I taught night school at our local technical college for many years. The classes were hydraulics, and preventive maintenance, I am a certified diesel and heavy equipment mechanic, though my experiance is strictly with engines. I"ve never actually worked on a truck, but rebuilt the engines removed from the vehicle, and been a locomotive mechanic specializing in V16 645 cubic inch per cylinder, 3000 horsepower General Motors 2 cycle Locomotive engines. At tech College we cut apart over 20 different brands of spin on oil filters.. We anylized the thickness and quality of the filter paper, and how much of it,(filter media) was in the cannister Some of the expensive brands were very cheap inside. some of the cheap ones were very good, we were suprised. some with good material were made very sloppy, and I would be afraid of internal leakage,(bypass) We found the very best, good quality media, and lots of it, pleated filter paper streached out to 14 feet, were Baldwin, Wix, NAPA,(just Wix in a different can). Motorcraft was good. John Deere and Fleetgard are the same, i"ve seen them manufactured in a Fleetgard plant, and the same element silk screened JD green and given JD numbers, or had Fleetgard numbers go on, Fleetgard is now Cummins Filtration,. The absolute worst that we cut open were FRAM, Cheap material, and not much of it, media only streached out 7 feet. And very sloppy manufacturing, big gobs of glue squirted out of an automatic glue gun, I presume, hitting and blocking some of the filter material. I suppose that Fram elements meet the minimum requirements, but I wouldn"t put one on anything I owned, and could never recommend one.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Hydraulic Basics - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In the last entry to this series we gave a brief overview of hydraulic system theory, its basic components and how it works. Now lets take a look at some general maintenance tips that will keep our system operating to its fullest potential. The two biggest enemies to a hydraulic system are dirt and water. Dirt can score the insides of cylinders, spool valves and pumps. Wate
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
1945 Farmall wide body gas with pto and front plow. Runs good but needs new points.
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.
