Re: The Height of Ambition

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 19, 2005 at 10:23:44 from (209.226.106.138):

In Reply to: Re: The Height of Ambition posted by Allan in NE on January 19, 2005 at 09:37:49:

Allan: My tractor broke a rocker arm at probably less than 150 hours on meter. Several other rocker arms were cracked. What the technician came with for replacment was complete shaft complete with all new rocker arms. The assembly was complete, just unbolted the old shaft and set complete new one in, then adjust valves. I didn't stay right with him, but I never saw any push rods. I do remember the shaft and new rocker arms were substancially heavier than the original. I do remember him telling me the originals were same as in 966. They seemed to be blaming this on the turbo. What alway puzzled me on this it was Oct. 1975, 1066s would have been on the go three years by then. I would have thought recalls on this would have happened in 72 or 73 and that 74 and 75 would have come from factory corrected.

The other item one must consider is my 1066 dynoed 160 hp new at dealers. It came from factory that way and 3 or 4 times after that it remained at or near 160. At about 8,000 hours I loaned it to a neighbor who's new Deere 4630 had a little fire under dash. He was doing haylage. When he brought 1066 home, I asked how it worked for him. He replied. " It makes that bloody Deere look sick." This guy was a dyed in the wool DEERE man. He had heart problems later in life, doc installed a pacemaker. He had more problems with that damn pacemaker, than a dog has flees. Someone suggested to the John Deere dealer, maybe John Deere should consider building a pacemaker. They felt if our friend had a pacemaker with Deere stamped on it, his health would improve. He is still going strong, don't know the make of pacemaker.

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