Well, the "old" gal is back home. I suppose 'old' isn't an accurate descrption any more. The frame and other mis. stuff is original, but the engine/tranny are rebuilds.
The trip back was uneventfull. I just had to learn how to shift a SOS. I'm use to the JD "Powershifts"...same difference I would thing. They didn't finish everything 100%. The tach was unhooked, so I didn't know how fast the RPM's were. I think I had it at the "stops". It did take some time getting back. About the same time when we towed her over, maybe less/maybe more... I didn't catch the time.
They ran it 4 hours originally, then another 3 today. And the trip was at least 3 hours. Not much time, but better then nothing.
I noticed that the thing shifts quite smoothlly in the lower gears... you can't tell it changing speed. Mid range, there is a slight sence of change and then in the high range (9/10) you can tell for sure. I usually came up to a stop light, throttled down in 10th trying to just creep w/out stopping. When green came, I just throttled it up from 10th gear. Some black smoke came out. I was a little jerky at first....was afraid I'd snap the drive chain (GASP).
I can tell that the engine is very different then the original (or what I was used to hearing over the years when I rode it when it was owned by the last owner). When the PTO was engaged, there was an audible sound change in the engine. The "lugging" down when it first turns on. I didn't sence any of this. I had to look at the PTO just to see it turning. Engine didn't change RPM/sound. Same with the gear switching. The low gears always changed the engine RPM, but not any more.
Chatting w/ the mechanic who did the tranny, they personally beleived that there wasn't much differnce between teh 4600 to the 4630. Or even a 4100. The used a Massy Fergason as an exmaple...two models... one was rated at like 48 HP vs one rated at 38HP. The engines were the same they said and sometimes, the 38 could reach 48. Just minor stuff. I understand that sometimes two engines w/ the same displacment can be rated two different powers. It's just a matter of the injection system, timing, etc.
But it brings up a question.... does it mean that if my old engine (what ever the displacment maybe)... can be "uppped" to the next HP rating of the SAME displacment? Can it be done by just swapping out the injectors, pump and timing it? Assuming the compression is the same..... I'll have to get the engine casing number to see if it is a 3000 or a 4000.
Nice to have it home and running. Now crunch, crunch time starts. A few bearings have to be replaced on the rollers/belts still....then install the belts...AAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(And I still have two semi's being fixed- waiting on one part.....helped a buddy replace a semi refigeration unit the other day- so nothing was done on them. Yes, that big thing on the semi trailers.... his went out- trailer being used as stationary road side fruit stand cooler).
The trip back was uneventfull. I just had to learn how to shift a SOS. I'm use to the JD "Powershifts"...same difference I would thing. They didn't finish everything 100%. The tach was unhooked, so I didn't know how fast the RPM's were. I think I had it at the "stops". It did take some time getting back. About the same time when we towed her over, maybe less/maybe more... I didn't catch the time.
They ran it 4 hours originally, then another 3 today. And the trip was at least 3 hours. Not much time, but better then nothing.
I noticed that the thing shifts quite smoothlly in the lower gears... you can't tell it changing speed. Mid range, there is a slight sence of change and then in the high range (9/10) you can tell for sure. I usually came up to a stop light, throttled down in 10th trying to just creep w/out stopping. When green came, I just throttled it up from 10th gear. Some black smoke came out. I was a little jerky at first....was afraid I'd snap the drive chain (GASP).
I can tell that the engine is very different then the original (or what I was used to hearing over the years when I rode it when it was owned by the last owner). When the PTO was engaged, there was an audible sound change in the engine. The "lugging" down when it first turns on. I didn't sence any of this. I had to look at the PTO just to see it turning. Engine didn't change RPM/sound. Same with the gear switching. The low gears always changed the engine RPM, but not any more.
Chatting w/ the mechanic who did the tranny, they personally beleived that there wasn't much differnce between teh 4600 to the 4630. Or even a 4100. The used a Massy Fergason as an exmaple...two models... one was rated at like 48 HP vs one rated at 38HP. The engines were the same they said and sometimes, the 38 could reach 48. Just minor stuff. I understand that sometimes two engines w/ the same displacment can be rated two different powers. It's just a matter of the injection system, timing, etc.
But it brings up a question.... does it mean that if my old engine (what ever the displacment maybe)... can be "uppped" to the next HP rating of the SAME displacment? Can it be done by just swapping out the injectors, pump and timing it? Assuming the compression is the same..... I'll have to get the engine casing number to see if it is a 3000 or a 4000.
Nice to have it home and running. Now crunch, crunch time starts. A few bearings have to be replaced on the rollers/belts still....then install the belts...AAAhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
(And I still have two semi's being fixed- waiting on one part.....helped a buddy replace a semi refigeration unit the other day- so nothing was done on them. Yes, that big thing on the semi trailers.... his went out- trailer being used as stationary road side fruit stand cooler).
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