Re: My first restoration:J.D.Model B--suggestions
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Posted by Paul Fox on August 01, 1998 at 05:16:36:
In Reply to: My first restoration:J.D.Model B--suggestions posted by Brian (OH) on July 31, 1998 at 01:59:47:
: I have a 1938 JD Model B. It has been in my family
: for quite sometime. It is in running condition, but
: very rough around the edges. I am looking for
: any helpful suggestions as to an approach. Thanks. Brian: There's good advice in the other posts, for sure, but I thought I'd stick my 2 cents worth in. I'm in the final stages of restoring a 1938 F14 Farmall. Here are some things I learned:
1. As stated below, get every book/manual/parts list related to your tractor that you can find.
2. Stay tuned to this list. When you run up against a problem, chances are someone on this list has been there and done that.
3. I'm not sure I subscribe to the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" theory. You'll never have a better chance to make sure everythings right than when you're doing the restoration. Redoing things later takes more time and messes up that nice paint job you put on it.
4. Save EVERYTHING that comes off the tractor, no matter how mangled or apparently non-original. I'm having fits trying to get the fuel system back together because I threw away the old fuel lines, thinking "I'm gonna make new ones anyway".
5. Take your time. That tractor is 60 years old, another 6 months isn't gonna hurt anything.
6. Write things down, label parts, make sketches, take polaroids. Something that is incredibly obvious when it comes apart may not be so obvious when you're trying to put it back together 6 months or a year later.
7. Have FUN. Don't get so wrapped up in goals and deadlines that it becomes a job. Okay, I'll get off my soapbox now. If you have half as much fun doing yours as I did (am) doing mine, it'll be a blast!
Paul
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