Diesel engines John Deere

The company "Deere & Conpany" was founded in 1868 by blacksmith John Deere. In 1918, the company started to manufacture tractors. She first came to market with a tractor owner’s design offers, but not entirely successful. Then in March 1918, "Deere and Company" for $2.1million buys the finished tractor manufacturer - the company Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company, which has successfully produced his tractor Waterloo Boy. The new owner was eventually improved the tractor. In 1921 were introduce new versions of the "Waterloo": gasolinel - "H" and kerosene - "K". Another modification - "E" was successfully produced until 1946.

Next times of gasoline and kerosene engines go over. The time of diesel engines come in. By this time, John Deere Co has  grown to multinational. It should be understood that any bomb fell in the U.S. and plants of the company. The state of the European competitors were deplorable.

In 1949 came the well-known decision of the German Government, binding exclusively use agricultural technology diesel engines. A similar trend was observed in the whole world, not least because of the positive experience with the use of diesel engines in tanks during the Second World War.

After years of research and tests, in 1949, John Deere released its first model R tractor with a diesel engine. Rather, there were two engines, and the second was for starting the main. The basic engine was a 2-cylinder, 4-stroke diesel, volume 412 cubic inches. He worked without a boost, had direct injection and compression ratio 16:01. The starting motor is also a  2-cylinder, 26- cubic-inch horizontally opposed gasoline engine.To start it, use the electric starter, powered by an internal network of the tractor voltage of 6 volts.

After the release of more than 1.2 million pieces of two-cylinder tractor diesel engines, the company switched to the production of four-and six-cylinder engines. This decision cost the manufacturer forty million dollars and seven years of development.

In October 1959, he was shown the new high horsepower 8010 driven 4WD and an engine power of 215 hp Since 1963, with the advent of the average tractor 4020 John Deere has become a world leader in the manufacturing of agricultural machinery.

From the 2008 model range on the Engine horsepower will now be advertised in metric (ISO) per the International Organization for Standardization 97/68/EC standard. And John Deere Co. change designation of engines. The first digit is responsible for the size of the equipment. The next three digits indicate engine power in horsepower. For example, the designation of a new tractor 3032E indicates that it belongs to the 3000 series and has 32 hp engine power. From all of this it is clear how important attention is paid John Deere diesel engines, reliability and efficiency. Below is an example of the "classic" designation engines, which will be useful in determining the place of production. John Deere engine model designation includes number of cylinders, displacement in liters, aspiration, user code, and applicable code.

For example:
4045TF150 Engine

4 .................... ........Number of cylinders
4.5 .................. ...... Liter displacement
T ............................ Aspiration code
F ............................ User code
1 .............................Internal engine configuration type
50 .......................... POWERTECH application code

Aspiration Code
D ............................ Naturally aspirated
T ............................ Turbocharged and Air-to-Coolant Aftercooled
H ............................ Turbocharged and Air-to-Air Aftercooled

User Factory Code
AP .......................... Saltillo (Mexico)
CD                           Saran (France)
CH                           Factory producing engine (Yanmar)
CQ ................... ..... S.L.C. Horizontina (Brazil)
DW ................... .... John Deere Davenport Works
E ........... ................ John Deere Ottumwa Works
F ............  ............... OEM (Outside Equipment Manufacturers)
FF ............ .............. Kernersville Deere-Hitachi (North Carolina)
FG .......................... Goldoni (Italy)
FM ...................... ... Marine Engines
H ............... ............ John Deere Harvester Works
KV .......................... John Deere Knoxville (Tennesee)
L .................  .......... John Deere Werke Mannheim (Germany)
LA ..................... ..... John Deere Werke Mannheim (Germany)
LV ................. ......... John Deere Augusta, Georgia
N ...................  ....... John Deere Des Moines Works
P .....................  ...... Saltillo/Monterrey (Mexico)
PE                            Torreon (Mexico)
RW ......................... John Deere Waterloo Tractor Works
T ........................  ... John Deere Dubuque Works
TO                            Dubuque, Iowa
T8 ........................ .. Cameco (Deere) (Louisiana)
YC .......................... John Deere Jialian Harvester Co. Limited (China)
Z .........................  .. John Deere WERKE Zweibrucken (Germany)