RPM for a diesel???

Anonymous-0 · Jul 15, 2011

Someone just approached me to buy my little tractor, don't know how serious he is because this is just the time of year to kick tires and waste people's time (next town has an oldtimer show this weekend and folks start thinking about hobbies).
Anyway, he came up with a lowball offer and said that I was wearing the tractor out with what I do...(running the motor so hard)...

It never gets ran over 2000 rpm (1900 when baling and mowing because that#s what the book says I need to get 540 rpm from the PTO) and if I am in a hurry on the road it may see the 2000...

I have nothing to worry about do I?

1.8 liter 3 cyl diesel in a '64 IHC 26HP tractor.

Dave

WeirdDeere · Jul 15, 2011

You're running the engine at speeds it's designed for. I can't see how you'd be hurting it in any way, nor wearing it out faster. In fact by keeping the RPMs up, you're keeping it from lugging, which can harm the engine if done for long periods/heavy loads, etc.

In other words, you're fine, and he's full of it.

Brandon

Anonymous-0 · Jul 15, 2011

Thanks!

What's a weird deere??? One that's painted red so it looks nice?

just kidding, thanks for the reply...

Dave

WeirdDeere · Jul 15, 2011

Red? Sure! Hehehe. Yellow, orange, red, blue, white. Plenty of colors.

I'm an industrial JD nut, I actually prefer the non green Deeres. Of course I've got some green ones too hahaha

Brandon

NEKS · Jul 15, 2011

Dad hire this older fellow to dig a basement with a D-7. The dozer was a few year old and the son said can't get dad to open it. It was a 59 and he was use to operating early 40 dozers. His dad told him the engine run to fast. I bet it was kicking out the RPM's

tractorboy3112 · Jul 15, 2011

you ever seen a purple deere?

Jerry/MT · Jul 15, 2011

If you"re 540 rpm speed is 1900 engine rpm then whoever told you you were ruining the engine by running at that speed doesn"t know anything about how a tractor engine is rated. The engine is designed to run all day at that speed. I"d ignore ay advice from that "expert"!

Anonymous-0 · Jul 15, 2011

(quoted from post at 10:56:14 07/15/11) If you"re 540 rpm speed is 1900 engine rpm then whoever told you you were ruining the engine by running at that speed doesn"t know anything about how a tractor engine is rated. The engine is designed to run all day at that speed. I"d ignore ay advice from that "expert"!

He was just trying to talk me into selling and wanted to talk it down to make it cheap....... don't wanna say he is a crook, folks get their undies in a wad and take it personal on here...

Billy Shafer · Jul 15, 2011

Forty years diesel mechanic. Diesels like to be worked hard. It's the light loads that will destroy them. Light load for to long a time and they start wet stacking. Leads to big money repairs.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 15, 2011

(quoted from post at 12:11:49 07/15/11) Forty years diesel mechanic. Diesels like to be worked hard. It's the light loads that will destroy them. Light load for to long a time and they start wet stacking. Leads to big money repairs.

Since you say that, for the majority of the time when it isn't working other than pulling a water tank or fetching round bales, if I keep the rpms up around 1500-1900 am I keeping it healthy???

buickanddeere · Jul 15, 2011

Anywhere range above peak torque and below peak
HP.
As previously stated, worked hard but NOT lugged.

Billy Shafer · Jul 15, 2011

Yes you are doing fine. Over revs and lugging it will kill a diesel.

PopinJohn · Jul 15, 2011

Here's a John Deere seen at EXPO 10, Canandiagua New York, last
week.

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