Will it Start! First Fire up After Sitting Over 40 Years!

In today's video, we find out if this 1953 john deere 60 will start after sitting for over 40 years outside in a pasture.

[MilkMan]

Good job. Started driving Dad's '54 model 60 on the baler in 1960, at age 9.
Darn good tractor.

[blakechambers]

I got our family’s 60 back going. It was slightly stuck. I let it soak in PB blaster and some Marvell and I just put my truck in gear and just the small pull of the truck without throttle got it spinning again. Wasn’t stuck bad. I let it soak in Marvell for about a week spinning by hand to lube up the best it could. Got it started. Smoked like that really bad the first time. Cleared up after the Marvell and stuff was cleared out. Love these old tractors

[cadaverdogblix]

You can always spin the fly wheel manualy, when the battery is in question😉

[garrykraemer]

Thanks for giving it life! Now it will be running in 2053! It might even make it to 2100!

[briangunter]

First time watching tractor sounds great that smoke will clear out when u start working it!!

[jimthode]

I used a grease gun to free a stuck Case tractor engine but filled the cylinder with AFT first then only used the grease gun to pressurize it. It worked well because of a hyd. pump on the front and a torque converter drive I had no direct way to turn the engine. On the JD you could not fill the compete cylinder with ATF because of the horizontal engine but you could fill part if it.

I recently broke free a John Deere 50 that took three things, it took some penetrant, heat and bruit force. I heated the block to about 250Fwith a heat gun in the water jacket, then let it cool. It runs good now.

[williamsnipes]

Grease was definitely a bad idea. It sounded better and it will get better the more you run it. Those old tractors were built to work.

[georgesmith]

Just fired up a 1941 B that was Sruck. Used ATF in the cylinders and left it for a week before I could turn it. Hand started it today as it doesn't have an electric starter. 82 years old and hasn't run in a few years but did today.

[BowedUp]

Just found your channel and love the video. Glad you got it running and learned some things from it

[thecollectoronthecorner]

Just liked and subscribed. It will be a handy tractor. Good used 38 rear tires are hard to find.

[rickybailey]

Hell yea brother 💯 i love it great job 👏!!

[Træfisk]

sweet tractor tho, gotta love the steering assembly

[EricMayberry-sj]

Every one can learn with alots of tinkering and Even anyone can learn something new On aney Day

[cjmatulka]

Best get those drivers to the co-op for a quick patch they look like hell!

[danw]

Get yourself a flat belt and belt it up the 830 so you don't need to worry about batteries.

[littlerougue]

I have been hit with a magneto on a two cylinder and I am not sure it wouldn't light off that grease if given the chance

[rickarndt]

You should have used a 32 to 1 mix gas and trans fluid

[farmworkMi]

Just need some rear tires and shes ready for the feild

[bairfamilyfarm]

Brake clean was probably not the best thing to soak the cylinders in to get rid of the grease. Had the cylinder only been oily, you'd scoured up the cylinders more so than they already were pretty quick. The grease probably saved you alot of trouble with that. And if you haven't found out already, don't use those horizontal cylinder deeres on normal PTO driven equipement, you'll shear alot of shear pins under load, which is one reason I don't care to use those tractors. Sounded pretty healthy once she fired though!

[chuckwilliams]

Fill the crankcase full of trans fluid let it run the transmission fluid will free the rings and clean the engine do that 2/3 times drin and refill 2/3 times