Low hour diesel engine failure.

ORCM · Jul 31, 2012

Yes, it was rebuild. Head was machined, and the valves ground. They said it made factory spec. Compression after they rebuilt it.

Deere Dude · Jul 31, 2012

ORCM said:
Yeah, I really wish I knew the whole story. What really bothers me is that their not giving me any reasons (Other "Gas was run through it" statement.) why this happend. So how am I supposed to keep this from happening again, if I don't know what caused it?

I wounder if I could contact Deere directly..

I worked at a Deere factory as a pipefitter and the assembly lines were shut down a couple times for fuel contamination. I thing the problem was a little diesel in jet fuel, if I remember right, but what happened was when the fuel company filled the fuel tanks there was some residual fuel in their hose from a previous fill. These fuel trucks held 3 or 4 different fuels and there wasn't any way to clean the hoses totally before the next fill. Maybe?

On that note, I don't know how much gas in diesel is acceptable. I have already started pumping gas in my diesel truck, a couple gallons, and ran with it and it works fine.

clemsonfor · Jul 31, 2012

What about the pistons and the rings and sleeves?

megaboz · Jul 31, 2012

YesDeere said:
That's pretty dirty. But I have to agree. Buyer beware eh?

That's why I only buy new. I don't trust anyone when it comes to the expensive stuff. Personally I don't even trust dealers to work on my stuff. Especially when it took a Chevy dealer 4 hours to swap out wheels under warranty.

sixdogs · Aug 1, 2012

megaboz said:
That's why I only buy new. I don't trust anyone when it comes to the expensive stuff. Personally I don't even trust dealers to work on my stuff. Especially when it took a Chevy dealer 4 hours to swap out wheels under warranty.

Just when you think you're safe, you trust someone else to rotate your tires and they bust your hubcabs, only to be discovered later when the chance for a dispute is gone. My dealer begged me for months to let them change my oil so I did. Guess what, the oil pan nut was not tight. Good thing I caught it.

sixdogs · Aug 1, 2012

megaboz said:
That's why I only buy new. I don't trust anyone when it comes to the expensive stuff. Personally I don't even trust dealers to work on my stuff. Especially when it took a Chevy dealer 4 hours to swap out wheels under warranty.

Just when you think you're safe, you trust someone else to rotate your tires and they bust your hubcabs, only to be discovered later when the chance for a dispute is gone. My dealer begged me for months to let them change my oil so I did. Guess what, the oil pan nut was not tight. Good thing I caught it.

ORCM · Aug 1, 2012

clemsonfor said:
What about the pistons and the rings and sleeves?

New rings, and these small motors don't have sleeves. The cylinders looked pretty good, but they cleaned them up some. New bearings too.

The guy that did the rebuild, was their new top mechanic that they just hired. Supposedly has lots of experience.

Gale Hawkins · Aug 1, 2012

ORCM I think you should be good to go with that rebuild.

Some enjoy tilting with windmills too much.

Life goes on and at worse it is just a tractor engine and not a spouse's heart that may stop beating.

ORCM · Aug 1, 2012

A few good things came of this. One is my wife appreciates having a tractor more. Seeing that nothing gets done without it, opened her eyes.

Now maybe I can work on getting an upgrade.

madmax12 · Aug 1, 2012

ORCM said:
A few good things came of this. One is my wife appreciates having a tractor more. Seeing that nothing gets done without it, opened her eyes.

Now maybe I can work on getting an upgrade.

Now that's the most optimistic post in this whole thread