Gary Clark
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- May 4, 2010
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- Tractor
- JD x744 JD 445 Kubota Z21
Wife & I bought a JD x744 with Yanmar 24hp diesel about a6 wks ago as a replacement for a JD445 she cuts our 7 ac grass with. In the time we've had it, besides a few minutes of running to attach/detach johhny bucket & JD snow blade attachments, it has been parked. My wife remarked at that time she thought it was noisy.
For the 1st time last wk, my wife took it out to cut our 7-8 acres of grass; 5 passes & the neighbor hiked out to talk to her & remarked that the engine was "very noisy, didn't sound right". We took it to the dealer Saturday, svc mngr said it "sounds like a diesel"; we started a JD 2305 in the lot with same engine & compared, our JD x744 Yanmar had a much louder mechanical rapping noise than the JD 2305 Yanmar, same engines. Svc mngr said they'd check it out. Dealer left voice mail yesterday saying nothing found, machine ready for pick-up.
Any good advice out there on next step to A) confirm (or not) there is a problem or potential problem? & B) get JD/dealer to do something about it if confirmation? I am going to record our JD x744 Yanmar 24 hp diesel at 3 speeds, idle - 1/2 & full throttle, & record 3-4 other new JD XXX Yanmar 24 hp diesels same way for comparison. Also taking it to local small engine repair shop (not JD dealer) for advice. Thanks for any suggestions.
For the 1st time last wk, my wife took it out to cut our 7-8 acres of grass; 5 passes & the neighbor hiked out to talk to her & remarked that the engine was "very noisy, didn't sound right". We took it to the dealer Saturday, svc mngr said it "sounds like a diesel"; we started a JD 2305 in the lot with same engine & compared, our JD x744 Yanmar had a much louder mechanical rapping noise than the JD 2305 Yanmar, same engines. Svc mngr said they'd check it out. Dealer left voice mail yesterday saying nothing found, machine ready for pick-up.
Any good advice out there on next step to A) confirm (or not) there is a problem or potential problem? & B) get JD/dealer to do something about it if confirmation? I am going to record our JD x744 Yanmar 24 hp diesel at 3 speeds, idle - 1/2 & full throttle, & record 3-4 other new JD XXX Yanmar 24 hp diesels same way for comparison. Also taking it to local small engine repair shop (not JD dealer) for advice. Thanks for any suggestions.