1944/45 John Deere "LA"

[grnspot110]

Last week I made a 175 mile trip to the north and this hopped on my trailer:

Depending on which serial number list I've looked at, it's a 1944 or 1945 model "LA", something I've wanted for a long time!

It does have some issues, but nothing serious (I hope), new paint, new tires, battery cover, manuals & belt pulley included.





It's only running on one cylinder, pretty sure it's a mag problem & I know a guy that's good with mags, hopefully he'll get it going for me.

Spent the last couple of days working on the battery tray w/ hold down, tool box & rear steps for it:




Hope to have it going in time for next weekend's show at Chillicothe, MO!

 

[KennyP]

Good looking tractor! Hope you get the miss figured out!

 

[Propane1]

Nice tractor. A fella here in my area has a John Deere MT and it was only running on one cylinder, turned out it was out of time on the distributor. Also there is one of those LA’ s in my area.

Noel

 

[Toomanytoys84]

I like it!

I'd love a tractor like that but storage is an issue with stuff like that.

 

[grnspot110]

New plug wires I put on this morning seemed to do the trick!

Had to have the wife pull it with the Gator to get it started though, probably needs the starter rebuilt, turns over awful slow, even with a new battery.

 

[Bill56]

Congratulations! Looks very nice!

 

[MNGB]

Nice looking LA Grnspot110 that step is very much needed for us old guys