David Wilson
11-02-2006, 9:44 AM
Tuesday was my last day at work. Retired at noon. That morning a farmer/customer was in the shop ordering a new radio. While visiting with him I asked how harvest was going. He said that he finished monday but that harvest was a real PITA. Seems he got a new JD combine this yaer and had nothing but trouble with it. He would make about 1/2 a round and it would overheat and shut down. The dealership sent out a mechanic who replaced every sensor on the engine. Still had the same problem so the turbo cooler was replaced. Didn't fix it so the dealership contacted John Deer who finally sent out a factory engeneer. The engineer spent a day riding in the combine with a laptop connected to monitor the problem.
Still no solution. They wood get back to him.
The farmer went to another dealership ( Not JD) to pick up some parts and mentioned the problem to there mechanic and he said he would take a look. Stoped by later that day, climbed up on the engine platform and announced that he knew what the problem was. There was dust on the platform. Said that the cooling fan on this model combine was so powerfull that there should be no dust. Had it fixed in 5 min.
Solution. The cooling fan was mounted backwards from the factory.
Still no solution. They wood get back to him.
The farmer went to another dealership ( Not JD) to pick up some parts and mentioned the problem to there mechanic and he said he would take a look. Stoped by later that day, climbed up on the engine platform and announced that he knew what the problem was. There was dust on the platform. Said that the cooling fan on this model combine was so powerfull that there should be no dust. Had it fixed in 5 min.
Solution. The cooling fan was mounted backwards from the factory.