 Meli's Tractor School  ... This is great!  

 Antique John Deere Tractors  

 Antique Tractor Links

Got the Part

 

 

 

The picture shows the deer feeding in the orchard next to the house.  Johnnie has his engine heater cord on.  

 

 

 

GENERATOR IS DONE ...

 ... GREAT JOB!  .    

 

I thought that they gave me the wrong generator when I went to pick it up ... it looks just like NEW!  ... Now, just to get the guys to working on it, if the weather stays nice.  

 

 I entered the serial number, 7318580,  at this site's registry. (click here)  Yesterday's Tractors   The discussion board at this site is the most active that I've found so far ... plus lots of data.   Well, gotta go ... just to get the hang of it after many decades, I am going to put some taps into the big sugar maple just behind the house ... tho, the actual season shouldn't start for several more weeks.  I'll be using Johnnie to help me with the trees way back, up the hill.  I'm just going to do a small project, to see how it goes.

Where's My Generator?

 

 

   

 

 

MY POOR JOHNNIE; SITTING OUT IN THE SNOW, WAITING FOR HIS GENERATOR.    

As preventative maintenance, I brought the generator into Iron Mountain last week for a check-up.  They will put new brushes, etc. in ... check it out.   As I set it on the counter, he said, "I'm a little backed up; it will be two weeks ... "  Oh well ... the mechanics aren't too enthused about working on it out in the snow bank, anyways ....      I have to make up a seat cushion for it ... black to begin with ... probably not the standard YELLOW yet.