Posted by wisbaker on October 24, 2012 at 17:47:33 from (207.118.181.192):
In Reply to: rebuild question posted by samn40 on October 24, 2012 at 15:38:19:
How long does a tractor engine last? 3 Factors 1- what it is, some are built better and have engines that will last longer than some of their competition, we could mention names but that would upset some folks 2- how it is cared for, someone who doesn't regularly check oil or change it at the appropriate intervals will diminish the service life of the engine, also included are if they are using the correct oil as far as service rating and viscosity, are they keeping the radiator clean and keeping it full of coolant? Are they using the proper fuel and is it kept clean of are they dumping a lot of dirty adulterated fuel into it/ 3- How the tractor is used, Start and stop like on a loader? Overloaded with too much draft from pulling equipment larger than it should? Trying to pull the proper sized equipment too fast? A neighbor of our regularly ran his Massey Fergusons to 7,000 hour with no major service work, in fact he had 3 or 4 on the farm with 7,000 plus hours on them. I don't think his cousin, also a neighbor of ours ever had a tractor make 3,000 hours without needing major repairs.
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