John Deere Series 300 3029, 4039, 4045, 6059, and 6068 OEM Diesel Engines Index:

Record Keeping
Engine Serial Number Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Record Engine Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Engine Option Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Record PTO Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Record Fuel Injection Pump Model
Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Fuels, Lubricants, and Coolant
Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Diesel Fuel Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Filling Fuel Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Minimizing the Effect of Cold Weather on
Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Engine Break-in Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
OILSCAN™ and COOLSCAN™ . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Alternative and Synthetic Lubricants . . . . . . . . 18
Grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lubricant Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Engine Coolant Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Recommended Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Engine Coolant Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Replenishing Supplemental Coolant
Additives Between Coolant Changes . . . . . . 25
Disposing Of Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Engine Operating Guidelines
Instrument (Gauge) Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Break-In Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Daily Prestarting Checks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Auxiliary Gear Drive Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Standby Power Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Warming Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing Engine Speed—Standard
(Mechanical) Governor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Idling Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Stopping the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using A Booster Battery or Charger . . . . . . . . 39
Lubrication and Maintenance
Observe Service Intervals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Use Correct Fuels, Lubricants, and
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lubrication and Maintenance Service
Interval Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lubrication and Maintenance/100 Hour
Lubricate PTO Clutch Shaft Bearings . . . . . . . 42
Service Fire Extinguisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lubrication and Maintenance/250 Hour
Service Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Change Engine Oil and Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fan and Alternator Belts Tension or
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Check PTO Clutch Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lubrication and Maintenance/400 Hour
Check and Adjust Engine Valve
Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Lubrication and Maintenance/600 Hr/1-Yr
Lubricate PTO Clutch Internal Levers and
Linkage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Clean Crankcase Vent Tube . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Check Air Intake Hoses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Replace Fuel Filter Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Check Effectiveness of Coolant Solution . . . . . 55
Replace Air Cleaner Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Check Air Intake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Check Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lubrication and Maintenance/1200 Hr/2-Yr
Check and Adjust Engine Speeds . . . . . . . . . . 58
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DEERE & COMPANY
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A John Deere ILLUSTRUCTION™ Manual
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Adjust Variable Speed on Generator Set
Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Adjust Engine Valve Clearance . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Check Fuel Injection System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Inspect Turbocharger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Check Crankshaft Vibration Damper . . . . . . . . 60
Flush Cooling System and Replace
Thermostats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Pressure Test Cooling System and
Radiator Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Perform Engine Tune-Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Service/As Required
Additional Service Information . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Do Not Modify Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Bleed the Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Checking Coolant Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Adding Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Remove and Inspect Air Cleaner
Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cleaning Primary Filter Element . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Washing Primary Filter Element . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Inspecting Primary Filter Element . . . . . . . . . . 73
Element Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Replace Fan and Alternator Belts . . . . . . . . . . 73
Power Take-Off (PTO) Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Check Instrument (Gauge) Panel Fuses . . . . . . 74
Troubleshooting
General Troubleshooting Information . . . . . . . . 76
Engine Wiring Diagram Legend . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Wiring Diagram—North American Series
300 Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine Wiring Diagram Legend . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Wiring Diagram—European (Saran)
Series 300 Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Diagnosing Engine Malfunctions . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Diagnosing Electrical System Malfunctions. . . . . 86
Storage
Use AR41785 Engine Storage Kit . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storing the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Removing Engine From Storage . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Specifications
General OEM Engine Specifications . . . . . . . . 91
Fuel Injection Pump Specifications . . . . . . . . . 94
Engine Crankcase Oil Fill Quantities . . . . . . . . 95
Unified Inch Bolt and Cap Screw Torque
Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
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Metric Bolt and Cap Screw Torque
Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Lubrication and Maintenance Records . . . . . 99
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