3020,4020,4000 ?

[flusher]

3020; Good tractor with one weak link. The 4-cylinder diesel uses a counter-rotating balancer to lessen crankshaft vibration. That balancer has been known to fail. The parts to repair it are getting to be in short supply. Deere offeres a variety of "crate engines" that are bolt in replacements. One is a turbocharged 100 hp "industrial" engine that makes the 3020 a beast



al, I'd rather have a newer tractor if I was putting that sort of $$$$$ into it.

Is this a peculiarity of the 3020 engine or of the way the 3020 balancer is designed? Don't all 4-cylinder engines need some type of counter-rotating balancer?