Interesting. Thanks for the backstory of the strawberry industry and how the equipment you work on is utilized in your local Ag industry. It frustrates me when people work in an industry and don't know how all the pieces come together.👍
That John Deere engine makes my New Holland T7.170 look simple. Since you mentioned the engine swaps the Ford L8000 with 8.3 Cummins instead of the Ford 7.8 me and my brother did is running well. Thank you for the inspiration.
I will never ever complain about working on something and having to take a couple things off to get to the problem after watching you taking all the stuff off an engine just to get to the point off starting on the actual problem area, and wonder why it cost so much to have things repaired. Thanks for the video Warren, appreciate your time.
Thanks so much for bringing us along for all these projects. Nice to see the hay squeeze complete, that was a big job. Hope it works well for the owner.
Back in the 70`s I was cultivating with a D4D Cat. It dropped an exhaust valve we hauled to town. The Cat dealer replaced the head and rebuilt the one cylinder that was damaged. Now in 2023 that tractor is still running good and doing field work. But with the modern plastic tractors we have it is semi retired. My brother purchased a D6 last year. We are going old school as these old Cat`s are reliable. Most of the younger famers have never driven a steel track machine.
Another Great Video, Warren. Glad to hear the Hay Squeeze is off and running, hopefully no issues besides the oil pan gasket leak. It looks like Deere is having an issue, depending on how many hours it has on it. I really appreciate you taking the time to drag us along. Thanks.
I know you were proud to see that hay squeeze running and working so well for the owner, to bad about one little drip, i would have been irritated to. This guy will have a good runner that cost far less than a new or used one to repair, even if the bill was 30 grand or more. They have not made anything to really last for year's, just piling on more plastic emissions crap. I don't understand these guy's who are die hard for deere, or any other company living off it's name. Good for you though Warren, keeps you in business as long as you can get the parts. Thanks for another great video, i reckon I'm gonna have to come back for the next one uh humm. G-d bless.
Hey Warren, great video on the engine tear down. And great commentary on the industry. I picked strawberries growing up as a kid in the willamette valley. The industry has come a long way! Thanks much for sharing my friend!
Thank you Warren for another great video. Glad to see the hay squeeze is done and running. You have so much work and still take time to record these videos for your viewers. The folks out where your at is very lucky to have you around and the skills you have.
This was enjoyable Warren. I'm no farmer, emission junk aside, looks to me that Deere designed to maximize repair costs. It's funny how some brand/model engines are easy to work on and some are just hard. Thanks for the tractor use and strawberry industry background. I look forward to the engine rebuild. I'm always impressed by your work ethic, knowledge, wisdom a take on life. Regards from London, UK.
I'm watching you Warren fight around with those sockets that are falling off because you haven't got a ring to hold that socket on the impact gun. I just sent you some from Amazon to hopefully fit those Impact Guns 1/2" and 3/8" All the best from Surrey BC Canada
Thing has sensors to check sensors. Clean air act, thats it, its just an act. Added BS to make more money for the investors of farm equipment. A tractor does not need to be all high tech it just needs to work the fields. The struggle is really time consuming just to get the head off. Good video Warren.
Warren you have got to ask how did we manage before all this crap on our tractor engines when I started farming the only electric on a tractor was the starter and lights and we managed wonderfully well
Thanks once again for a really informative video. JD seems to have some issues for sure. I don't envy you having to keep up with all the changes. You seem to stay on top of them pretty well.
Great video Warren really enjoy watching you work on this tractor and finding out it's going to need an overhaul to fix the damage from dropping a valve. Glad to hear the Hay squeeze is headed to work. Looking forward to your next video stay safe Warren.
When I was a much younger person, I picked strawberries several summers in NW Oregon. At that time the plants were left in the ground for multiple seasons. In fact the most common variety grown didn't really start to produce a good crop until the third year and would be left in place for at least two to three more years. Times have changed and now the varieties grown are a lot different, but to be honest, they don't have as much flavor as the old Northwest variety. Must be progress?
Commercial varieties have great flavor. The difference is time of harvest and travel time to market. Strawberries do not ripen once picked, so to get a marketable berry across country (7-10days) they are picked before they are ready, otherwise they would turn to mush. Unlike these little bitty berries here in Oregon that get to mature because they travel 5 minutes to be sold. You can’t keep a PNW berry for more than a day or two before they turn to mush.
Love listen to your stories while you are working away. And your knowledge of engins and what problems you may encounter.that valve had certainly done some damage .now you know what parts you need to order .but has turned out to be a bigger job now ..Look forward to your over vidios on this . Nice work warren 👍👍👍👍
I am in my 60`s and I was raised on a farm. I have only seen one break down when I the equipment was not needed. This was winter time I was moving an N6 Gleaner combine to the shop for some repairs. As I backed it out of the barn a rear spindle broke. My boss and I laughed at looked at each other and said at least not 100 degrees outside.
Me and my dad run a farm up in mt. angel oregon and we grow around 40 acers of strawberries, among other things, and i think we get our strawberry roots from northern california.
I wonder if the valve lash was ever adjusted? I think a lot of the problems like this I see on the Deeres come from guys never adjusting the lash then they get tight start holding off the seat overheat and boom she gone. The other issue is when they get tight they can drag the cam rollers sideways wipe out the cam get loose and boom she gone.
My God you pay a small fortune for a wire harness for a JD product and yet they cannot even have the quality control to make sure the connectors last even one repair cycle. The plastic crap on every car/truck/tractor/ect... is just a (CENSORED)IN Nightmare these days!
I bought a 38 HP Mahindra last year, have you worked on those machines? Frankly, after watching your videos for the last few years I would only want you to do any major repairs.
Jesus that’s a lot of work getting that head off, you cant beat the old mechanical stuff like a 2 wheel drive Massey Ferguson 100 series up to the 500 series, you can split them and get the engine out in a couple of hours.
just interested in what you think is the cause of the failure. this seems to be a common problem on the Ag tractors. EGT to high of not adjusting overhead like it is supposed to be?
Great point! They going to have to try something completly different. You would think after 20 years it would be sorted out. One day it is temps to low, the next to high. Speaking of temps....waiting for he new R1234 freon in yellow iron.
It's happening on everything the last few years. Valves. When they cannot source them from the normal supply they find another sometimes inferior valve. Automotive has same chit happening
It seems that Deere has long forgotten how to build reliable engines. Which is a pity because the amount of work involved in stripping and reassembling their current engines seems ridiculous.
What would cause a valve spring to break? Defective part or something else? Seems crazy for a so-called premium brand that has been making tractors forever to use inferior quality critical engine parts.
"another dropped valve" sounds like my time at cummins northeast about 1999 ; 3 , iSX/signature engine in one week for dropped valve . only with "trunked pistons" , you could almost reach THRU and hand shake guy on otherside . some , iSM as well . switched to all iRON pistons , problem solved with "total scrape heap destruction " anyway . soft valve locks .....
I find it odd that they only have one tractor for a job that is so important to get done on time. I would think they could have another tractor available, maybe just have to swap the tires then continue on with work.
Seems that many JD components are being made from overseas inferior materials and there is absolutely no quality control being used. I'm guessing 8 hours labour to remove the head, assess damage and order parts.
Do you go back with a small screw driver? And straighten out the fen that you've bent in the radiator so they don't clog up with dirt over time when it's running just wondering?
