John Deere 95 diesel hydro

Bradley K

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Got home what I think was possibly the ultimate combine. 1969 John Deere 95 Corn Special, diesel, hydrostatic, intermediate feeder house(better known as quik tatch).

Drove it home today, about 95 miles; it took a hare over 7 hours. Only one stop at Hardee"s to grab burger and fries to go.

The tach shows 2650 hours, don"t know if actual; but have no reason to believe it"s not.

Would like to set up with a 200 series bean head and a 40 series corn head. The seller had a 443 corn head on it, but didn"t need it for this year so passed on that. The bean head currently on it is the old style quik tatch with the curved feeder house attaching, that was converted to the new style feeder house; actually a very neat job done on it.<a href="http://s269.photobucket.com/albums/jj63/55Bradley/?action=view¤t=September172011023.jpg" target="_blank">
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Sorry for the bad first picture, don't know what happened there.
 
Nice. I have its little brother. 1969 55 diesel hydro corn special. Has the engine on yours been overhauled yet or touched?
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Very nice! Did you happen to find this one on craigslist in Minnesota? I saw one on there, can't remember exactly where, but west and maybe south of Minneapolis? Wish it was closer... If it's the same one, damn glad someone like you got it!!
 
Yes, it was by Hanley Falls, MN; just south of Granite Falls. Real nice guy to deal with, sounds like a two owner machine.
 
That looks like a nice machine, believe you had a picture of it cutting wheat a year or two ago. Looks like nice country out there, I've got relatives in Cut Bank, MT and get through there once in a while; are you around Havre?

I don't know a whole lot about the engine, the injector pump was replaced quite recently; otherwise it didn't sound like much had been done to the engine. I've heard about the so called 303 disease in the diesels, with the o-rings leaking.

From what I've heard the 55 and 95 diesels were unbeatable for fuel efficiency, so probably not a bad trade off compared to running a gas.
 
We are east of Cut Bank towards the Sweet Grass Hills. I think the 303 disease involved the gassers too. I have a really nice 95 with one that was overhauled at 1,600 hrs. The 55 leaks a little anti freeze when it sits for along time. I haven't had the 55 out cutting for awhile because its needs lots of work. I think the 303s other then the o-ring issue were dang good engines for combines.
 
Good lookin machine! I would love to have one like that myself. I have only seen 3 of these 95 in my life but would still like to have one. I guess Ill run my old gas 95 and dream. Bandit
 

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