Zeth, for a service technician you have a lot of patience. I enjoy your videos and knowledge. Keep the action coming. Definitely look you up at the next one. Stay safe!
Hi Zeth well that was tuff, especially without Josh at your side to ease things along with a good joke here and there. Luv the Triumph bike of yours ,beautiful machine, and nice little sat nav unit. KTGIM Julian U.K
Man, there isn't too much better with my morning coffee than a 45 minute video of a water pump (and other stuff) replacement on a big green tractor! I'm always so impressed by the extensive work that you do on those big boys. Keep 'em coming!
Nice work on that repair. These jobs always tend to escalate! That belt setup seems to be asking a lot from that waterpump bearing. Hopefully this one lasts longer than 1100 hours.
That was a lot of work. Congratulations on getting it back together. Be sure to visit the owner in the hospital after his heart attack when he sees the repair bill.
way to go zk, my selection of Special Words would have been much larger then yours, good job on pg rating,. fun watching a pro going the extra mile to completely clean out the system. i'm hoping the spring season has plenty of other good videos, thanks.
Farmers Wife = "Honey, who is that Tech talking to.?" Farmer= "Oh, He is talking to the Machine." Wife= "Why.?" Farmer= "Oh, they are old Friends." Wife= "What is the Tech's Name." Farmer= "Ahhh, track climber# 30." LOL. Great job Mr. Z. Your Professionalism and thorough evaluations are always impressive. Thanx for sharing. 😃😃😃
You're pretty thorough to do all the back flushing you're doing. A great mechanic doing thorough work. How many do we know would just replace the water pump and call it a day? Your boss should be proud!
Man Zeth, you definitely have more patience than I. You definitely deserve every penny on this one. Your language somehow was a lot less colorful than mine would have been. Keep up the excellent work man.
You really go the extra mile to make sure a job is done right. I really believe that those that engineer machinery should work with a mechanic before they are allowed to design anything. My commentary would not be fit for sensitive ears. Yours is awesome. You still must have had other things running through your head. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and doing a great job. Stay safe, and God bless.
Well, go get an engineering degree and go try to design it YOUR way. Trust me, engineers don't have free will in designs. Engineers sometimes get in heated arguments trying to do the right thing.
In regards to that water pump that gave up the ghost. I had a service call a few years ago, where the customer wanted me to check out his trailed sprayer because of some steering issues. I needed a tracor in front of it to actuate the hydraulics, so he hooked the sprayer up to an old 700 series fendt. An hour drive later, I was giving it a once over and started to diagnose the issue. I said to the guy that I need him to turn the wheels so I could see if they are turning in manual mode. As soon as he started up his old fendt, there was a loud squeal, followed by a violent bang. The water pump decided to give up, so the fan cut straight into the radiator and sprayed coolant everywhere. The shroud was broken too. The customer is from the southern part of Estonia, which is kinda like your southerner hillbilly´s(I meant that in a good way). You know how they have their own dialect and set of words for certain things. I heard all his special words after that. We also had a good laugh with him because I was there for less than 15 minutes. And had to come back a month later, after he got it fixed. I bet your calves like the workout, while you climb those tracks, haha. Also, thank you for showing off your tools. It reminds me that I need to get a small prybar myself. Cheers mate!
This guy is truly hilarious to watch. Excellent work sir. The constant struggle is just part of the job and his calm methodical approach to every challenge is great to see. Hopefully everyone realizes just how critical good mechanics are to civilization.
Wow Zeth that was quite the repair! So do You always keep your cool or just when the camera is rolling? Great video Zeth! The audio was awesome as well! Looking forward to your next video!! Safe travels Zeth!
Thanks for another great video ZK. It was super interesting and informative and enjoyable. Wow. You had a lot of tough work on this one. Appreciate the fact you back flushed all those areas to make sure the metal shavings were out of there and not in the block. The AGR cooler was tough to get out and I feel you did the right thing by replacing it. Perfect place for metal pieces to hide. Smart move to replace it, s although it was hard to remove and replace. Good work ZK. My compliments to you for your fine narrative- - I would have been kicking the tires and cussing up a storm. You kept telling us what you were doing and what the next step was very calmly. Fine work and language ZK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow. Just to replace the water pump and back flush the system is a lot of hard work for you ZK and pieces to replace and test and whatever. You did it all on this one. The farmer should be happy he had you for the repair work. You protected his engine and made sure it was ready. His bill may scare him but his tractor is ready to work again. You did a great job here ZK. I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing with us on a tough job. You take care and be safe. The Iowa farm boy. Steve. Note. You did not fall off the tracks even once-yeah!!!!! Good job ZK. Those tracks are hard to climb on and off of. Nice work sir!!!!!!!
I liked how you showed how hard or difficult the job really was. The viewer can not always see how hard a job is on video. Thanks for bringing me along.
Unusual for a water pump to grenade so severely. You did a great job to insure no large metal pieces would circulate in the system. I was amazed to see how difficult access to the EGR is. Ouch! Your patience is impressive! A job well done.
I believe that water pump experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" in NASA speak. Love watching the precision of your work and of course envious of the tool set. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great videos we run a lot of John Deere equipment 9R 540 9R 490 and a 9330 and an 335R two 9770 combines and an S690 and I learn a lot by watching your videos Eugene from Ontario Canada
I understand that completely.. "Come on engineers" I firmly believe that it should be a requirement for the engineers to be a mechanic for 5 years so they understand the headaches we have to deal with! I work on the red ones, but same battles man... I really like your videos man, keep up the great work!
Water pump bearing failure at 1144 hours? Overhung load may be excessive with this design? Those two belts are really far outboard of the bearings. IMO
Based on what I saw as a Cummins technician. It was a very good diagnostic. Hopefully, the customer bought the tractor with an extended warranty on that QSK 15L. He will saved money in the long run.
I work on these x15 in tractors as well i 100% felt all your frustrations a tip i got is to take the manifold bolt were that bolt is were your extension got stuck ,working on tracks is such a joyful day😂😂😂😂
Hopefully you got the answers you were expecting, if not rerun the edit and - opps sound dropped out! Silly me! That was a job and a half, that turned into a mountain climb. Well done lad, we've all had days like that - that never seem to end... From UK.
You certainly do extremely thorough work . After finding all the impeller pieces it would have been ok to replace the water pump . Those tiny flakes of debris would just settle in the block .I doubt they would have jammed the thermostat open or done any damage.
Sometimes I would love to make the engineers do repairs and see them getting annoyed because of themselves. Like on our tractor there is a coolant line(i guess) that's right in front of the engine air filter. It's a joy to put the cover back on it.
Good lord, that escalated quickly🙈 A few hundred dollars job just ran into the thousands. Would it not be an idea for JD to mould a magnet into the pump housing to catch any particles in the event of a water pump bazooka?
Personally on the water pumps and fan driver bolts I like to double wrench them to loosen them and then remove all the skin on my knuckles and punch the engine block
I can tell you what 13mm deep socket does to water pump impeller on ISX 15L Cummins. They had replaced radiator and water pump at different shop. That tech lost his 13mm deep Matco impact socket that went into lower rad hose. (remember put something over hose) You wouldn't think water pump could pull fluid that hard. It pull socket back and up one foot into impeller. I'm fishing around with magnet getting pieces of impeller and a socket. Really didn't hurt socket only slight ding.
Also that hose you had to take the hole hosing of if you pry the hose at the cooler the hose will go deeper in the water pump housing then you can take it out with out taking the water pump hosing off
Talking to machines always makes the job go better in my experience.
When you talk to yourself, it's much more polite than when I do it. :) Thanks for another great video!
i know what your talking about.......
Same tools would have went flying to the ground. Then that would have made me mad because I gotta get down to get them.
Zeth, for a service technician you have a lot of patience. I enjoy your videos and knowledge. Keep the action coming. Definitely look you up at the next one. Stay safe!
Thanks, will do!
For a windy day, your audio in that segment/day was beautiful!
Those new mics are awesome!
Well I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one that can't guess wrench sizes
Hi Zeth well that was tuff, especially without Josh at your side to ease things along with a good joke here and there. Luv the Triumph bike of yours ,beautiful machine, and nice little sat nav unit. KTGIM Julian U.K
Man, there isn't too much better with my morning coffee than a 45 minute video of a water pump (and other stuff) replacement on a big green tractor! I'm always so impressed by the extensive work that you do on those big boys. Keep 'em coming!
New mics are excellent
Farmers must like when you show up to repair stuff because they know there in good hands!
Thank God for all the battery-powered rachets and swivel sockets
Nice work on that repair. These jobs always tend to escalate!
That belt setup seems to be asking a lot from that waterpump bearing. Hopefully this one lasts longer than 1100 hours.
The Ron white clip has confirmed that you and I would be great friends
Love me some Ron white!
Think you do a fantastic job. You give it your all all the time.
That was a lot of work. Congratulations on getting it back together. Be sure to visit the owner in the hospital after his heart attack when he sees the repair bill.
I am sure it's under warranty if not it's just the cost of doing business.
Be alot Cheaper then a new motor haha
way to go zk, my selection of Special Words would have been much larger then yours, good job on pg rating,. fun watching a pro going the extra mile to completely clean out the system. i'm hoping the spring season has plenty of other good videos, thanks.
Farmers Wife = "Honey, who is that Tech talking to.?" Farmer= "Oh, He is talking to the Machine." Wife= "Why.?" Farmer= "Oh, they are old Friends." Wife= "What is the Tech's Name." Farmer= "Ahhh, track climber# 30." LOL. Great job Mr. Z. Your Professionalism and thorough evaluations are always impressive. Thanx for sharing. 😃😃😃
You're pretty thorough to do all the back flushing you're doing. A great mechanic doing thorough work. How many do we know would just replace the water pump and call it a day?
Your boss should be proud!
Thanks 👍
Zeth your restraint on colorful language is impressive. By the time you edited one my repairs the video would be about 3 minutes. Great job.
Man Zeth, you definitely have more patience than I. You definitely deserve every penny on this one.
Your language somehow was a lot less colorful than mine would have been. Keep up the excellent work man.
You really go the extra mile to make sure a job is done right. I really believe that those that engineer machinery should work with a mechanic before they are allowed to design anything. My commentary would not be fit for sensitive ears. Yours is awesome. You still must have had other things running through your head. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and doing a great job. Stay safe, and God bless.
Well, go get an engineering degree and go try to design it YOUR way. Trust me, engineers don't have free will in designs.
Engineers sometimes get in heated arguments trying to do the right thing.
A Deere that doesn't grenade after a water pump failure. Cummins saves the day.
In regards to that water pump that gave up the ghost. I had a service call a few years ago, where the customer wanted me to check out his trailed sprayer because of some steering issues. I needed a tracor in front of it to actuate the hydraulics, so he hooked the sprayer up to an old 700 series fendt. An hour drive later, I was giving it a once over and started to diagnose the issue. I said to the guy that I need him to turn the wheels so I could see if they are turning in manual mode. As soon as he started up his old fendt, there was a loud squeal, followed by a violent bang. The water pump decided to give up, so the fan cut straight into the radiator and sprayed coolant everywhere. The shroud was broken too. The customer is from the southern part of Estonia, which is kinda like your southerner hillbilly´s(I meant that in a good way). You know how they have their own dialect and set of words for certain things. I heard all his special words after that. We also had a good laugh with him because I was there for less than 15 minutes. And had to come back a month later, after he got it fixed.
I bet your calves like the workout, while you climb those tracks, haha.
Also, thank you for showing off your tools. It reminds me that I need to get a small prybar myself.
Cheers mate!
This guy is truly hilarious to watch. Excellent work sir. The constant struggle is just part of the job and his calm methodical approach to every challenge is great to see. Hopefully everyone realizes just how critical good mechanics are to civilization.
Much appreciated!
Loved the commentary, Hilarious. Great video as always
Glad you enjoyed
Wow Zeth that was quite the repair! So do You always keep your cool or just when the camera is rolling? Great video Zeth! The audio was awesome as well! Looking forward to your next video!! Safe travels Zeth!
The commentary on this video is golden 😂
Amazing video and your attention to detail and doing the job right! Nicely done mate!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great stuff. Can't wait to see you service a 9RX 830 one day.
Zac you are comical and keeping it clean.
Thanks for another great video ZK.
It was super interesting and informative and enjoyable.
Wow. You had a lot of tough work on this one. Appreciate the fact you back flushed all those areas to make sure the metal shavings were out of there and not in the block. The AGR cooler was tough to get out and I feel you did the right thing by replacing it. Perfect place for metal pieces to hide. Smart move to replace it, s although it was hard to remove and replace. Good work ZK.
My compliments to you for your fine narrative- - I would have been kicking the tires and cussing up a storm.
You kept telling us what you were doing and what the next step was very calmly. Fine work and language ZK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. Just to replace the water pump and back flush the system is a lot of hard work for you ZK and pieces to replace and test and whatever. You did it all on this one.
The farmer should be happy he had you for the repair work. You protected his engine and made sure it was ready.
His bill may scare him but his tractor is ready to work again.
You did a great job here ZK. I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing with us on a tough job.
You take care and be safe.
The Iowa farm boy. Steve.
Note. You did not fall off the tracks even once-yeah!!!!!
Good job ZK.
Those tracks are hard to climb on and off of.
Nice work sir!!!!!!!
😊
I liked how you showed how hard or difficult the job really was. The viewer can not always see how hard a job is on video. Thanks for bringing me along.
You’re doing great you’re an amazing technician. Love your channel.
Unusual for a water pump to grenade so severely. You did a great job to insure no large metal pieces would circulate in the system. I was amazed to see how difficult access to the EGR is. Ouch! Your patience is impressive! A job well done.
Glad to see Deere is still putting out quality and still stand for longevity. Thank you greedy corporate pigs who now run Deere.
Another good one Zeth! I really enjoy seeing the things you com across in your work.
THANKS for another video! Sure enjoy watching your work.
You’re an inspiration for a lot of us amateurs and professionals. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for another great video on your repairs to John Deere machines
I believe that water pump experienced a "rapid unscheduled disassembly" in NASA speak. Love watching the precision of your work and of course envious of the tool set. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great videos we run a lot of John Deere equipment 9R 540 9R 490 and a 9330 and an 335R two 9770 combines and an S690 and I learn a lot by watching your videos Eugene from Ontario Canada
WOW £735 for the water pump, and £3100 for the egr cooler!!!! Lucky it's in warranty 😲
great video
Oh yea 2 videos in same week. Keep the content coming. Videos are great
I understand that completely.. "Come on engineers" I firmly believe that it should be a requirement for the engineers to be a mechanic for 5 years so they understand the headaches we have to deal with! I work on the red ones, but same battles man... I really like your videos man, keep up the great work!
Water pump bearing failure at 1144 hours? Overhung load may be excessive with this design? Those two belts are really far outboard of the bearings. IMO
You by getting that tractor going has saved Wes f thousand of dollars compared with buying a brand new tractor ,makes alot of sense.
I feel for you I worked on the yellow stuff for 30 years don’t miss it. I do miss the smell of the snap on truck.
Every farmer that complains about his bill being too high or the repair taking too long needs to watch this video
Good work mister.
Regards from Germany:
Even I do not understand every word you are talking, I love your videos.
And there is always time for lubricant.....😂😂
Welcome to the wonderful world of Cummins. Some times I look at the design that these engineers come up with and think the heck are they thinking
I'm guessing that the video was really hard for you to keep it kid friendly 🤣🤣🤣👍 great job master tech 👏
Yes it was
@@ZKMasterTech don't worry about them dang kids, they'll be just fine!
Not a lot of hrs on tractor before water pump failed have you had one like that before keep up the good work John England
Cracking video 👌
Based on what I saw as a Cummins technician. It was a very good diagnostic. Hopefully, the customer bought the tractor with an extended warranty on that QSK 15L. He will saved money in the long run.
When I'm jonesing for the next VGG, you give me a hit of what I'm looking for! Thanks.
Amazing how a seemingly simple job can turn into a quasi nightmare...but then that might actually be the norm?
Top quality repair . John Deere need you .
You guys are amazing Mechanic's, enjoy your videos 👍👍
I work on these x15 in tractors as well i 100% felt all your frustrations a tip i got is to take the manifold bolt were that bolt is were your extension got stuck ,working on tracks is such a joyful day😂😂😂😂
Thanks for the tip
Another great vid! Keep the deere's running
excellent program, thank you.
Love the movie clips
Very interesting.
Awesome videos I enjoy them all makes me want to be a mechanic again.
I SURELY LIKE YOUR TOOLS!!! THANKS 😊.
Swivelage--it's like Josh never left.
Hopefully you got the answers you were expecting, if not rerun the edit and - opps sound dropped out! Silly me! That was a job and a half, that turned into a mountain climb. Well done lad, we've all had days like that - that never seem to end... From UK.
You certainly do extremely thorough work . After finding all the impeller pieces it would have been ok to replace the water pump . Those tiny flakes of debris would just settle in the block .I doubt they would have jammed the thermostat open or done any damage.
I believe he done got his moneys worth out of that water pump
I recon you’ve got $ 150 k worth of tools ? Would I be far off 😊 Love your videos thank you for sharing your journey
Great video have been watching your videos for about one year since I discovered your channel. you didn't lie you were mistaken about socket size,.
Sometimes I would love to make the engineers do repairs and see them getting annoyed because of themselves. Like on our tractor there is a coolant line(i guess) that's right in front of the engine air filter. It's a joy to put the cover back on it.
Nice job
big cam 2 water pump even came with a handle . had fleet of autocars with long hood and massive radiator but it was pretty
Good lord, that escalated quickly🙈
A few hundred dollars job just ran into the thousands. Would it not be an idea for JD to mould a magnet into the pump housing to catch any particles in the event of a water pump bazooka?
Great job,
With all your patience you and I we’re definitely raised differently I was almost 16 before I realized my name wasn’t damnit hahaha
Thanks Zeth?
You love your job.
wouldn't you love to meet up with one of the engineers that designed that and how it mounts some dark night?
I definitely do NOT have a hot mic going when I'm working on anything :)
And I thought the fan drives on the 55 series were a pain!
Nicely done!
Story of every technicians life too loose for a ratchet, too tight for finger loosening
I know exactly how you feel, I assembled an IKEA bed today.
Always great videos
Sounds like you’ve been watching a bit of Vice grip garage
Love my high speed ratchet!
They are the best
Personally on the water pumps and fan driver bolts I like to double wrench them to loosen them and then remove all the skin on my knuckles and punch the engine block
Great video !!
Thanks!
I can tell you what 13mm deep socket does to water pump impeller on ISX 15L Cummins. They had replaced radiator and water pump at different shop. That tech lost his 13mm deep Matco impact socket that went into lower rad hose. (remember put something over hose) You wouldn't think water pump could pull fluid that hard. It pull socket back and up one foot into impeller. I'm fishing around with magnet getting pieces of impeller and a socket. Really didn't hurt socket only slight ding.
Ouch! That's a bummer
Wow tuff one here farshure
deere needs to put a coolant filter on there stuff
1.5 degrees is Close enough! 43:36
You're very patient and knowledgeable. It would of been a string of beeps for what was coming out of my mouth while doing it 😀.
Nice Vid! (Love the Commentary you a funny MoFo)
Also that hose you had to take the hole hosing of if you pry the hose at the cooler the hose will go deeper in the water pump housing then you can take it out with out taking the water pump hosing off
big job!! beatiful machine
Days like this you need a Patrick 😅