Colin King
Well-known Member
I now have a damaged engine and a nice piece of pasture art.
Yesterday I mentioned on the N forum that I drove the 961D out to the farm last week. I needed to get some plowing and planting done for some late season annual forages for livestock finishing. I was planning on plowing today.
Tractor started up very easily. I hooked up the plow, made the adjustments to the PA rims, and headed over to the field I was planning on turning over. While closing a gate to keep the beeves in, the engine made a banging sound and abruptly stopped.
This happened at a low idle, thankfully, and not at a high RPM while plowing.
When this happened, the tractor had been running for about an hour. Oil pressure had been acceptable at 15psi slow idle and 40psi at half throttle RPM shortly beforehand.
I'm going to need to have this repair job professionally done as diesel engine work is above my pay grade (wish my Grandpa were around, as he was a Navy trained diesel mechanic).
When talking to shops, what kind of questions should I be asking? Should I do a full rebuild regardless of the scope of damage? And what are the likely areas of damage? Any cost estimates for an engine rebuild? Shop rates here run between $60-$80/hr.
Thanks for the guidance!
Colin, MN
Yesterday I mentioned on the N forum that I drove the 961D out to the farm last week. I needed to get some plowing and planting done for some late season annual forages for livestock finishing. I was planning on plowing today.
Tractor started up very easily. I hooked up the plow, made the adjustments to the PA rims, and headed over to the field I was planning on turning over. While closing a gate to keep the beeves in, the engine made a banging sound and abruptly stopped.
This happened at a low idle, thankfully, and not at a high RPM while plowing.
When this happened, the tractor had been running for about an hour. Oil pressure had been acceptable at 15psi slow idle and 40psi at half throttle RPM shortly beforehand.
I'm going to need to have this repair job professionally done as diesel engine work is above my pay grade (wish my Grandpa were around, as he was a Navy trained diesel mechanic).
When talking to shops, what kind of questions should I be asking? Should I do a full rebuild regardless of the scope of damage? And what are the likely areas of damage? Any cost estimates for an engine rebuild? Shop rates here run between $60-$80/hr.
Thanks for the guidance!
Colin, MN