John Deere 730 rebuild

[sancwally]

Hi guys:
I'm from Argentina and I'm currently rebuilding an old 1959 John Deere 730, which was made in Argentina back in the day. I thought it could be interesting for you guys to see this rebuild. The tractor has some imported American parts, such as the engine starter and generator. Please give it a look, and if you can, give me some feedback on the matter.
Here is the link to my blog:

wally´s Motorfilia blog

Thanks in advance!

PS: I forgot to mention that the language is spanish, but I think you can translate it with some google tool , should be no problem..
cheers!

 

[DJ54]

Loved the 30 series.!! One sharp tractor style. A buddy of mine had an 830,and to me, that thing was awesome..!!

He had a 720 diesel too, and got to run both some years if he was behind on planting.

 

[mfreund]

I looked at your blog and although I don't know spanish there was a lot to recognize! I hope you will be able to keep the tires, I love the old tread patterns. Great job it looks great!

 

[sancwally]

Thanks very much DJ54 and mfreund for your kind words!, I will be keeping the old tires since they are in good condition. I'll be updating the blog soon. Happy New Year to you!

cheers!
Walter.

 

[sancwally]

Hi:
Any of you guys have the measures for the hood decals? I mean "John Deere" , "730" and "DIESEL" .. if you do, please let me know.
thanks in advance.

Walter.

 

[DJ54]

Or you coud get a set of these... Steiner Tractor Parts - - DEC036 - MYLAR DECAL SET

Others out there for more and some for less.

 

[Tx Jim]

I thought those S. American 2 cyl's had a foot clutch instead of hand clutch. Nice pic's.

 

[sancwally]

DJ54: The original decals are certainly a possibility, I have to check if they ship those to Argentina though..

Tx Jim: Here some people choose to modify the original hand clutch to a pedal system, but that is not my case. Personally, I prefer the hand clutch

cheers!

 

[RickB]

if you want authentic vintage Deere decals there is only one place to go:

Jorde's Decals

 

[Tx Jim]

DJ54: The original decals are certainly a possibility, I have to check if they ship those to Argentina though..

Tx Jim: Here some people choose to modify the original hand clutch to a pedal system, but that is not my case. Personally, I prefer the hand clutch

cheers!

I thought the foot clutch was what JD offered not the hand clutch. Here's some photos of a nice one with a foot clutch

 

[sancwally]

That's right TxJim, in Argentina they were made with the original hand clutch, and then people chose to modify it, but I believe that job was done by a regular mechanic.. I'm no expert in this tractor's history though , truth be told

 

[Brimstone10x]

I caught one of those on fire once. customers tractor all redone. carb on the pony motor over flowed bad plug wire lit it up . OH Sh t!!. got it out no damage realy. realy got my hart pumpin.wow

 

[creekbend]

Nice job. :thumbsup:

 

[Tx Jim]

That's right TxJim, in Argentina they were made with the original hand clutch, and then people chose to modify it, but I believe that job was done by a regular mechanic.. I'm no expert in this tractor's history though , truth be told

It would be interesting to see the linkages for the foot clutch from hand clutch conversions. The clutch pulley cover in the photo I posted looks nothing like the OEM cover.

 

[sancwally]

Hi Guys:
I renamed my blog and i wasn't able to edit the first entry so here it goes..

EL "HOBBY" DEL HOBBIT

 

[sancwally]

Hi guys:
With much effort I have managed to finish the paint job, as I'm really busy with work nowadays.. I still haven't had enough time to get 2 lousy batteries and try to start the beast again..I only have one "available" battery, the other one I have to extract from one of the vehicles, which is a pain in the a**
anyway, I was wandering if any of you guys knows if the original decals can be shipped overseas, to Argentina actually, remember those decals are nowhere to be found in these latitudes..

thanks in advance..

Walter.

 

[sancwally]

Hi Guys, I posted a video where I finally got the tractor running after a really long time, you can see it here...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lq_jUIrcoto]John Deere 730 startup after 9+ years - YouTube[/ame]

also, I posted a video with the startup-shotdown procedure for this tractor

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvXlLm_Nl6Q]John Deere 730 startup-shutdown procedure (24volts engine starter version) - YouTube[/ame]

I hope you like them both, last year has been a particularly long and hard one, and this one looks like it's going to be the same way, so I take comfort in knowing I can still find some time to address to this hobby of mine...

enjoy and cheers..

 

[rgs03833]

Hi, happy to see you got it to work! :thumbsup:

Great Job on the Restorations :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[flusher]

Excellent job :thumbsup:. Congrats. That's one nice looking tractor .

I've been pecking away at restoring a 1951 Minneapolis Moline BF tractor for about 4 years. Hope to finish it this summer :dance1:

 

[sancwally]

Hi guys, after a long while, I made up some time and organized a couple of pictures of the restoration and made a little video with the things I fixed in the tractor, enjoy!

Restauracion John Deere 730 Slide show Parte I - YouTube