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Hey Richard
What's the model and year of your John Deere?
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Hey Richard
On 12/3/2014 10:41 AM, Tim wrote:
What's the model and year of your John Deere? I think it's a model 790. I bought it new about 13 years ago. Looks like this, except mine is a lot more beat up now. http://www.bwsequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_1129-1024x682.jpg |
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Hey Richard
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:56:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 12/3/2014 10:41 AM, Tim wrote: What's the model and year of your John Deere? I think it's a model 790. I bought it new about 13 years ago. Looks like this, except mine is a lot more beat up now. http://www.bwsequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_1129-1024x682.jpg === Wow, that's a lot of horse ****. :-) |
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Hey Richard
On 12/3/2014 2:00 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 03 Dec 2014 10:56:38 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 12/3/2014 10:41 AM, Tim wrote: What's the model and year of your John Deere? I think it's a model 790. I bought it new about 13 years ago. Looks like this, except mine is a lot more beat up now. http://www.bwsequipment.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_1129-1024x682.jpg === Wow, that's a lot of horse ****. :-) That be true. It's an amazing little tractor though. I've abused it many times, lifting huge boulders that exceeded it's lifting capacity and nothing major has broken. It's a little beat up now but still runs and works fine. When we put the pool in the contractors were having a heck of a time with their ditch digger because of the number of large rocks and boulders in the ground. I ended up doing all the trenches for the water manifolds and electrical services with the back hoe attachment. I did a lot of landscaping with it but now that it's all done we use it mainly for dressing the riding circle in the horse paddock. We have an attachment that has three wheels with spikes welded on them that turn the ground and refresh the riding surface for the horses' tender hoofs. That and moving snow piles around in the winter. |
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Hey Richard
Richard the reason I asked about your tractor is if you really wanted to help it start in the cold cold, you might consider a block heater, wick isn't hard to install. But does take a bit of work. A cheap one (400w) are about 35 bucks and are about as worthless as that pan heater you bought. A good 1000w runs about 120 bucks but works quite well. Installation requires draining the coolant from the block, removing a freeze plug, installing the heater unit and refilling. When it's about 20 degrees outside you can plug it in for about a half hour before starting and the tractor should spin right over. It doesn't make the block toasty hot but does warm the engine enough to make a huge diffrence.
I thought I'd mention it, but you might get by with a better battery. The glow plugs pull hard... |
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Hey Richard
On 12/3/2014 11:39 PM, Tim wrote:
Richard the reason I asked about your tractor is if you really wanted to help it start in the cold cold, you might consider a block heater, wick isn't hard to install. But does take a bit of work. A cheap one (400w) are about 35 bucks and are about as worthless as that pan heater you bought. A good 1000w runs about 120 bucks but works quite well. Installation requires draining the coolant from the block, removing a freeze plug, installing the heater unit and refilling. When it's about 20 degrees outside you can plug it in for about a half hour before starting and the tractor should spin right over. It doesn't make the block toasty hot but does warm the engine enough to make a huge diffrence. I thought I'd mention it, but you might get by with a better battery. The glow plugs pull hard... Thanks Tim, Actually I looked into installing a block heater like the one you mentioned but decided it wasn't a project I felt like undertaking. That's when I decided to try the magnetic heater. I agree, it's pretty much worthless. I've managed to get by this long by trying to start (killing the battery) and then hooking up a small, 6 amp battery charger to recharge and warm up the battery. On really cold days it might take two or three evolutions of doing this but it finally fires up. Once it has started, it's good for restarts for the rest of the day. I am hoping that before too long this will no longer be an issue. Hope to be in warmer climates. I can always put it in the garage overnight when I know I'll need it (snow storm). |
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