John Deere 2940 Tractor | Head Gasket Replacement - Part 2
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- čas přidán 15. 05. 2020
- We sort of finish up the John Deere 2940 tractor. Of course there are problems along the way. We need a few parts to finish the power steering leak, but the head gasket repair is looking good!
Sorry for the delay, our internet has been out for 3 days and not scheduled to be fixed until Monday! - Auta a dopravní prostředky
Love that little tune you played on the valves... ancient tribal song for reviving dead Deere. Shoulda bought an International!!
Wes I learn something from everyone of your videos, I might mention I'm 80 years old! 73 Ed
76 here. Same.
40 here and I soak up as much knowledge as I can so I can be half as good as some of you Fellas.
Every one*
Precision when you need it, experience when you don’t! Really enjoy the videos and the commentary. Thanks for taking the time, from a UK mechanic 😉
Was watching at 2x speed and started grooving out at 7:38
If this goes viral, it could be a nice groove for a hit
How many apart from me actually went back to play it at x2!!!
Only the Jamaican Steele drums have anything on that groove!! Jarrett! This must be one of those "occasions" where you did "stuff"! :-) It was very cool!
As a gramps I love seeing your little guy. Glad you include him in your videos. 😎
That John Deere cardboard gasket box is worth $25 because it has their logo on it. They’re so proud of their parts, the cost is amazing.
The whole top end gasket set as $106. I thought that was pretty reasonable.
Indeed, I wouldn't want to spend 12 hours cutting holes with an x-acto knife. And if someone does ? Bless them! to me its $108.00 well spent
Some guys are cutting gaskets with Cricut machines. You are limited to 11.75” x 23.75”.
@@JeffMadre I bet the wife loves that....ha ha
What we could have learned with these good teaching videos, and Wes, you would be an excellent tech teacher. 73 years young here and Northern Montana. A wonderful family. Take care and cherish them.
I was just sat a home watching tv nothing on tv then Wes pops up on you tube, I really appreciate how he talks about his f ups not many guys would do that, shows his honest! No sealer on head gasket should be allowed .
There's a lot of them to talk about.
Watch Wes Work I don’t think there will be that many, we have all done them, you seem a competent guy. I quite like how you are not driven by the normal. Bit like the dielectric grease i was impressed how you handled the you
Tube haters! Look forward to next video
"Stealership" - snorted and blew beer out my nose. 🤣
I also caught that, classic!
@@JonatanGronoset Same man. Good stuff.
i have heard him say that befor and he is right
So true...😛 LoL 😛
Kudos Wes take the time with your son theses years go by super fast👍👍
That love tap tune on the valve springs should become your new intro theme!
Oh, and by the way I really love your videos, but please start doing machinery scraping related stuff again, I like those even more.
Great idea!!! It was catchy dimtt2. I agree on the old, crusty crap as well. All of Wes's stuff is great, but the old crap is really what turned me onto the old boy.
Some day. I just got tired of all the negativity around rebuilding machine tools. Everyone is a dick no matter how you do it.
@@WatchWesWork No "dickiness" implied if any was taken there son.
@@WatchWesWork by
@@kennethbarnes4716 Did you mean "bye"? Too bad, so many get easily butt hurt these days.
I love watching your son play; maybe even more than -- or at least as much as -- the repairs themselves.
Please do a part 3 on this 2940! Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
You are the first tuber mechanics to use COMPANION cylinders to adjust valves. Nashville auto diesel college taught me, Thanks for great vids.
Thank you for the great video Wes! It is fortunate that you are scarred for life for installing the head gasket on the 4 cylinder sidewards because now you will check, recheck and triple check!
Yeah, you only do that once!
The JD needs a pressure wash and some new paint to hold it together. 😁👏
Not from me!
CHRIS, when its mentioned, 'its freezing cold! ' ....the come back to that statement always was...
' the heat's in the tools' ! LOL
Man, I'm from your area, it blows my mind how much I see the same roads I've traveled on when you are doing your test drives. I'm greatful to see our rust belt junk be conquered every once and a while!
Just on the power steering hose, could you not get the hydraulic shop to strip out the two couplers and fit and crip them on a new piece of hose.
You can usually cut off the ferrules/crimps and get the fittings out of the old pipe, then just get a new pipe and ferrules/crimps fitted.
Excellent videos Wes, fantastic knowledge and workmanship!!!
I don't know of a shop here that will do that. They can barely make the simplest hose...
@@WatchWesWork Heck you'd think that would be simple for them to do given the amount of agriculture in Kansas, then again I guess the skills just aren't there anymore. There's probably an old guy working in a shed somewhere that could do it in his sleep.
Also enjoy the way you teach rather than just doing things without explaining. It’s very helpful for guy like me who doesn’t have any specialized training but I’m a real gearhead.
Great to hear!
Wes I'm absolutely grateful for your channel your family is awesome, your little boy reminds me of my little boy before he got older lol keep doing what ya do man we appreciate all you do and much respect Mechanix life is full of people telling you how you're doing it wrong 🤣🤣
Your love taps on the valves is now my ring tone! Great content, aftermarket parts suck - rememberence of quality remains long after cost is forgotten!
Ha! That would be a good ring tone.
Thanks, it's always good to have a safety moment 😆 in the videos
Hey Wes, thanks for the tip on scraping rust removal on machined surfaces. Was installing wheel spacers on my truck and the hub portion of the rotor had rust even after wire brushing them. This took the vib out of steering since the surfaces are now flush. 👍🏻👍🏻
Oil pressure port is useful to locate the correct gasket orientation.
Generally ,there is only one port,so the gasket is asymmetric .
I'm sure I wasn't paying attention.
You have tractor knowledge in the bag, but maybe I can give you some PC tips. You have a couple of easy fixes you can do on your PC. First, disconnect everything from the power supply inside the case. Short the green wire to any black wire. If the supply doesn't turn on, replace it. Second, check your motherboard capacitors to see if any are bulging. The tops and bottoms should make them look like flat cans. If you have bulged tops or bottoms, replace the capacitors that are bulging with ones with identical labeled values (lower ESR is better). Power spikes wreak havoc on old capacitors like yours.
Hey Wes I sure enjoy watching your repair videos. I like the way you do things and all so the way you explain what you are doing and why.
You have some great knowledge and would be a great instructor teacher to the up and coming. Thanks for the great video will be looking for the finish.
Thanks 👍
Great to see the job went good, Ah the joys of looking for old parts. Been trying to find parts I can afford for the last year. Liked,shared. All my best.
There don't seem to be any used parts for these engines.
I seem to be busy - BUT - because I can't get anything done. We feel your pain.
Seems to also be the case for other shops in my area.
you do a great job i enjoy watching you work on anything
A new watch Wes work, yeah that's what I need on Sunday morning. Thanks Wes, great job
good job ... love the family helping ... OldTony
Wes you have one of the best one man shops I’ve seen and the knowledge and family to help you run and maintain it. Truly enjoy your videos 🇺🇸👍 Artie
You and your family stay safe and well, Cheers from Scotland
when you tapped on the valves finally found out how to tune a john deer
i love how you put on your JD hat for this.
It's a good day when I can watch my stocks and watch you wrench on machinery. So impressed by your skills, Keep them coming Wes!!
Great attention to detail. The pup and little Wes made your point about coolant in buckets. Love the sound of old tractors running. I think that sound would be good white noise for me to sleep with. Thanks for sharing.
Good Job....I like when you incorporate your family in your video's...keep up the good work! Thx for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
Hey Wes, I deck manifolds by hand using a block of Canadian Maple with a piece of 60 grit for the rough pass and then up to 150 grit for finish. The block is long enough to cover 3 ports so it skims square across the machine surfaces. Works very well and leaves a finish that is flat and square. Oh ya, check the shop electrical for proper ground/neutral. You can ground around the building with rods driven into the ground and tied into the breaker panel ground.
thanks for the video West always learning with you
Machining on those pushrod adjuster was a joke... good thing you caught them.
Cheers,
Tell me about it!
Machining? Looked like someone did it by hand with a carbide burr in a die grinder haha. I've seen rust with a better shape and finish lol.
I don't know about the last 10% in a large majority of the chinesium parts. It really would not take much more to finish it right while they already went through all the trouble in the first place. HF is a good example "unfinished machinery" (borrowed from Keith Fenner).
Glad you pause and take time to talk to your family.
They don't give me a choice!
Spot on workmanship and video Up to your normal high standard Wes.
Another great video thank you keep up making them I enjoy your channel look forward to seeing your videos
You do good work Wes👍
Thanks Hank 👍
Good work Wes, keep them coming, cheers from Australia.
But at least you are still working and doing good stuff.
Wes, since your pc is shot and your doing videos now. Build your own! I did back in high school and it’s super simple. Almost everything is keyed. It’s really plug and play when you have the right cpu and mobo
I enjoyed watching and good luck on future work .
Another good one Wes, hang in there things will slowly get back closer to normal!👍
Hope so!
Nice work Wes!!! Keep them coming!!
I'm no a religious man, but one popular tome has the phrase: "suffer the little children to come unto me..." It's wonderful to see you take time when your family comes in the shop, not editing out the background noises, showing his enthusiasm and your encouragement of his curiosity of things in your shop.
Oh, and I liked the repair work, too!!!
I grew up in my dad's shop. I'm prepared for this!
Doing a grand job wes keep up the good work take care mate hopefully things will get back to some sort of normality soon 👍👌
Hope so!
The easy explanation on your rocker arm differences is it all depends on what little hut in what little province they come from. Obviously yours were a mixture of 2 or 3 different huts.
Hey I have the same torque wrench! We're supposed to not be putting stuff in the coolant 😂😂😂. I'm glad you explained the DCA alot of people don't know about it, we used to call the pitted out liners crotch rotten lol. Those are inverted flare fittings European countries love them but they're a real PIA in the states.
3 days without internet during lockdown. Ouch . Hopefully you still had power. Thanks for all your efforts, they are greatly appreciated.
They are supposed to fix it Monday... Cell phones for now.
Great episode, your wife giving you heck about the dirty glasses, you son playing in the background," oops" I missed those rockers. Real life is not boring its great content. Thanks Wes
Thanks 👍
Really enjoyed the video and great job Wes!
I feel for the dog, my wife working from home has played havoc with my afternoon naps. Now I actually have to work in my yard for the full day.
That must be rough!
They hate it when we take naps... lol
I only watch for the robins 😉nice job man 👍
They have left the nest! I had to rescue one today.
Wes, Put some " RESTORE " in the oil it really works, unless of course there's MAJOR ISUES ? GREAT VID. YOU'RE A SMART MAN WES.
Nothing a time machine would not fix.
WES, that too, let me know if you find one ? But RESTORE is definitely easier to find. Seriously though it works but you have to put it in every oil change. I put it in my 97 Jeep that has 185,000 on it brought compression points up a bit. Hell " PROJECT FARM " even likes it, worked on his tractor. Waiting on next vid. on this beast, YES AFTERMARKET PARTS ALSO ARE A GAMBLE EVEN WELL KNOWN BRAND NAMES. Sometimes you have to go that route though ? THANKS AGAIN FOR THE GREAT VIDS. WES.
Nicely done Wes (and Ms Wes + Child + Pooch). Stay Strong and Be Safe.
When I was a mechanic I installed the head gasket on a mid 80s VW diesel Jetta upside down. Two of us verified it was right. No oil to the head or cam bearings. I figured it out pretty quickly and it was OK after taking the head back off and a new gasket. Ever since then I make sure all of the holes lune up with something.
Oh Wes! You mentioned that invention of the devil, the Needle Scaler! Works great but ask any old shipyard worker about one! Lol! Great video as usual Bud!
Great job, Wes!
Great vlog, very interesting on the coolant chemistry.
I see young Wes followed your pig mat trick on the open container 😀.
Thanks for sharing and stay safe all.
Yeah, he's a big help!
@@WatchWesWork my father used to repair small domestic electric items at home for extra money, I was always borrowing his tools or parts; I was just getting big enough to climb out the four foot square playpen (this was early 1960s), so he solved this by working inside the playpen!, I didn't want to go inside obviously 😅.
Best regards John.
She's a life, you did right in using some of the old parts on the rocker the new parts are bad.....good call...!
Those adjusters were super crusty.
Learn alot from your videos, thanks alot bro,..🙏🙏...
Great walk through!
Coolant, you guys in the states got the right idea with testing and putting in the necessary additives. Here in the UK we just replace it with new every 2-5 years depending. Trouble is that after the warranty is out people don't tend to get it done due to cost.
It's hard to dispose of coolant here. Few places will take it, and they charge you to do so. So we try to run it as long as possible!
Two thumbs up Wes. The wet and cold did not keep you from winning and keep us updated on the birds.
They have left the nest!
"Ball-nose mill on these fasteners? Nahhh let's just go in with a standard drill bit, boss needs a bigger bonus!"
Your wife must be quite the optimist, shushing little man, like there is any hope of containing that youthful energy! Great video I learned a lot.
She can usually get him to go with the plan. He just laughs at me!
I totally agree, family is more important than video. Great to see this. Love the video and content. John Deere is well worth it.
It sure is!
Wes, Jonathan W. and Mustie1. What a wonderful day it has been.
Beautiful work Wes, one thing from an old deafish dutchie: wear earprotecion, please.
What?
Watch Wes Work 😄
Good day for you and family
You Wes ... put a grin on my face man, you're one hell of a mechanic, thanks man it was a pleasure to watch you work🛠... but do we have to wait a whole frickin' week to see you back again??.
Spoiler alert: this week you don't!
The second cooler passage that you pointed to the stain looks like a skull. Right around 50 seconds
Choosing with OEM parts. Nice!
Until I didn't...
Love your dog Max, nice looking boy.
Enjoyed the video bro. Stay safe
Love that sound
Nice job Wes!
Thanks!
What a pain on the specialty hose 😔. Great video! 🙂👍
I was amazed they could even get it!
Always a treat when the family makes the scene. It's a swell chance to work in and repeat those PSA's. Love when a WWW video comes out. It means I can get some housework done while it plays on the big screen :-) For your computer, if it won't power on (little green light) the Power Supply unit may be fuse protected.
Wes, At least you’re able to catch up on things around the house and be with family a lot more! That’s a blessing in itself! Did your son make it back from his boat trip?
Yep, he moored the pirate ship by the front door.
Oh, ya know...?
I think I heard your yelling & cussing awhile back, clear out here in Montana where I live... Must have been about the time of your backwards head gasket mishap... Hahaha...
I am by no means laughing at you sir. I have felt your pain(s) in that regard in my past...
Great step by step informational video... As always.
Thank you.
It was a bad day...
Keep Up The good work 👍.
Have a good sunday. 😺
Thanks, you too!
Nice work.
Interesting, as always.
I can’t wait for you to do a project with your son once he’s old enough
"Wears a dog out"....top comment of the video. That sux about your PC. Good working thru issues. Good video.
Thanks 👍
I guess Dorman has a hand in John Deere parts too.
Man if we all could really work that fast in real life. That would be nice.
If I could do it without making mistakes, that would be awesome!
OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY!!!!!! Another Wes video!!! WOOOOHOOOO!!!!
Very interesting video!!!
Yeah, I’ve inadvertently tasted more than my share of coolant too.
Did not know that about anti-freeze formula being changed. I recall always yanking my dog away on walks when I saw "lime-green puddles" in the gutter. But that was years ago and when it still tasted sweet. But like not putting batteries on concrete, some lessons remain embedded in our mind.
It's still a good practice. There is plenty of old stuff out there.