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    Posted: 06 Feb 2019 at 6:59am
Reading my new operator manual . It says this gauge was a option . Seems kinda crazy to me . My D 15 doesn't have one , but I thought it quit and someone took it off . Is it possible to buy one that works ?
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DJ's has excellent gauges

https://stores.djstractorparts.com/
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I've used DJ's and been happy with them . Seems lately I've been calling Sarah at Sandy Lake . Thinking I heard new hour meters don't work very well ?
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Originally posted by coggonobrien coggonobrien wrote:

DJ's has excellent gauges

https://stores.djstractorparts.com/
 
Yep the best that China has to offer. Finding original top quality tachometers is getting harder every day.
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I got the black face one for the D15 S2 from Tony's Tractors.  Seems to work just fine.  A lot of gauges are made in India for some reason, although there was no reference on mine that I recall.
                 
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Paul have you bought them and had an experience you would like to share? Mine has been flawless in my D15 series II for a few years now and I make hay all summer with the tractor.
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Have originals, but will have them reconditioned. Just becomes over twice as expensive as the repops.
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Thanks for the replies . Would be nice to have a working hour meter . Something else to put on my wish list .
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Am I right thinking the hour meter cable comes out of the back of the governor ? I'm looking at mine and it has a good sized plug in it . Guess this tractor really didn't come with a tach/hour meter . Thanks
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You are correct, hard to keep track of service without 1.
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Exactly , how do you know when to change the oil,etc ? Thanks
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Scratch the date on the filter it will rust and stay there. chances are any tractor that doesn't have a tachometer/hour meter will never make the hour of use mark for oil change
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If you aren't looking for a finished restoration quality tractor and want to track operating hours, use an electric hour meter. They are common on a lot of equipment to track operating hours. Power through an oil pressure switch if you want to be sure a key left on doesn't run the hours up. Mount it on a bracket under the hood if you don't want it to show.
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Thanks for the replies . Jim , that electric hour meter would work . I just wonder when this tractor was serviced when it was new and earning its keep ? Maybe annually ? Thanks again
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Originally posted by ACinSC ACinSC wrote:

Am I right thinking the hour meter cable comes out of the back of the governor ? I'm looking at mine and it has a good sized plug in it . Guess this tractor really didn't come with a tach/hour meter . Thanks


Yes, there would be an adapter that the tach cable attaches to in place of that plug.

Even factory tachs have questionable build quality.  The one on my D17 is still working perfectly at over 8000 hours.  The one on this D15 was dead at 1800 hours.

Don't go by the hour meter to determine maintenance.  Once or twice a year, take some time to go over it and see that the fluids and wiring are good.
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Thanks for the pic Dseries . Sure looks good . I just ordered a hitch and hope to do some harrowing soon with my old D 15 . Mostly just curious about the tach/hour meter . Maybe one day
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Nice looking tractor, but would look even better with an Allis filter. I saw a video on you tube that showed how poorly Fram filters were made, but then again you can't believe everything you see can ya?
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Originally posted by lentsch lentsch wrote:

Nice looking tractor, but would look even better with an Allis filter. I saw a video on you tube that showed how poorly Fram filters were made, but then again you can't believe everything you see can ya?


I have been running Fram filters on all of my tractors since I was a young'un.  Never had an oil related breakdown once.  Far superior to the old NAPA filters that dropped oil pressure.
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Fram filter is all I could find for my D 15 . Works good . Where can you buy Allis filters ? Agco ?
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Yes, the Allis filters would come from AGCO.

Filters are kind of like oil. Everyone has one they think works best; I'm not saying some aren't better than others, I'm not getting into that game, as I have seen problems with every manufacturer's filters at one time or another over the years. Several years ago Wix decided to change the old 51011 filter from the packed fiber media to cellulose paper, and it was a disaster. Engines would not build oil pressure. That is what people refer to about Wix/NAPA filters dropping oil pressure. They discontinued the 51011 and introduced the 57011 with packed media because of it. This affected NAPA and others Wix made that filter for. As far as I know that was the only filter number affected.
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Fram are junk, they use cardboard for check valves. The motor raft filter that fits 4.6 and 5.4 v8 is the same as the agco
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I always use the AGCO/Allis oil filters and have always had good luck. I heard some complaints though they are "pricer" than others.
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