Re: Not quite metalworking but ...

On 5/18/2025 7:08 AM, Snag wrote:

   I guess spinnin' wrenches is metalwork of a sort . And I'll be doing some over the next few days/weeks . Weather permitting I'll be picking up a new to me tractor ... It's a Yanmar YM1500D , a 'compact tractor" that's still small enough to get into the woods to drag logs out for firewood . It's powered by a 2 cylinder diesel motor and comes equipped with a Bush Hog branded finish mower deck . It's been sitting for several years , but the motor turns over by hand and it has compression so it shouldn't be that hard to get it going . Oil on the dipstick is clean and shows no sign of water in the crankcase , but the fuel tank has some water , probably from condensation . Get the fuel system sorted out and change fluids and filters is where I plan to start .

My little John Deere 3320 uses a Yanmar diesel.  Its a 2007 and I do very very little maintenance.  I'm pretty sure its a 3 cylinder, but its been so long since I looked under the bonnet I am doubting myself.  The only "engine" issue was a cracked bowl on the filter separator.  I found it online from some outfit called Green something.  Other issues have all been Deere related implementation. Leaking wheel seal dumping hydraulic oil on the ground.  I've blown out 3 of the four hydraulic cylinders on the loader.  The cylinders may be Deere exclusive, but seal kits are available from a number of sources.  Took me about two hours to reseal the last one.  This was the first one I did myself.  Knowing what to expect I could probably do it in half that time next time.  Its kind of an odd, but elegant capture in the end cap.  You have to "know" how to take it apart.  Fortunately the seal kits come with the disposable plastic part necessary to do it.
Yanmar actually has a decent reputation.  If it turns over and has compression its likely you can get it running just fine.
I don't know about your implementation, but the Deere/Yanmar hybrid on my 07 3320 has decent on board diagnostics that are readable by me. Unlike the big commercial Deere that are explicitly designed to FUCK farmers into expensive and often incomplete dealer only proprietary repairs.
Anyway, Yanmar engines used on smaller stuff tends to be well regarded.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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