Slim,
I appreciate the feedback, and the 'essential work' you have been doing; I am still active duty military, and deemed essential, so the last 2 months have been entertaining...
Regarding the weld quality...my shop is good enough, and is looking for business these days. I am more concerned about all the 'stuff' that seems to be plumbed into the factory DPF cannister right now...by unplugging and corking things, would I be affecting a vacuum signal or some electrical sensor that adjusts 'something' in the engine? What did you do with yours?
Are my late-80s Chevy MPFI nightmares/flashbacks misplaced?
I am deep in the heart of TX, where it gets hot, hotter, and less hot on an annual cycle; we will never see the subzero stuff I remember from growing up in PA and upstate NY. Many times I am merely putt-ing around box blading and pulling trees, but the bushhog, rototiller, and posthole digger are all broken out frequently enough to force the occasional high RPM usage.
Lastly, for now - I think I had read one of your responses in an earlier thread that your DPF light is now always on, and you are ignoring it? I have been researching many sources of info, and may have your data confused with another.
Many regards, and thanks!
Logan
We U.S. market Branson owners are very fortunate that at least for now, Branson is using an add-on emissions system that is a separate package they install on tractors sold in U.S. market only. What they've done is taken their "normal" tractor design, that they sell basically all over the world, and "added" this DOC system to it. This allows them to sell the same tractor models all over the world, but by checking an option box at the assembly line, this emissions system is added during the build...
I'm paraphrasing for emphasis, I don't really know that this is exactly what they do...
But functionally, and mechanically, what this means for us Branson owners here is, that emissions system is wholly stand alone, and doesn't tie into the engine controls in any way. They put the filter on in place where a muffler would go (in any other country they ship to), and they add a "data logger" to the top of the battery bracket. Then there are sensor wires that go from the data logger to the filter cannister, and a lead wire goes to the idiot light on the dash (and of course, power from tractor power to turn on the logger).
The only purpose the data logger serves, is to light the dash light if the exhaust gas pressure gets too far out of whack between the input side of the filter, and the exit side of the filter. That's all it does. It is an entirely "passive" system.
So as far as the actual engine operation goes, the engine has no idea whether or not a filter is in place, or a data logger is in place. They stand on their own as a separate system. Now if the filter gets plugged, (partially, or wholly) then the only impact on the engine is that it's trying to run through a plugged exhaust pipe (like a plugged muffler for example).
There is no other computer of any kind on the tractor.
What this means is that "YES", you can take the filter off, put a muffler in that filter's location (it is the same location that a muffler is installed in for the rest of Branson's world market), and the engine will run fine. The only reason you "need" to unplug the data logger, is so that the idiot light doesn't light up on the dash.
I have unplugged my data logger, and removed it from the tractor. Since doing that, my dash light never comes on.
Data Logger, at least on the 25 series (mine), it is located on the battery hold down bracket:
This retaining clip must be released, small screw driver in previous pic works well to press in tab, then rotate clip to right (in pic):
Then pull connector straight out the side of the logger. It was in there very solid, with a tight seal.
I was originally going to take the entire harness out, but it is woven into the main tractor harness, and I just didn't want to take the entire thing off, separate it out, and put the rest back. So I wrapped up the plug in plastic and tied it back to it's harness. The sensor wires are also tied back to the harness at the other end.
It's been this way for over a year now, and I haven't had any issues of any kind.