Re: john deere b

Posted by Rob Hartman on January 11, 2007 at 19:05:28 from (74.34.89.181):

In Reply to: john deere b posted by joanthan s on January 11, 2007 at 17:43:01:

Is it a styled tractor or unstyled? Doesn't matter I guess, here we go:
1. If its a styled tractor with electric start unhook the battery.
2. unhook the fuel line at the carb or the sediment bowl and drain the gas, take the line completely off when drained
3. remove the steering wheel- you may have to heat up the nut and the hub of the steering wheel with a torch to get it off.
4. styled tractors- remove the nose cone(medallion) off of the front of the hood, under it is a oval cover with 2 bolts, take that off.
unstyled tractors- take the oval cover with 2 bolts off of the front pedistal.
- there is a tapered roller bearing under the cover, don't drop it in the dirt
5. turn the steering shaft so it threads itself out of the steering gear and pull it clear out of the pedistal.
6. the styled and unstlyled tractors are similar in the way the hood mounts on, look under the hood and find the 4 carriage bolts that hold the hood straps, there are 2 on each side,2 up front by the air cleaner and exhaust pipe and 2 right above the govoner housing.
7. on the styled tractor,take the 2 front grill halves off, insturment panel with the gauges and switch needs to be unbolted and pulled away from the hood, you'll need some help here, you have to lift the hood up over the air intake pipe and exhaust muffler. if you have a radiator shutter you need to take the linkage apart at the radiator and the control knob first, also the choke rod on the flywheel side.
- on the unstyled tractor, take the intake pipe and muffler off, and lift the hood off.
8. now the gas tank can come off

If it's a styled tractor and your just tuning it up or cleaning the carb don't put yourself through the punishment of taking the sheetmetal off. Odds are it it's rusty and your going to have a leaky gas take where the bands are when you get done.

My opinion, this is where the engineers had the heads in there butts when they designed the sheet metal for the styled letter series, they are pretty but they are a pain too.

Good luck with your project, Rob in IL

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