[AT] John Hall's JD 3300

[Al Jones]

John,

The guy that does our harvesting went from a 3300 (not used on our farm) to a 6600,to a 6620 and a 7700, and he got a big-time 9500 last year.  Anyway.  In watching/holding tools for him while working on the 6600, I would definately agree with you.  In general Deere combines up until '88/89 are a poor design in a lot of areas that makes them hard to work on.  But around here they were green and yellow so they had to be good.....

Have you had any parts availability issues yet?

Al


-----Original Message-----
>From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>Sent: Oct 20, 2012 8:46 PM
>To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Subject: Re: [AT] test
>
>Still here Mike. Haven't seen any messages all week, I guess everyone is 
>outside enjoying this nice fall weather.
>
>We've been turning wrenches on my 3300 Deere combine for over a month. Still 
>a ways to go yet to get it field ready. I've put in 11 bearings, 5 idler 
>pulleys, 3 bearing blocks, 9 or 10 belts, one auger, 4 seals, 4 headlights, 
>2 hydraulic hoses, repaired a bunch of wiring harness, and re-machined  3 
>pivots for idlers that were beyond worn out. We are getting close to taking 
>it for a test drive so I can check the brakes out ( pulled them apart to 
>clean them and change the bearings, balls and springs). I still need to put 
>a kit in the carb and then turn my attention to the header. Also going to 
>install a battery disconnect switch---there are just way too many (old) 
>wires on this machine for my liking. One thing I have discovered on this 
>machine is that it appears the quality of farm equipment went down the tubes 
>just like automobiles during the 1970's. This machine is a mixture of 
>english and metric sizes, poor design, and even poor factory support (found 
>a few errors in the parts books).
>
>John Hall
>
>
>-----Original Message----- 
>From: Mike Meulenberg
>Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2012 8:13 PM
>To: at
>Subject: [AT] test
>
>Anyone home?
>
>Mike
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