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will
03-04-2003 21:27:57
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Re: 4430 farm stock in reply to chris k, 03-04-2003 07:58:23
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The other guy seem to have anwsered your question quite well, but We had a 4630 which I am fairly sure has the exact same 404 as your 4430 plus an intercooler. We bought it in 1980 or so with about 1000 hours on it. My grandad said it used too much fuel, and didnt have any bottom end. They took it to the JD dealer. They put it on the water dyno. They came up with 210 horsepower. They didnt believe it, and calibrated their dyno for the same result. 210 horsepower. My grandad said he would just buy a bigger disc, so he did. It would spin the cast duals filled with water in 5th gear quite well. We moved right along in the field It made it to a hair over 8000 hours with only 1 set of injectors, a water pump, starter, a few alternators, a set of brakes, a turbo (possibly due to high exhaust heat), and a lot of fuel. We filled up in the morning, and filled up again at lunch. Somtimes we would take an early lunch and quit early depending on how much fuel we used. The tractor only had the 4 post roll guard. The floorboard, while pulling hard became hot enough to melt my shoes. My grandad gave me a piece of plywood and told me to get back to work. I remember hiding behind the width of the dash to keep the heat of the engine off of me while discing wheat stubble in July. IT WAS HOT!!! I wish a million times I had a picture of the amount of black smoke produced while turning around at the end of the field, dropping that AMCO disc and pushing that throttle all the way up. The end of the motor was a rod bearing. It started pecking at about 7900 hours, and progressivley got worse. I would never tell anyone to turn up a motor to this extent, but I have proof that it will take it, and hold together. They are very good tractors despite their hard starting. Our 4630 was always plugged up in the winter and starting fluid was a must even on the fourth of July.
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