New to me 226D

Johndeere3720 · Jun 27, 2021

ponytug said:
Nice job!

Wow, that's quite a bit of rust. Like @California I wonder if you think it got flooded?

All the best,

Peter

I’m thinking so, I checked the front diff today and am not getting any reading on the dipstick, I’m sure it’ll need resealed like my 186D did.

Johndeere3720 · Jun 28, 2021

Made a little more progress today on the 226D despite the 110* heat. I pulled the injectors and injection pump to have them tested abs cleaned while the tractor is apart. It was running on 2 of the 3 cylinders and struggled to gain rpm as you gave it throttle. Upon disassembly I found the 3rd port dry and that the pump had no timing shims under it. I also found that most of the exhaust nuts/bolts were finger tight. Fortunately though this tractor is more of an extra machine so I can take my time and be sure to go over it thoroughly before I start to put it to work.

Johndeere3720 · Jun 28, 2021

Almost forgot, gave the hood a quick polish tonight.

ponytug · Jun 29, 2021

I'm impressed at all of your work in the heat.

On the dry pump, why do you think it was dry?

All the best,

Peter

Johndeere3720 · Jun 29, 2021

ponytug said:
I'm impressed at all of your work in the heat.

On the dry pump, why do you think it was dry?

All the best,

Peter

Previous owner ran it out of fuel and attempted to bleed it. That 3rd port was loose so I think he messed up the injection pump.

Smokeonthewater · Jun 29, 2021

Almost guaranteed seized plunger

ponytug · Jun 29, 2021

Smokeonthewater said:
Almost guaranteed seized plunger

That would be my concern as well.

This is certainly an interesting rebuild...

All the best,

Peter

Smokeonthewater · Jun 30, 2021

FWIW... when I brought my 2210d home, my knowledge of the inner workings of diesel injection pumps was ALL learned in just a few minutes of googling before going to look at it...

Spent a couple hours googling more, and just dove in... pulled it, cleaned everything and put it on... ahh not quite... pulled it again, cleaned it more and put it on....

Couple hrs on the web, and a couple hours on the bench and she was running perfect....

Really wasn't near as bad as the injection shops want you to think.

Johndeere3720 · Jul 6, 2021

Got another chance this evening to work on the 226D. Brought the back half of it outside for a rinse then tipped it back to further investigate why the 4wd lever just flops around. It more or less appears to have fallen apart probably from someone forcing it into 4wd. Im hoping to track down a complete 4wd unit instead of fixing this one, any insight as to what other Yanmar models may have this same shifter assembly?

bmaverick · Jul 6, 2021

Over at the Yanmar Tractors Owners Group, we have several of the YM 3-digit and YM 4-digit Parts Manuals. All you need to do is download and find matching numbers.

Recently, we learned that several of the 4WD parts from John Deere 50 Series were matches too. For example a YM226D matched up to a JD750 for the left side steering arm.

Johndeere3720 · Jul 7, 2021

bmaverick said:
Over at the Yanmar Tractors Owners Group, we have several of the YM 3-digit and YM 4-digit Parts Manuals. All you need to do is download and find matching numbers.

Recently, we learned that several of the 4WD parts from John Deere 50 Series were matches too. For example a YM226D matched up to a JD750 for the left side steering arm.

Good point! I did pick up the parts manual for this tractor so I should tear the plastic off of it and see about getting the part number.

bmaverick · Jul 7, 2021

Johndeere3720 said:
Good point! I did pick up the parts manual for this tractor so I should tear the plastic off of it and see about getting the part number.

The Parts Manual is for FREE on the Yanmar Tractor Owners Group site.

Click on my link in the sig. Still get it in PDF format.

Florida2610D · Jul 8, 2021

Good enough for the girls we go wit.

Johndeere3720 · Jul 9, 2021

Another day of progress.

Drove down to Farmland Tractor for a front driveline tube since mine was cobbled together with exhaust tubing. While I was there I found some Yanmar ROPS which I believe are for a 186D so it looks like Cpy911 might be getting an OEM ROPS soon. I may have also tracked down a ROPS off of a 220 which are the same part number as the 226 so I’m hoping that deal works out.

I’d love to find a new dash panel but hoye no longer sells this one. Would love to find one that doesn’t have all the tabs on the back broken off.

Got the dash cleaned up a bit

On another note I did some digging and the ROPS for a John Deere 750 are really similar to the ones for a 220/226 Yanmar. May entertain that option if the 220 ROPS doesn’t work out.

Also placed a pretty good parts order to fix the 4wd drop box as well as some other loose ends. Would love to find some side panels ultimately to make this tractor look complete once it’s back together.

Smokeonthewater · Jul 9, 2021

Totally unimportant but just fyi it's 'a' rops, or more accurately r.o.p.s. not 'some' rops

Roll Over Protection System

Johndeere3720 · Jul 9, 2021

Smokeonthewater said:
Totally unimportant but just fyi it's 'a' rops, or more accurately r.o.p.s. not 'some' rops

Roll Over Protection System

Made an adjustment to the wording

bmaverick · Jul 9, 2021

Johndeere3720 said:
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Got the dash cleaned up a bit

On another note I did some digging and the ROPS for a John Deere 750 are really similar to the ones for a 220/226 Yanmar. May entertain that option if the 220 ROPS doesn’t work out.

So, do you have CAD software on your computer? Then access to a 3D printer? One can make ANY dash to then fit your tractor.

Before my dash gets bad, I plan on taking it off, do total measurements, and create a 3D model. Next, I can add whatever I need to the dash for gauges. Then get the NEW dash 3D printed in a durable material. Plus, I can thicken the wall thickness of the dash to be really strong. Mine didn't come with the Yanmar logo like yours, but I can 3D print one on mine.

So, don't think there isn't a solution.

Plus, need 3D CAD software that is FREE without being crippled like AutoCAD Inventor or that crummy CREO CAD, then check this out. IT is full featured like SolidWorks.

FreeCAD V19

FreeCAD: Your own 3D parametric modeler

FreeCAD, the open source 3D parametric modeler

www.freecadweb.org

Sort of like a dash panel . . .

Here's a Yanmar headlamp grill that has the 3D printed look. Just needs paint.

Johndeere3720 · Jul 14, 2021

If i had the access id certainly try but unfortunately I don't. I've been thinking about it a bit lately and was thinking back to my 169D and I swore it had a fuel gauge whereas neither the 186D or 226D does. Makes me wonder if that was an option only on the 169D or if the farmer I bought it from added it. I've spent the last hour searching my own posts on here to finally find a picture with the fuel gauge in it, I'm debating doing away with the dummy lights in this dash and just cutting holes for gauges since I could only find one of the two red plastic covers for the dummy lights online. Still in the thought process and open to ideas but now I really want to find a better picture of the 169D to see how its dash was setup.

bmaverick · Jul 14, 2021

Johndeere3720 said:
If i had the access id certainly try but unfortunately I don't. I've been thinking about it a bit lately and was thinking back to my 169D and I swore it had a fuel gauge whereas neither the 186D or 226D does. Makes me wonder if that was an option only on the 169D or if the farmer I bought it from added it. I've spent the last hour searching my own posts on here to finally find a picture with the fuel gauge in it, I'm debating doing away with the dummy lights in this dash and just cutting holes for gauges since I could only find one of the two red plastic covers for the dummy lights online. Still in the thought process and open to ideas but now I really want to find a better picture of the 169D to see how its dash was setup.

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And what did the gas gauge look like. It would be nice to see the pix.