1938 BR John Deere

RS16017 · Feb 20, 2013

This weekend I had the priviledge of visiting with a gentleman who had quite an assortment of old tractors. I, myself, have '38 BR John Deere and he showed me 2 of his BRs and I made an uunusual discovery. My BR doesn't have compression release pitcocks on the block whereas both of his did. Can any of you John Deere experts tell me what might be the difference in the tractors. His were both electric start so I imagine they were later models than mine.

greenmech · Feb 20, 2013

I believe the pet cocks started when they styled the tractors in 1939.The earlier BR's had a different # block. Ron Mn.

JRB · Feb 20, 2013

The early BR/BO's had the 149 cu inch engine like the early B's. When the B's were styled and cu inches upgraded in 1939 (175 cu inches I think), the BR/BO's got the same engine update. Bigger engines required a compression release. As you may know, they were never styled. The BR's and BO's were the only models that were never styled throughout their production run.

Mike (WA) · Feb 20, 2013

Needed a raking tractor back in the '70's- guy had a really nice BR, started, ran and looked great- he wanted $450, I only wanted to give $400. So bought a W4 for $800 instead.

Lucky for me, not all my decisions were that bad.

Tx Jim · Feb 20, 2013

(quoted from post at 13:07:45 02/20/13) The BR's and BO's were the only models that were never styled throughout their production run.

I agree no styled JD BR's or BO's were ever built

1938 BR John Deere

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