Parts ……

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Picked up some knife guards for the fella last week. The ones that overlap are $90 each!

Expensive rocks.

When I read that you picked up parts for the fella, my first thought was the combine known as the yellow fellow. Possibly manufactured by Fella in Germany?

[blackpowder]

When working in Estevan '90-'91, I remember a long row of these in a yard somewhere between Rosetown and Kenaston.
A lot has changed along that drive since. Sask has really modernized. They're gone now.

[sawfly1]

Yup drove one of those 12 or 13. Tin seat
No heat no AC. You plug it .you Flip up the cab seat , take the panel out to dig out the cylinder. . In the cab.
Never were sure you got enough out . So you left the panel out and Machine engage was lever by door.
So if you did have enough out and it and it went thru.
You ran down the steps and watched it all boil out the cab door..you shut it off . Wipe down the inside windows. Put the panel in and go again.it was probably Barley too.
Ah memorys

[sawfly1]

You also hand pumped them full of diesel with a quart à stroke pump every morning.

[SmallTimeOperator]

Prices are ridiculous. But availability of some stuff is worse. Drained planetaries on 2014 MacDon swather not this weekend but weekend before. Lots of metal filings coming out of one. Too much. Pulled it apart. Ring gear and both carriers have lots of chips. Doesn’t look good. Spent most of day Monday and Tuesday hunting for the parts. Looking for either the parts or a whole sealed hub assembly which is cheaper than buying the parts. No hub assemblies available. Checked John Deere, MacDon, CNH dealers as well as wreckers. Nothing. So keep hunting for parts. Phone every dealer group in Sask/Man of every color. Some parts in Winnipeg warehouse. One piece in Regina. Deere had two pieces, MacDon had same 2 pieces. For a while, the secondary carrier didn’t exist in any warehouse. But by Wednesday, one persistent parts guy found the secondary carrier in Kansas City. So it’s mine. I got the last one on the continent. If anyone else has a problem with a secondary carrier on a Series 8b Auburn hub, you might be done for the year. Meanwhile, cleaned everything up and set it back together and went swathing with my chipped gears. Still waiting for parts to show up. Oh, and cost of Ring Gear, Primary and Secondary Carriers, $6800, plus some shipping.

Last year blew the turbo on same swather. Same thing Turbo didn’t exist. Cummins engine. Checked John Deere, Case, MacDon, Cummins, even Peterbilt, and Kenworth. No dealer or dealer warehouse had one. There was 2 in Singapore. Diesel shop found me a rebuilt in Ontario. Air freight it in. Dealer mechanic had swather ripped apart waiting. On day six after Turbo blew, I swathed. That was the only Turbo at the time on the continent. Might be SOL if you blow a Turbo.

[blackpowder]

And that has become a common story.

[Blaithin]

When I read that you picked up parts for the fella, my first thought was the combine known as the yellow fellow. Possibly manufactured by Fella in Germany?

Well normally I call him my Mantoy but didn’t think this was the platform for that. Since learning Fella has links to trauma for some I’ll go back to it now

[blackpowder]

Haha, you rock.

[makar]

I was just informed by Gregg's distributor engine oil filter for my tr98 is discontinued. By luberifiner.

[fjlip]

This sounds totally ridiculous! How could there be NO parts?
Especially for a 2014?

[woodland]

And that has become a common story.

I thought it was only us that picked equipment that had parts made of unobtainium……… glad to know I’m not alone😉

[Stormin]

I was just informed by Gregg's distributor engine oil filter for my tr98 is discontinued. By luberifiner.

Try Baldwin, been having good luck finding filters with that brand.

[SmallTimeOperator]

This sounds totally ridiculous! How could there be NO parts?
Especially for a 2014?

In my case, Auburn, the maker of the planetaries, I am told, is getting out of building them. Now the parts pipeline is nearly empty. I thought with all the sprayers that ran Auburn, that there should be lots of availability. Not so. Last Case Sprayer that had an Auburn planetary, the 3185. And there is different gear ratios in the planetaries depending on what it was on, so parts are not interchangeable. As for turbos, the Holset turbo I needed, no one ever sold one before. So they don’t stock anything that has never been sold. Same story at every Color of dealer and includes their warehouses. I hear this all the time.

[biglentil]

The only worse words out of the partsman's mouth than backordered is discontinued. Next step after giving up at the stealerships is alway calling the wreckers. Problem is many of them sent their entire inventory off to the smelter when they were paying 400 a ton for scrap metal. Being able to fabricate and fix helps, but best to stay up on maintenance and pray it don't break. As interest rates and inflation put the supply chain out of business parts availability isnt going to get better.

[Hamloc]

In my case, Auburn, the maker of the planetaries, I am told, is getting out of building them. Now the parts pipeline is nearly empty. I thought with all the sprayers that ran Auburn, that there should be lots of availability. Not so. Last Case Sprayer that had an Auburn planetary, the 3185. And there is different gear ratios in the planetaries depending on what it was on, so parts are not interchangeable. As for turbos, the Holset turbo I needed, no one ever sold one before. So they don’t stock anything that has never been sold. Same story at every Color of dealer and includes their warehouses. I hear this all the time.

We just bought a 2013 Macdon. This certainly doesn’t make me cheerful.