- Location
- southern riverina Australia
500 hr review of JCB 542-70 agripro.
- Thread starter cows sh#t me to tears
- Start date
- Location
- North Norfolk
Glad we took out an extended warranty on our 542-70. (Initially because of the new transmission).
High pressure fuel gallery on top of the engine got a pinhole leak. 2 hours to locate the problem, one day to change it, now the engine has no power. Dealer has recovered it to his yard, and lent us a machine (busy on the maize clamp at present). They may have to have the engine out to fix it, as there is one bolt that is totally inaccessible. Modern stuff is so packed into the engine bay, looks designed to put you off internal combustion and go for the simplicity of electric.
High pressure fuel gallery on top of the engine got a pinhole leak. 2 hours to locate the problem, one day to change it, now the engine has no power. Dealer has recovered it to his yard, and lent us a machine (busy on the maize clamp at present). They may have to have the engine out to fix it, as there is one bolt that is totally inaccessible. Modern stuff is so packed into the engine bay, looks designed to put you off internal combustion and go for the simplicity of electric.
The Son
Member
- Location
- Herefordshire
After the third electric track replacement we went back to the manual tap on a 541-70. The machine is on extended warranty but the constant failures were getting on my nerves.
Don’t you need adlblue
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Nope. No adblue on these ones here. The last agripro series had it. I know of one local machine that went back to another dealer 3 times with ad trouble issues...
- Location
- Very Southern NSW Australia
Your machine comes out of tasker's then?
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Yep.
- Location
- Pinnaroo. South Australia
It’s removed by the importer when they come to the country.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Are you sure? I know years ago Agco had adblue and no adblue all being made in same plant at same time. It's not just a physical thing to remove. It's the software and engine mapping/ management to. Plus I dont see any of the wiring /fuses etc for it in cabin. The adblue level doesn't exist on the dash and they even go to the length of having a plastic cover made to fit where the filler pipe goes.So if they do , they must do a damn good job as you would never know that it "came with it".
I'll stand corrected, but I'm sure they come from factory like that. I know it's not a requirement in certain markets like Russia. (That's where the non adblue Massey's were going.)
- Location
- Pinnaroo. South Australia
When the 532-70 was delivered to place I help at occasionally the sales guy from CEA told us that it’s removed here. They fit the cover where the filler is apparently.
Fendt make non adblu for Russia but no matter how hard I argue with them they won’t let me buy one
- Location
- Easter ross
had screen issues on our 538-60 agri pro but rights itself after flicking the isolator off/on. Wire up the boom was first problem but dealer was on it from the start and had it changed within 2 hrs of the problem and has a better fix than JCB and been fine since (touch wood)
Presumably the importer has a large choice of cheap adblue components for sale
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Tits on a bull....... What would you do with something that no one wants......
There will be someone needing bits to put on a loader still under warranty
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
That's JCB's problem. Not the importers.