Deere H Powered By Briggs & Stratton

Deere H Powered By Briggs & Stratton AG WORLD 28-4-21 Bobby McCowen has a one-of-a-kind John Deere H. Powered by an 8 hp Briggs & Stratton engine, it rolls along at a top speed of 8 mph. "The old engine was shot, and a fellow I know put a Briggs & Stratton engine in its place," says McCowen. With the air-cooled B&S engine, there is nothing to hook to the radiator. To get power to the drive train, McCowen took off the flywheel and mounted a pulley in its place that's driven by the engine. A belt runs from it. "It seems to have plenty of power, but it runs slow," says McCowen, who just drives the tractor for fun. It's not farm usable. "To increase the speed, I would have to change the pulley on the engine." The H was built to start on gasoline from a small one-gallon tank, and once it got running it was switched to kerosene. To make room for the taller engine, McCowen cut away half of the original fuel tank and used the smaller gasoline tank to supply the new engine. "Everything looks the same except there is no head or block," says McCowen. "The H's oil pressure line runs up through a gasket into the replacement engine. It starts the same as always by turning the flywheel." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bobby McCowen, 240 SW 5th, Cross Plains, Texas 76443 (ph 254 725-6780).

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