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I'll look for that. Thanks!

I'm starting work on the 1955 40C I bought last fall. First item before driving it around much is that one of the upper idler rollers was frozen up. I removed the idler, arm and all. Once I had the cap and thrust plate off, it started rolling. But it was dry and full of dirt. Here is my conundrum. T...

Nothing like getting the grandkids involved at a young age. Had my daughter's 7-yeard-old boy out for a ride a week go on my recently acquired JD 40C. Then taught my son's 12-year-old daughter to drive it this last weekend. They love it! Fortunately, their parents are supportive.

When I was growing up, my grandfather used a JD A and later added a 1020. These and our neighbor's 4020 and 5020 were about the only tractors I was around so I knew little of other tractors. In the early 1990s I first noticed a JD 40S and fell in love with it's "cuteness". As I learned more about 40...