Hello Phil
Outstanding job of your Restoration I applaud your effort's & Expertise. I just Picked up a John Deere 316. Mine is a Turd as it spent most of it's Life on the Ocean shore's of Florida and with the flaking factory Power coat paint & salt air rust has Taken over well on it. I bought it for a Project to get my Son in law into his first John Deere mine has the later Placed Onan P-218 twin cylinder engine in it. I notice some major differences in the Two 316's here being mine and yours. Mine is an Open frame Tractor with a floor pan that match's the John Deere 318. Mine is also an H-1 Hydro lever Tractor not an H-2 Like yours. Mine also only has one brake pedal unlike your's that has dual brakes. My Hydro disconnect is up under the right side of the rear fender pan above the right rear wheel where as your's seems to be right in the fender pan in front of the seat. I guess John Deere changed a few thing's on these 316's during their production run. Mine is so rough that my plan's are to get the Onan P-218 running as it is not at this Point. If it turn's out to be a Good engine I will pull it and Transform it into a Nicer Model 317 that I have a Line on that is an H-2 Tractor with the factory Optional hydraulic flow diverter valve on it. Very Nice job you should be proud of your Tractor it look's better than the day you bought it.I wont soil your Thread with my Ugly Mis-treated 316 which is a Real Eye sore compared to Your beauty but if you would like to see it, here is a link to the forum thread that it is in currently. Regards, Kurt
http://www.wfmachines.com/discus/messages/6/6.html?1340545041
Outstanding job of your Restoration I applaud your effort's & Expertise. I just Picked up a John Deere 316. Mine is a Turd as it spent most of it's Life on the Ocean shore's of Florida and with the flaking factory Power coat paint & salt air rust has Taken over well on it. I bought it for a Project to get my Son in law into his first John Deere mine has the later Placed Onan P-218 twin cylinder engine in it. I notice some major differences in the Two 316's here being mine and yours. Mine is an Open frame Tractor with a floor pan that match's the John Deere 318. Mine is also an H-1 Hydro lever Tractor not an H-2 Like yours. Mine also only has one brake pedal unlike your's that has dual brakes. My Hydro disconnect is up under the right side of the rear fender pan above the right rear wheel where as your's seems to be right in the fender pan in front of the seat. I guess John Deere changed a few thing's on these 316's during their production run. Mine is so rough that my plan's are to get the Onan P-218 running as it is not at this Point. If it turn's out to be a Good engine I will pull it and Transform it into a Nicer Model 317 that I have a Line on that is an H-2 Tractor with the factory Optional hydraulic flow diverter valve on it. Very Nice job you should be proud of your Tractor it look's better than the day you bought it.I wont soil your Thread with my Ugly Mis-treated 316 which is a Real Eye sore compared to Your beauty but if you would like to see it, here is a link to the forum thread that it is in currently. Regards, Kurt
http://www.wfmachines.com/discus/messages/6/6.html?1340545041
