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Average hours between Perkins engine rebuilds? (203, 236's)

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chpmnsws6

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How many hours are you getting out of your Perkin's? I'm restoring our 165 that says it has 5600 hours, but I'm pretty sure the meters rolled over as the engine has signs of being rebuilt before. The restoration is taking longer then expected, so I'm looking at buying a 175-180 model to keep us rolling. Most have between 4500-6500 hours on them with no mention of an overhaul.

Insight?
 
You should get 10,000 hours pretty easy but it all depends on the maintenace it got and the operator using it. A real idiot could destroy an engine in a couple thousand hours. A 236 will probably go a fair bit longer than a 203 because it has a balancer that the 203 doesn't have. The hour meter could have been replaced or the cable was broke for a while. All kinds of things could happen. If it went 15,600 hours, you did really good. The only way to know for sure is if you have a complete log book from day 1 or bought it new. Hour meters are the last thing to go buy when buying something used.
 
6000 hrs. seems to be the ceiling for our Perkins engines (236's, 248's, 318's and 354's).

They are well maintained. They do a fair amount of hard work.

JP.
 
That's gonna depend on what the tractor has spent it's life doing....

Depends on what you consider "needing an overhaul"

Putting around on 20 acres, doing some occasional mowing, a little snow moving, and in general, light duty...You can expect 10,000+ hours if well maintained.

Chore tractor on a dairy farm with hired help, maybe 5000 hrs.

A friend has a 175 hooked to an irrigation pump. It has 12,000 hours. Smokes like the proverbial freight train, but soldiers on. For any other purpose, it should have been overhauled 15 years ago.

With Massey's being very popular around here, there are tons of used 175's and 180's that appear in estate auctions, ect. Most average around 6500 to 7500 hrs and were still "daily drivers".
 
We talk about 8000 hrs before rebuild,depends very much on how
the tractor was worked on its first 100 hrs.If it got it easy then it
will not last long but if it went straight into full work without too
much labouring it will go on and on.I have a 248 that went straight
into rotavating with an 80 inch rotavator, got oil changes every 300
hrs and has averaged 600hrs every year for 35 years without a
rebuild.You do the maths! and I can vouch for it as I drove it all the
time!
Sam
 
Might be a stretch of the imagination,if I hadn't done it! it
actually shocked me! I know the rev counter clock finally stopped
at 13000 some odd hours and that was before my father died in
1997 .It done 600+ watch hours at custom hedge cutting up
until 2 years ago and is now getting it easy.It is a very tired old
tractor,but still starts easily and keeps the oil relatively clean
between changes.Had the head off 3 yrs ago due to it being
boiled with a clogged rad,had to do a skim and changed the
valves,(kept the old ones for shaving with!)and surprisingly the
liners are not showing any wear! Must have made a mistake with
this one!
Sam
 
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