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Old 06-06-2012, 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Sam Mac View Post
Black smoke from a diesel like that is just unburned fuel and he's actually making less power.
I don't think the the black smoke means less power. On our pulling tractor it has more power with black smoke than when it's lean and smoking gray. I have been wanting to do the same thing to the 782D but don't know where the screw is. As far as affecting reliability it should have no effect whatsoever. I know i'm comparing apples to oranges but our IH 1566 has over 300 hp and it is our main farm tractor. It has ran like that (with over 300 hp) for 20 years (since we put it together) and is completely stock minus injectors and injection pump. Even though they are not similar in size a diesel engine is a diesel engine no mater how you look at it and they are all built similar so reliability should not be an issue.
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Current Workhorses: 1977 1650, Sleeve hitch, #2 tiller; 1985 782, QA 42A snowblower, 50'' deck, 42'' blade, Ags, IH Wheel weights; 197? 1250; 1976 1250, hydraulic lift, 44'' deck, 54'' blade (currently needing a engine)
Current Projects: 1970 107, Sleeve hitch, 42'' deck, Tri Ribs, 8'' Brinley Plow
Family owns over 30 tractors, 7 combines, 2 bulldozers, 2 mid size trucks, 1 semi, too many truck and scouts to count including parts, and 3 pulling tractors. All vintage IH.
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