My first JD was about that year and an LP 4020, purchased around 1990-95 time line. Had been looking a long time for a 4010-20 diesel and none to be found locally so I was easily wooed into this monstrosity.
The weep holes on the side of the block were leaking and I didn't know what that meant at the time......found out later. Owned it for roughly 5 years. Had to do an inframe on the engine initially, a little later a new regulator which was really hard to find. Constant problems trying to find the "sweet spot" go get it to start. Ambient temp played a big part in what it wanted to start.
Had a 100 gal. wheeled nurse tank. Had to take it to the field with me as the thing wouldn't make a day's work without wanting more milk.......Propane fueling was a real beast. Ambient temp was your enemy. Either the tank pressure was too high or too low. Ran really hot at the operator's station, not the engine's running temp, the temp of the air that the cooling fan blew across the operator's (open) station.
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Today's Featured Article - Good As New - by Bill Goodwin. In the summer of 1995, my father, Russ Goodwin, and I acquired the 1945 Farmall B that my grandfather used as an overseer on a farm in Waynesboro, Georgia. After my grandfather’s death in 1955, J.P. Rollins, son of the landowner, used the tractor. In the winter 1985, while in his possession the engine block cracked and was unrepairable. He had told my father
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