nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 Nice looking tractor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thesd5488 Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/13/2022 at 7:30 PM, tractorholic said: Is your 54 an inline fuel pump? I was told a york pump was the only style that would fit with an inline pump. Just curious. Sanden will fit a inline but if you have a Bosch P pump you have to move it forward so it uses the back groove on pulley otherwise it hits the injector lines off pump 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardknocks Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 12:07 PM, Dirt_Floor_Poor said: I can’t imagine you could make more money getting an SRC rebuilt engine if you’re going to sell it. How much do they get for an engine right now? Do they even have availability with all the problems going on? i just bought the last one they had in stock in december. I dont like what im hearing about SRC now. I didnt have time rebuild myself. I hope i dont have any issues with mine like whats has been mentioned. kinda scary now. it was around 7800.00 exchange Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, hardknocks said: i just bought the last one they had in stock in december. I dont like what im hearing about SRC now. I didnt have time rebuild myself. I hope i dont have any issues with mine like whats has been mentioned. kinda scary now. it was around 7800.00 exchange $7,800 is more reasonable than I would have guessed. We just got a reman Deere engine for my brother’s 4450 and it was a little over $14,000 exchange. That is no labor, just the cost of what Deere calls a basic engine. No fuel system or manifolds on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardknocks Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 this came with injectors and water pump, pan and tappet cover. but had to change them out becasue mine is a FWA tractor and pan is different 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihrondiesel Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 An overhaul of what you have is no guarantee either. I had a 5488 OH’ed a year ago, it’s in the shop currently because the head gasket was leaking, putting compression into the cooling system. Hope he stands behind his work. This was at a reputable local shop that’s been in business for 30 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarmerFixEmUp Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Injector sleeves will do that too. Had a 1466 with that a year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88power Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 On 2/21/2022 at 3:36 PM, hardknocks said: i just bought the last one they had in stock in december. I dont like what im hearing about SRC now. I didnt have time rebuild myself. I hope i dont have any issues with mine like whats has been mentioned. kinda scary now. it was around 7800.00 exchange We've had a few SRC's, the first one ran great as far as i know it's still out running today, one it was in the tractor when we bought it they just had put it in it's been a good engine after 8 or 9 years we had another we put in a 986 it broke a lifter with less than 15-30 hours on it the last one we got 4 or 5 years ago which had a hard time finding it we had to replace the injectors right out of the gate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff-C-IL Posted February 23, 2022 Author Share Posted February 23, 2022 Update on this is the current owner has pretty much decided to fix & keep the tractor....but still plans to use the SRC rebuild (when they can get one). Can't talk him out of it. They have another tractor with an older rebuild in it that's "the best running tractor we have" so..... Hope he gets a good one. OR this may all change when SRC doesn't deliver a rebuild.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorholic Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 If he is willing to wait on SRC its too bad he doesn't rebuild what he has. But I guess thats his decision if its sat a while he probably isnt in a hurry anyway. I will be expensive no matter what he does. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 I never understood this. I guess I always preferred the idea of rebuilding what I had. Knew how it had been treated and any issues or non issues that way. From what a lot of guys here are saying I would Def prefer to rebuild what I had over src currently. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorholic Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 The head gasket leaked on my 5488 SRC reman engine last fall. I have my head off now. According to where I took it that head has alot of issues. The reman is 5 years old. 996 hours on the motor. I didnt own it when the reman was put in. They let the correct oil pan go with the old block so you damn near have to take the driveshaft out to change oil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 20 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said: I never understood this. I guess I always preferred the idea of rebuilding what I had. Knew how it had been treated and any issues or non issues that way. From what a lot of guys here are saying I would Def prefer to rebuild what I had over src currently. Guess I fit this mold, would much rather fix what I have than buy a replacement, for better or worse. That extends into different areas as well. When hunting/shooting, I shoot my reloads almost exclusively. My desire to make my own fishing lures came from a lack of what I thought was the right design. From what I read/see on RPF I think this is a trait that's very common on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimw Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 There’s a point you need to do a complete rebuild or new motor, But it’s kinda about value for me . I’ve spent the $23 for the oring and usually $90 for rod bearings . this has worked for me on combines and tractors. No regrets and ready to do it again 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 I totally respect everyone's insights into the current quality of SRC engines, but the older unit in my Hydro 100 fired right up at 2 degrees without engine heater or ether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichow7120 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 22 hours ago, iowaboy1965 said: I never understood this. I guess I always preferred the idea of rebuilding what I had. Knew how it had been treated and any issues or non issues that way. From what a lot of guys here are saying I would Def prefer to rebuild what I had over src currently. A large majority of the time I would agree with you wholeheartedly, but there are times. The biggest one being you need whatever machine you're working on yesterday. Rebuilding what you have takes time. Having the machine shop go through everything to get it up to snuff takes time that you may not necessarily have. Most machine shops that are worth a damn usually have a pile of stuff waiting its turn so you have the wait time before they start going through it. Then it takes time to work it up then you get to put it back together. It all takes time that you may or may not have. A Reman will speed the process up the process considerably. Pull your old engine, pull what you need off of it, have reman there to put on what is needed and slap back in then turn and burn. Am I sticking up for SRC quality? Not at all. Just pointing out the cases when a reman might come to play. Your combine or planting tractor sitting for weeks might not be the best option. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, Reichow7120 said: A large majority of the time I would agree with you wholeheartedly, but there are times. The biggest one being you need whatever machine you're working on yesterday. Rebuilding what you have takes time. Having the machine shop go through everything to get it up to snuff takes time that you may not necessarily have. Most machine shops that are worth a damn usually have a pile of stuff waiting its turn so you have the wait time before they start going through it. Then it takes time to work it up then you get to put it back together. It all takes time that you may or may not have. A Reman will speed the process up the process considerably. Pull your old engine, pull what you need off of it, have reman there to put on what is needed and slap back in then turn and burn. Am I sticking up for SRC quality? Not at all. Just pointing out the cases when a reman might come to play. Your combine or planting tractor sitting for weeks might not be the best option. I do understand that situation and line of thinking. Doesn't really seem to be the case in this particular situation and more than a few seem to have had trouble with SRC. 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reichow7120 Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, iowaboy1965 said: I do understand that situation and line of thinking. Doesn't really seem to be the case in this particular situation and more than a few seem to have had trouble with SRC. 🤷♂️ In this situation, I agree wholeheartedly. Just pointing out cases where this may be the case. The wording of your statement led me to put my 2 cents in. Hope no offense is taken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jass1660 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 What about rebuilt engines from Reviva in Minnesota they any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfred54 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I put an src engine in a 5488 two years ago and customer is really happy with it. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed, I really didn't want to,but you do what a customer wants. Last I talked to him it had about 400 hours on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 19 hours ago, Reichow7120 said: Hope no offense is taken. No sir none at all. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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