JD 3010 RC Utility Special

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I own an original JD 3010 Row Crop Utility Special. It has an engine of a JD3020, because it was frozen at
the previous owner. Last year I bought a JD3010 engine to make it original.

Could it be a problem when I don't mount the balancers like original?


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That is an interesting tractor as there were not supposed to be any of them sold in the USA. They were all built for export. Where did Deere put the batteries or are those incorrect fenders? I have a 3020 gas utility here. I to have wondered about how much the engine would vibrate with no balencers. If I were to rebuild the engine I would find a proformance shop and have each piston and rod assembly balanced. Tom
 
I would get the correct balancer and have it rebuilt. Otherwise it will shake its self apart. The balancer is there for a reason.
 
First thing that would happen is you would ruin your
crankshaft and bearings from loss of oil pressure.
Discounting that the tractor would vibrate badly.
Balance pistons and rods?? They are already the same weight.
If it were that easy Deere would have done it. The problem
with four cylinder engine balance is that two pistons are up
when two are down.
Deere had some four cylinder utility tractor engines for flood
irrigation pumps w/o balancer shafts because they ran slow. Cummins did too.
They vibrated so bad they broke up the sheet metal.
Those clam shell fenders are not original
 
What you are not getting is that his 3010 is a special utility. When it left the factory there were no balancers installed. It was a stripped down model made for export only.
 
This export tractor (serialnr. 16T....) was a poor one. Typical the small fenders, steel seat, no synchronised gearbox and no balancer in the engine, trying to keep it cheap. I know normally a 4 cilinder has balancers, but JD didn't mounted it in this tractor. The original engine was frozen when he arrived in Holland, so I think it could turn without it. Shifting parts were worn and nearly 8000 hours, but it didn't worked, so this tractor had made a lot of hours. They wanted to use this one for tractorpulling, but finally he bought an other one. I saved this tractor. ;)

I could only find this picture of these tractors, 118 are made of it. They also build some JD 4010. The small fenders are original, but I don't know the original place of the battery, maybe near the fenders. I couldn't find any further information of these tractor, even in South-Africa where they made for. I like to make it original, maybe this is one of last tractors of it..

Book: Designing the New Generation John Deere tractors by Merle L. Miller.

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The other engine is original from a 'German' JD3010 with balancers. I bought it's in parts with a lot of work to make it good, but no fuel system. When I am going to rebuild this engine I am going to visit an expert for help an information.They know everyting about engines, experts for tractorpulling etc.

Normally the battery at the RC Utility is near the fender, so I think here also. I don't know where else.
 
Thanks for that info. I never knew they were made.
Did they run them at lower rpm? Did they use a crank
without the balancer drive gear? If you want to eliminate
the box you could tap and plug the oil hole in the block.
Seems I had seen a New Gen tractor with that steel seat once.
I have a 3020 standard that came out of Holland. Same
as US tractors except has big round fenders, different
lights, additional wiring, fuse panel installed in
switch panel, round KM tag on front, has both Waterloo
and Mannheim serial tag, is a 1964 serial number but
has differential lock (wondered if diff lock was available
in Europe before US), flanged axles, steel rear wheels,
parking brake drums on axle housings that have a flange
for those brakes to be bolted to.
 
Your tractor is typical German, all tractors there had to have a handbrake bij law. They didn't accept the 'Park' as a handbrake. Why? I don't know. Last year I bought some parts of a Geman JD 3010, it had the same rearaxle as yours. I thought the diff lock was introduced at de 20-series, the 10's didn't have it.

I never drove with the original engine at my tractor, so I don't know how it will be drive without the balancer. When I 'll build up the 3010 engine, I 'll mounted the balancer for safety. It's between the parts.

What nice that your tractor came from here.
 
Diff lock was available here in 1965 20 series tractors.
That's why I was surprised this '64 3020 had it. The pedal
was also taller to clear the parking brake shaft. Looks like
the taller pedal on the console tractors.
I also have some 4020s with the brake drums. Regular axle
housings with machine shop made brackets to clamp brakes
onto the housings. The levers were already gone.
there was a guy in the US that imported used tractors from
a dealer in Holland and maybe other countries.
 
Do you know the name of the man and where he get the tractors in Holland? Maybe you can send it by e-mail.
 
There was a dealer in Chamersburg PA Forester Farm equipment (still in business as a NH dealer) that imported lots of tractors from Europe.The person with the info you need (Jay) died a few years ago in an accident but his son's might be able to help you. They sold lots of 1120,2120,3130's.4040s and even a few 3010-3020's along with lots of Fords. I remember seeing a few 3010-3020's with the hand brakes on them at auctions. The last one I saw sell was a perfect 3020 diesel with a pintle hitch on the front and another on the rear where the top link bracket mounted. It had the parking brake and guages with German writing. They had just put new fenders on it but told me they had the ones that were just taken off. I was to short of money to buy it but it did not bring big money. Tom
 
Don't know if he is still in business or even alive.
He used to get a lot of Fords out of England I think.
I got several 4240s from him. I think they were from
the Deere dealer in Holland. That dealer might have
been getting them from other countries.
My guy was about 400 miles from me and I haven't
bought any tractors from there for years.
I'll try to remember names but you know how that is.
 
The 10 and 20-series were expensive in Europe because of the dollar, so they weren't sold very much.

May be there is a buyer in the USA who want to have my tractor because of the rare tractor.
 

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