Update: 8/20- Parts has been a nightmare

 As someone who's job relies around selling John Deere Equipment let me tell you the shortages, backups, and slow downs has been an experience.   

After going into the John Deere parts look up, using the eye chart that is them just scanning the old parts manuals into the program (a 1930's 8.5 x 11 binder now in a 4 x4 pop up) and squinting I sent my parts guy a list of parts.

This was my first of a long series of emails back and forth  before we realized he didn't have at least half my parts. 


(More pictures of the leaks)

Striking at the iron #2 I found https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/ which seems to have most (not all) of the parts that I'm stabbing in the dark to think I need to clean up the fuel leak.  

They also had some rust prevention liner goo for the fuel tanks.  I figured ounce of prevention is worth not having to listen to nuts and bolts in the tanks again. 


Uncle Bob also reminded me I probably need to check the radiator for leaks too but since I'm getting parts Wednesday (and Friday) and my helper (nephew) is out of town this week we will opt for the one leak at a time scenario.





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