1940s DIESEL TRACTOR CARE INSTRUCTIONAL FILM MCCORMICK DEERING TRACTORS 46784

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This color film about diesel farm tractor maintenance was produced by Standard Oil in the late 40s/early 50s. The time stamps apply to the first mention of the task. It opens with a McCormick-Deering WD-40 diesel tractor, introduced in 1934 (:09). A tractor with a blade fills a ditch (15:19). A special dirt throwing attachment can create terraces (:31). A Ford 8 N tractor (1947-1952) is small for easy maneuvering (:35). A 1940s Case row-crop model (1:42) has a close-up of the temperature gauge shown (2:19). Use clean soft water from a rain barrel in the cooling system (2:37). To prevent freezing, drain and add back water when the tractor is warm (2:50). Some tractors have a pressure cooling system that must cool before removing the radiator cap (3:24). Many have a thermostat that can get damaged (3:47). A fan belt should have movement between pulleys (4:25). The radiator grill on an International Harvester Farmall (4:51) is removed due to overheating from leaves. Air cleaners should be cleared daily (5:32). Once a year, the air cleaner should be removed and completely cleaned (7:25), which includes pouring kerosene through a separating screen (7:46). An extension lets air be taken from a higher level (8:25). The Ford tractor has a cyclone pre-cleaner (8:39). Always inspect the gasket between the air cleaner and carburetor (8:57) for holes, as well as the ventilating tube (10:02) found on some tractors. Inspect the spark plugs and gaps (10:51). The Farmall instruction manual (11:02) provides information for the Farmall H (11:32) plugs and magneto points, as well as the distributor cap (11:55). The magneto is cleaned on a John Deere (12:26). The battery on a Case is serviced (13:00). Manifold regulation (13:48) must also be maintained. The John Deere gets its carburetor adjusted for a rich mixture (14:09); a flow meter (14:13) verifies fuel waste. A Farmall H also has its carburetor adjusted (15:10) before returning to the John Deere again (15:41). Be careful when refueling tractors from free-standing gas tanks (17:50). When cranking a tractor, make sure it’s out of gear (18:07). Some have a starter switch (18:18). Cold operation can affect the oil (18:27). A John Deere gets a new paper oil filter (19:23) and a Farmall gets its oil fill cap area cleaned (19:35) and another gets its valve cover removed to adjust the spark plugs and valves (19:57). An old Farmall with a single wheel at the front (21:02) has its valves ground (21:39). A Farmall H with a mounted bucket pushes hay into the barn (21:59) and can stack it (22:14) using mounted equipment. Tractors get their front-wheel bearings serviced (22:34). A Farmall gets the clutch pilot bearing greased (24:32). A John Deere gets its transmission serviced (25:35). Never tow a tractor (27:02). Hydraulic controls on a Farmall H and John Deere are shown (27:11). If your tractor is left outside, place a tin can over the exhaust stack (27:43). The Standard Oil logo is shown (28:16).
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  • @TheSimba86
    @TheSimba86 Жыл бұрын

    5:57 someone at the EPA just had a heart attack watching him dump that used oil right on the ground LOL

  • @cipherthedemonlord8057

    @cipherthedemonlord8057

    3 ай бұрын

    "How dare you!"

  • @davezul4396

    @davezul4396

    Ай бұрын

    Didn’t the oil come from the ground in the first place? Remember, put things back where they came from.

  • @TheBandit7613
    @TheBandit76135 жыл бұрын

    He just tossed the dirty oil on the ground! Ahhh, the good old days...

  • @MrDanoconnor

    @MrDanoconnor

    4 жыл бұрын

    He's just putting it back where it came from.

  • @SuperAgentman007

    @SuperAgentman007

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chris Baumgarten yeah when they didn’t have to care about the environment

  • @thedaddiii

    @thedaddiii

    4 жыл бұрын

    Dust control

  • @teresajohnson849

    @teresajohnson849

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes the good old days

  • @kiwidiesel

    @kiwidiesel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Circle of life there 😂😂

  • @kiwidiesel
    @kiwidiesel3 жыл бұрын

    I love these old videos, just brilliant with advice and simplicity 👍

  • @PeriscopeFilm

    @PeriscopeFilm

    3 жыл бұрын

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  • @joepaullawncare7222

    @joepaullawncare7222

    Жыл бұрын

    Even older now

  • @dbx1233
    @dbx12332 жыл бұрын

    Check out 5:55, I couldn't help laughing, that dude just chucks the oil on the ground. It sure is a different world today.

  • @laserbeam002
    @laserbeam002 Жыл бұрын

    I love these old farming and equipment videos. In my very simple opinion this era was when the U.S was at it's height. Seems we have gone down hill ever since. Yeah, we have greater technology and medicine and such but as a society we have lost a lot.

  • @douglasmayherjr.5733
    @douglasmayherjr.5733 Жыл бұрын

    It’s relaxing and almost meditative to watch these old videos or films. It’s funny to see how farmers were dressing back in the 50’s. I had to laugh when they were servicing the oil bath air filter and discarded the used oil on the ground. How times have changed. Thanks so much for sharing this information.

  • @PeriscopeFilm

    @PeriscopeFilm

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @asarand
    @asarand2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, dump the old oil out right there on the ground. It's the right place for it.

  • @bluegtturbo
    @bluegtturbo5 жыл бұрын

    Thank goodness for modern diesel tractors. Those old machines have a lot of character, but it's a lot of work keeping them serviced, and going through a daily routine just to get it up to working temperature

  • @royj8549

    @royj8549

    5 жыл бұрын

    Till you realize without a $30k computer, which Mr. Deere won't sell you, you can't even service a power seat motor...

  • @leosypher9993
    @leosypher99934 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if you told the farmers in that day that if they followed this advise they would end up with a tractor worth up to fourty times as much as they payed in the 21st century

  • @allandavis8201

    @allandavis8201

    2 жыл бұрын

    Back then tractors, and almost anything, was designed and built to last, especially when treated in the way the manufacture recommended, today’s machinery is far to complex and computer controlled, you need a degree in computer maintenance and advanced engineering, but that, as they keep telling us, is progress.

  • @kd4pba

    @kd4pba

    Жыл бұрын

    Imagine if you told farmers in that day they wouldn't be allowed to work on their own tractor. Imagine telling them about the subscription based functions they have to pay for otherwise they lose the functionality.

  • @jimstepan3038

    @jimstepan3038

    11 ай бұрын

    @@kd4pba ; please stop spreading lies!!

  • @greggergen9104

    @greggergen9104

    Күн бұрын

    Other than perhaps one with a special serial number, a very short run tractor like an JD 8020, or one that was in a movie name one tractor that has gone up fourty times. So for example a $6,000 4010 would have to be worth $240,000, and if you adjust for inflation it would have to me worth $2.4 million.

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    2:35 dirty rain water is the best to put into your tractor

  • @natew.5511
    @natew.5511 Жыл бұрын

    This film conveys the attitude towards the environment years ago in the scene where dirty air cleaner oil is discarded on the ground. People didn't think twice about using ungloved hands to clean out engine oil sudge. Health hazards were greater in the past because leaded gasoline was used in gas engine tractors and lead deposits are in the oil.

  • @clarencetrice4442
    @clarencetrice44424 ай бұрын

    most farmers 😊😊 took really good care of there tractor 🚜 😊many years ago when the tractor was brand new gas motor a.nd grease wasn't much in price back then 😊😊 U should've done this 2 tes a year take air cleaner assembly should be took off and cleaned out and raised out the engine the same way and the transmission also and most tractors were kept in a tractor shed and U should use a metal coffee can 4 the air cleaner and the exhaust pipe W a 5 gallon bucket 4 both and put a good rock on them 2 keep them in place 😊😊 OMG 2 23 2O24

  • @unseenadventures8130
    @unseenadventures81303 жыл бұрын

    Take a drink every time he says tractor🍺

  • @tootired76
    @tootired765 жыл бұрын

    This said "care of Diesel tractors" but it showed basic maintenance on all tractors!!

  • @tjlovesrachel

    @tjlovesrachel

    5 жыл бұрын

    tootired76 maintenance is care...

  • @3Mudbone1
    @3Mudbone1Ай бұрын

    That lady who was brushing the calf went behind the barn later in the afternoon and smoked a bowl.

  • @Antiquetractorsetc
    @Antiquetractorsetc6 жыл бұрын

    Very cool old video

  • @tommyhatcher3399
    @tommyhatcher33993 жыл бұрын

    The best tractors find that balance between not scaring horses but can still scare women.

  • @ArmpitStudios
    @ArmpitStudios10 ай бұрын

    5:56 Just throw that oil in the driveway there. Don't worry about it getting all over things or poisoning the soil.

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    25:09 well I guess they usually would say more grease is better than no grease at all😩

  • @FayazAhmad-yl6sp
    @FayazAhmad-yl6sp2 жыл бұрын

    Very informative video,the tractors were started with and without battery, the magneto was very common word using for distributor now a days, the magneto were also used in aircrafts like B-24 and B-17 bombers.

  • @PeriscopeFilm

    @PeriscopeFilm

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @ArmpitStudios

    @ArmpitStudios

    10 ай бұрын

    Tons of vehicles used a magneto far into the 20th Century.

  • @leosypher9993
    @leosypher99934 жыл бұрын

    I was given my friend greef about the worn out pins in his skid loader, I asked him how often he greased it and he just shrugged and guessed twice a month, I said it should be every week and showed him my skid loader which had twice the hours and was twice as old and had much tighter pins because it was greased

  • @MrROTD
    @MrROTD4 жыл бұрын

    Coffee does the trick

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    27:04 hay that’s the way you get your work done faster you get to your next Field quicker🤓

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    19:17 drain the oil on the ground and make sure you get it all over the place ah the time before the EPA!

  • @fastsetinthewest
    @fastsetinthewest Жыл бұрын

    Dave, ya need to follow this advice. Eaglegards...

  • @DustinBaerwolf-kv9jx
    @DustinBaerwolf-kv9jx7 ай бұрын

    If you start watching at twenty two minutes, It's funny how they show the guy throwing the old oil on the ground

  • @darthj3d
    @darthj3d2 ай бұрын

    Everyone’s talking about the oil on the ground, no mention of the smoking tractor at 9:17

  • @RustyCarnahan
    @RustyCarnahan5 жыл бұрын

    Good video, but it says nothing about care of a diesel tractor after the introductory slide.

  • @bobhostetler8548
    @bobhostetler85486 ай бұрын

    Darn, a tractor with a cigarette habit 😂

  • @papabits5721
    @papabits57215 жыл бұрын

    The chick in the red sweater was combing my porterhouse

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    2:25 and if water is the fuel do you want it over 220 degrees

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    9:15 to fix a hole by the air cleaner take a cigarette and stuff into the hole and allow the tractor to take a good long drag that will improve the performance of the engine or you could use duct tape

  • @jeremyfreeman6108
    @jeremyfreeman61085 жыл бұрын

    Are these engines tier 4

  • @papabits5721
    @papabits57215 жыл бұрын

    No storm drain to dump used oil!

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    20:32 when blowing into the skin flute you have to blow really hard😚

  • @63256325N
    @63256325N5 жыл бұрын

    Love these old videos. Not a care for the environment. Just toss the oil on the ground. Imagine the shit you'd get today for doing that? 😁

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    9:33 that’s not a tractor piston that’s a train piston

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    17:53 make sure you’re smoking a cigarette or a cigar when you’re refueling😳

  • @svtirefire

    @svtirefire

    4 жыл бұрын

    You can't even light a pool of diesel with a match.

  • @SuperAgentman007

    @SuperAgentman007

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@svtirefire i'am talking about gas refueling :-)

  • @papabits5721
    @papabits57215 жыл бұрын

    How do you make aunty freeze ?

  • @svtirefire

    @svtirefire

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lock her out of the house!

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    3:13 oh what happened to using antifreeze in these things I guess they used to use water all year around so that the block would crack when it was too cold and then the water pump would split looks like a lot of work for the summer months when he hast to replace the engine and water pump!😩😩

  • @dwightl5863

    @dwightl5863

    Жыл бұрын

    Antifreeze was invented in 1926. Up to that point the block had to be drained of the water to prevent cracking the block as you stated. It was common practice at the time and didn't involve the expense of antifreeze. Just add water the next time you used the tractor so the practice continued. Same practice for cars, and trucks.

  • @christopherjamesblackwell
    @christopherjamesblackwell Жыл бұрын

    Back when people would dress snappy to work on a tractor.

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    4:36 when adjusting the generator use a crowbar and pry on it really hard and have the belt tight like a guitar string when you can play a note on the belt then you know you adjusted it right!😳

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    17:04 oh don’t do that!😘

  • @SuperAgentman007
    @SuperAgentman0074 жыл бұрын

    0:26 hey is that a Stream that he’s filling in with dirt if that happened today the tractor operator would get find so heavily DNR

  • @agtpony
    @agtpony Жыл бұрын

    No wonder my tractor on my last one year

  • @killemtoenjoythesilence
    @killemtoenjoythesilence Жыл бұрын

    Sure, lt me just stick my fingers into this running valve train. 🤣🤣

  • @mtpocketswoodenickle2637
    @mtpocketswoodenickle26374 жыл бұрын

    Kerosene your Keister!

  • @contentlocked99
    @contentlocked994 жыл бұрын

    9:16 that tractor is gonna get lung cancer lol

  • @vtecpreludevtec
    @vtecpreludevtec6 жыл бұрын

    I can drive a big old Farmall