Nolan 4.5L

Nolan worked on a 4045 engine by himself. This has a manual fuel system so that offers different challenges. We had him build a harness with a relay and a key switch to get it running.

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Josh and Jacob 8.1L HPCR

Josh and Jacob had the opportunity to work on a dirty 8.1L that came out of a piece of forestry equipment. There were a few pieces missing and many were a bit rusty. When they got it together they built a wiring harness to get it running.

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Derek and Mike 13.5 L Tier 3

Derek and Mike got to hang out under the big hoist because they had the big 13.5L engine. They constructed a wiring for this engine. There is a lot of iron swinging with this thing running.

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Orion and Mackenzie 6.8L Tier 3

This is a combine engine that is using the controls for a R450 windrower. Orion and Mac built a harness from scratch and connected the controllers and an armrest to get it to run. After a few struggles they finally got it to "WakeUp" and get to full RPM.

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Justin and Alex 9.0L Tier 3

Justin and Alex did a 9.0L Tier 3 engine this year. The engine was completely rebuilt and the four controllers required to make this engine run to full throttle were wired to the engine.

That is part of the schematic on the table behind him!

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Drayce and Mike 9.0L Tier 3

Drayce and Mike started with a Tier 3-9.0L engine. The engine requires four controllers to start, run and get engine RPM. They decided to make this look like a factory harness with a control box.

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National PAS Competition

March 13-16th NICC John Deere Tech participated in the National PAS Ag Machinery Service Technician Award program at the National PAS Convention.Riley Miller, Drayce Webster, Michael Starling, Derek Mann, Mackenzie Miller and Alex Schultz qualified at state competition and made the trip to Louisville, Kentucky with Rodney Necker to compete in a full day of testing.

Riley Miller and Drayce Webster 2nd place team.

Michael Starling and Derek Mann 3rd place team

Mackenze Miller and Alex Schultz 6th place team

Individual Placing

Riley Miller 3rd

Drayce Webster 4th

Michael Starling 6th

Derek Mann 10th

Great Job!!

Drayce And Riley

Michael and Derek

Alex and Mackenzie

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State PAS AMSTA Competition

We traveled to Iowa Lakes to compete in the 2018 Iowa Ag Machinery Service Technician Award Competition. The competition included a written test, measuring, parts ID and several lab projects. Eight students from John Deere Tech competed and did a great job. We will be off to National competition in March. Great Job!!

Alex Schultz and Mackenzie Miller 1st Place

Riley Miller and Drayce Webster 3rd Place

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John Deere Information Technology

We welcomed the sophomores back for the dealerships in November for John Deere Information Technology Class. This year we merged more emissions training with Service ADVISOR Certification because the are so closely tied together. We had the computers running for everything that we did from live connections, diagnostics, parts lookup, controller software updates, emissions testing and sales presentations.

Not everyone shares my enthusiasm!

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Electrical/Electronics I

We introduced the freshman to their Fluke meter and had several opportunities to put it to use. Electrical/Electronics class introduces the students to components, electrical theory, circuits and testing. We still may be looking for that voltage that we dropped!

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