Educating the agriculture community on every aspect of today’s complex farm machinery.
Pop quiz: You have two pick-up trucks. One has a manual transmission, and the other an automatic transmission. Both units…
Within the engineering community, there is a discipline called NVH for noise, vibration, and harshness. An experienced farmer can survey…
Whereas a gasoline engine uses the arcing of the spark plug to begin combustion, a diesel needs a heat source…
NEVER OPEN WHEN HOT UNDER PRESSURE, is the unpunctuated warning we have all seen on the pressure cap of an…
Most, if not all, large diesel engines found in trucks and farm equipment employ a dual-thermostat system. For the most…
In 1975, General Motors, thru their Delco Electronics Division, completely rethought how an ignition coil was controlled. This was accomplished…
Often a problem such as a lack of power with an engine has the fix elude us. We are all…
Few subjects other than farm equipment “color” loyalty bring more heated discussions (arguments may be a better term) than engine…
Words have meanings, and though life has become more complicated today, that simple fact remains the same. When exploring a…
When an engine, either gas or diesel, is running correctly and has no mechanical issues, there is nothing visible but…
My name is Ray Bohacz, and I know that success on the farm is a three-legged stool: agronomy, business, and machinery. I have always believed and life has taught me, that great judgement in the first two areas can quickly be evaporated by poor decisions in the farm shop in regard to maintenance and repair.
