Welcome to the ZK MasterTech! See what it's like to dive into the world of a Master John Deere Ag Technician, Zeth Key. A 2007 Automotive Graduate of Wyotech in Laramie, WY and 2023 WyoTech Hall of Fame Inductee now finds himself working on John Deere diesel tractors and combines in the farm lands of central Illinois.
Working for Sloan Implement in Atwood, IL for over a decade, Zeth has seen just about every failure your John Deere equipment can have. Subscribe to ZK MasterTech to see what it's like to repair some of the most advanced farm machinery you can buy!
Being a John Deere technician is one of the most rewarding and challenging careers you can get into. Just like the whole industry, companies in AG have a hard time finding talented, experienced people. Hopefully this channel will show the world the technical side of agriculture and what it takes to keep the farmers going and to inspire a younger generation to pick up a wrench a start a great career with Sloan Implement!
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So much damage wow . Job well done
Great awesome video zeth
Mentoring Joseph is a win! for the future
Wtf design. I don't think whoever designed this piece of shit could have made it more complicated and harder to maintain, which of course is paid for by the farmer. May we know how much you charged for this job, if it is not a trade secret?
The statement that you should not have anything plugged in when you resistens measure the canbus is faulse // 10 year European tech
Dilpreet singh kang Virk Kheda panjab 🎉🚜💪👍🏖️🏖️👍💪💪🌾👌🙏
All that could have easily been prevented by doing a thorough pre-trip inspection!
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Tools are a man's best friend! Dogs are 2nd runner-up.🤣
I highly recommend a Pipeliners cloud for all your shade needs. !!!
That’s Hell of an expensive Bird Nest!😮😮😮😮
Hi ze could i have a job with you
I bet the customer will check under the hood after the tractor has been setting for a while, even if he isn't a bird watcher.
That was one expensive bird nest. Talk about unlucky! Lucky that you had some breeze. That makes a big difference. Thanks to artificial intelligence that they are now working on, in a few years you will probably be able to put on some goggles which will project what you are supposed to do next, or at least give you an image of the machine in various stage of completion. You might be able to talk to it for what image you need to see, going backwards or forward. All the parts for a job will be included in a package when you depart the shop. Drones might bring you additional parts you discover that you need. Flying is much faster than driving. And if the battery on the drone was discharged too much to make it back home, you could just bring it back at the end of the job. That kind of stuff might be why they say AI will change the world a lot. One good thing, doing that kind of work, no robot will ever replace you.
ZK MasterSweat lol I live not far from your Sloan store i know how miserable it is to work outside in this humid heat!
Hi Master, What type of 6-pin connector you see at 2:35, do you have any information about it? Case IH 51xx series also uses it, I can't get it anywhere... All the connectors on the tractor are Delphi type, but I can't find this one... Best regards Adam, from Hungary
Taking pictures helped me big time once I had to change an entire chassis harness with immense customer pressure to get the tractor back in the field. Another great video. Absolutely inspirational to young upcoming techs around the world. Love and peace
Great job!❤
I feel for u guys. What a mess that was.
Good ole junk deere can't trust em if it ain't broke down it definitely burned up
Thanks for another great video ZK and Joseph. It was interesting and informative and enjoyable to watch. My compliments to you ZK and Joseph also. ZK you are doing a great job teaching Joseph. He should be another good technician. Glad you had those umbrellas to work under in the heat. Those were just the ticket. Nice items to carry with you. You have the right items for the right time ZK. Getting those wiring harnesses replaced took a while. You had to remove a lot of pieces to get at the old stuff that was burned. You and Joseph did a great job on this beast doing the plug and play trick. Nice work. Don’t think a lot of people realize how much you have to remove to make the repair. Super job you two. Tractor is up and running. Yeah!!!!!’ About it I guess. Thanks for everything ZK. Learned a lot again. Thanks. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.
Pulling the draw bar out gives more room for hydraulic hoses dont need it any way
Make sure it has a Transmission fluid cooler big enough to tow a tractor or combine. Factory coolers are often a little small. 1:41
The Whistle Pig is screaming... 😊 22:47
Great job
Order the hex bolt in bulk for replacements. 16:11
Ah come on Engineers are designer that failed to aptitude tests for mechanics. Beside the Holset Turbo on this application, does Deere service Actuator separately? Have or Sloans just changed it?
Make or buy a Misting sprayer from a garden insect sprayer or a water tank and 12v pump. For dry heat dayd. 90 percent humidity days you need refrigerant AC. 10:01
Hello Zeth, how can a person email you and ask question of the fuel systems? Spoke you before on the BorgWarner VGT that you had a video on about a year and a half now. Thanks
You can DM me on Instagram or get the email address in the about section of my channel.
excellent
Well done Zeth in getting that umbrella up over you guys. 👍
Thanku for ur videos I run john deere & cat equipment new but my work buddies r the mechanics always interested to see what u guys have to due to keep them running thanks again.
Great video thanks for sharing
Another great video.
Looks like a lack cleaning caused the fire
You farm? Ever step foot on a farm? Didn't think so...
Nah. Birds or pack rats. Pack rats literally eat wire insulation.
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Yep, two years ago, for lack of proper fall cleaning... My fathers combine cab became a mouse house,,, $12,000 later...
That had to have had a lovely aroma. Those darn sparrows can build fast. I'm sure everyone is happy the tractor was saved. Thank you for the video. Stay safe, and God bless.
Hi ZK. I’m 19 and started working in a company that develops Deere manuals. Your videos are helping me a lot in learning process, keep doing it! Greetings from Brazil.
Does your company write the manuals?
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how long that tractor was without working?..🤔🤔give that bird plenty time to build a big nest!!..🤨🤨
It literally can only take a day
Equipment can sit 10 months out of the year.. A bird can finish a nest in a week.
That was one dirty bird. Great job.
U need to go to home depot and install a fine wire mesh screen under the hood where birds enter to prevent it happing again
If Joseph stays with it, he'll be one heck of a technician, keep teaching him and keep the great video's coming, cheers :)
Thanks, will do!
Awesome
That burnt wire smell lingers on fingers for long time
I learn't all my early beginnings on heavy plant out in the open - was tempted to call it a baptism of fire - except that it was the winter of '62/3 and many of the machines were frozen to the ground for two months. (It snowed on Boxing Day and stayed till March - usual for England.) So the exact opposite of your problems out on the Prairie ( I just can't tell you how much my sadistic lady schoolteacher would wax lyrical about your combine harvesters and huge crops of wheat and how it couldn't be grown here - I so dearly want to go dig her up and tell her about the massive kit and the Chorleywood Process that allowed bread to be made from homegrown grain. Another I learnt early - especially as most of our tractors live in open sided storage - check for birds in season! Over here, that's mainly for the good of out little biddy types as I managed to cook a nest of eggs one year and half died of guilt on meeting the parents. Typical for America - where everything is bigger ( eh Zak?) you seemed to have a pterodactyls nesting.
?..would you rather be in the heat and humidity or the bitter cold while working..Thanks in advance.
In the heat