dancath
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Neat!! If I did this to my 4720 could I then run my engine lower rpm then the crazy high one every one recommends.It sure burns a lot of fuel.
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Dan
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Dan
Oil & Fuel 2015 Branson 3520h DPF Issue
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Branson Bob
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Nice video too.
Glad to have the parts # as well.
Great job and thanks for the info.
Glad to have the parts # as well.
Great job and thanks for the info.
Kentuckyfarmer
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Yup. Idle it, warm it up what ever you want. Nothing more to plug up. Just like the having an old diesel. Even the smell.
LincTex
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JUST FOR REF... A guy wouldn't have to use that Stanley ford muffler. It's a straight through.
If you want it a little quieter, go to Napa and ask for a small oval shaped muffler.
pblanton
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This particular Stanley muffler has a baffle in the middle. You can't see straight through it like some of the others, which is why I picked it. That said, you have plenty of room for an oval muffler with better baffles and that would make it much quieter.
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Texasmark
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Scuse me for butting in but you are going to accumulate moisture especially in the winter in all your fluids doing that besides having DEF problems you mention. You asked for help by posting. Here's my take on trying to help you. Do the 2k run-in as stated every 25 or more. Block off the radiator with a piece of cardboard or whatever and get the the engine up and running against the thermostat while doing that. Get some kind of PTO driven implement and run it while you are doing your def cleanout. Also I would ensure that you do the fluid and filter changes at the recommended intervals.
LincTex
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These tractors don't use DEF (Diesel exhaust fluid).
None of the problems you mentioned will typically happen, or it would be common on most all tractors over the last 50 years.
Yes, numerous "short runs" are bad for most everything in small ways over time, but not typically catastrophic.
pblanton
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You don't have to be excused for "butting in". This is a public forum and your comments are welcome!
As LincTex said, these tractors don't use DEF. They have a simple soot-cooker on them along with a logger that takes pressure differential measurements in the DPF and uses that information to light up an idiot light on the dashboard. There is no DPF regen cycle that modifies the fuel injection or anything like that.
Mine clogged up after 62 hours of pretty light use, which is what I use it for. I use mine mostly for the FEL and dragging a box blade down the driveway. Occasionaly I use the backhoe, but that's most rare. I never plow or bale or use any PTO so I am not a use-case for a DPF. I expect mine will get clogged regularly, so off it came.
As LincTex said, these tractors don't use DEF. They have a simple soot-cooker on them along with a logger that takes pressure differential measurements in the DPF and uses that information to light up an idiot light on the dashboard. There is no DPF regen cycle that modifies the fuel injection or anything like that.
Mine clogged up after 62 hours of pretty light use, which is what I use it for. I use mine mostly for the FEL and dragging a box blade down the driveway. Occasionaly I use the backhoe, but that's most rare. I never plow or bale or use any PTO so I am not a use-case for a DPF. I expect mine will get clogged regularly, so off it came.
Kentuckyfarmer
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Amen!!! I bought this kind of tractor knowing it wasn't computer controlled injection and didn't use def. I knew I could fix the problem if I started having problems with the soot cooker clogging up which I did. No more problems. In the winter time I Speer a bale of hay and feed cattle then I'm done. I'm not going to have a tractor I have to hook up to some implement and run the ball sack off it to warm it up when I don't need to. I have enough to do. All the years we lived in Minnesota on a dairy farm we always had at least 4 tractors. Was in the 50's, 60's and 70's. We used them for what was needed and then parked them. All were diesels and sometimes were run for a couple minutes and sometimes run for a couple hours in the winter. All used motor oil, hydro oil and gear oil. Same as the one I have. Never had problems with moisture of any kind. Just had problems starting when it got below zero and weren't parked where we could plug them in.
Cougsfan
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Yesterday I used my Branson to move a bunch of snow with the FEL. I found the loader worked best (quick) at 2000 rpm. The tractor guzzled fuel pretty fiercely. When I mow or grade I prefer to run at 1500 rpm. The tractor isn't as noisy and the fuel efficiency goes way up. Is 1500 RPM for hours on end going to clog the Soot burner?
