Re: Farmall restorers

Posted by Joe Evans on October 13, 2004 at 20:04:54 from (67.129.216.74):

In Reply to: Re: Farmall restorers posted by Glenn F. on October 13, 2004 at 19:34:32:

Glenn: I concur with your observations. The two-cylinder JDs are almost useless when it comes to belt work. They do alright if the loading is not heavy, but pull 'em down on the belt and they embarrass their owners. I do not want to come across as unkind or color blind here; I'm simply stating what I have observed. The Baker Test Fan our Club plays around with really illustrates this shortcoming in the JD 2-cylinder design.

Case in point: at a local show last year, a chap showed up with a home-built Prony brake driven by way of the tractor's belt pulley. My W-9 registered 50 BHP. A buddy's well-tuned JD 720D garnered only 42 BHP due to the fact that the JD had the belt flopping all over tarnation from its violent, uneven power impulses. You know darned good and well a 720D is up around 57 BHP.

So I ask one and all: how in the heck did Nebraska U. get accurate BHP readings when they were testing the JDs especially the 820?

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