Thelma and Louise - Newbies

[OldSchoolGirl]

My sister (Thelma) was recently widowed and is now responsible for a pretty big ranch with a bunch of equipment she either needs to get rid of (my vote) and get something built in this century, or get the old stuff running well enough to be able to use it (her vote.) mostly to drag a mower around. I figured out the skidsteer so she thinks I (Louise) should be able to start an antique tractor....

So, now we're trying to start an 1953 JD Model 70. Serial # 7000905. No manual, of course. I've used tractors for years - a 1985 1050, a 1972 3020, but this 70 doesn't have a key...

She also has a Farmall M and an H - but first, the JD70. I'll be lurking and looking for info, and posting questions if I can't find what I need somewhere in an existing thread.

Thanks!

T&L

 

[groundcover]

Welcome to TBN ! Good luck getting eveything going . Not much help on the green stuff, grew up on the red ones ! Had one of them going just after I got walking on two feet figgured out. Dad left a Farmall C by the edge of the garden, I had been watching this tractor stuff pretty close so I climbed on board and pulled the starter ring, thought I was doing a stroke of business till dad sprinted across the garden and got me stopped !

 

[deerseeker001]

Welcome from Wisconsin,the farmall h,m pull the switch out,press Starter and she is running.

 

[3930dave]

Welcome, from Canada !

You may have found this already, but a good location for your questions is:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/john-deere-vintage-tractors/

Somebody on there should be able to point you at a source for a manual for your JD.

Best of luck, and if luck isn't enough, there are all sorts of old tractor fans on here to help you out.

Rgds, D.

 

[OZisKTB]

Welcome from VA

 

[tcreeley]

Welcome & good luck with the tractors!

 

[mguitas]

:welcome:

 

[Paul Thornton]

Welcome from New Hampshire!

L2800 w/FEL - 72" Land Pride rake

 

[OldSchoolGirl]

Thanks for the welcomes! It's intimidating to try to be learning all this stuff now, but when there's not a lot of other options.. ya do what ya gotta do! Fortunately, we're both relatively mechanically-inclined, considering we took home-ec and not shop back in the day. It's a comedy show watching us, I'm sure.

I'll head to the vintage JD link - thanks for the suggestion. Will try the M & H and see which one wants to be nice to us, and will let you know.

T&L

 

[3930dave]

So long as you stay out of the Front Porch, or Friendly Politics forums, most folks here are polite, friendly and helpful when discussing tractors.

There is a great depth of How To Do _________ , and Where to Find ____________ Parts knowledge on here.

When working on tractor "challenges", don't be shy about posting pictures of the problem spots.... sometimes the problem comes from missing or damaged/modified parts - it can be easier for the brain-trust here to help when looking at pics.

Rgds, D