Cowpuncher
Well-known member
For so many years, a John Deere tractor was a paragon of reliability and simple and cheap to keep going.
When we sold our ranch, we bought a John Deere compact tractor with a loader and rotary snow plow so we could hang around our place a few more years.
After about 2 1/2 years, it has about 85 hours on it. Last week, I noticed the parking brakes no longer works. Then, a warning light came on saying the fuel was low when, in fact, it was full.
The whole digital system is overridden by the low fuel warning so ground speed, etc, etc, no longer work.
Called the dealer where I bought the tractor (new). Of course, it is out of warranty which was 24 months and they said they had been having trouble with the fuel sending unit on compact tractors.
He advised the new sending unit would be $171. Also, to change it the operators side rear tire must be removed, the fuel tank drained and removed to get the sending unit installed - a c ouple of hours at $90 per.
Add that to the service charge for coming out 20 miles and we are talking $6-700 to fix fuel guage.
I have never owned a JD tractor with a reliable fuel guage, but that was easy to work with. This thing disables the entire computer display.
What the heck were they thinking?
When we sold our ranch, we bought a John Deere compact tractor with a loader and rotary snow plow so we could hang around our place a few more years.
After about 2 1/2 years, it has about 85 hours on it. Last week, I noticed the parking brakes no longer works. Then, a warning light came on saying the fuel was low when, in fact, it was full.
The whole digital system is overridden by the low fuel warning so ground speed, etc, etc, no longer work.
Called the dealer where I bought the tractor (new). Of course, it is out of warranty which was 24 months and they said they had been having trouble with the fuel sending unit on compact tractors.
He advised the new sending unit would be $171. Also, to change it the operators side rear tire must be removed, the fuel tank drained and removed to get the sending unit installed - a c ouple of hours at $90 per.
Add that to the service charge for coming out 20 miles and we are talking $6-700 to fix fuel guage.
I have never owned a JD tractor with a reliable fuel guage, but that was easy to work with. This thing disables the entire computer display.
What the heck were they thinking?