General Information/Engine Serial Number Plate Information ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER PLATE INFORMATION IMPORTANT: The engine serial number plate can be easily destroyed. Remove the plate or record the information elsewhere, before “hot tank” cleaning the block. RG5804 -UN-12AUG91 01 4 Engine Serial Number (A) Each engine has a 13-digit John Deere engine serial number identifying the producing factory, engine model designation, and a 6-digit sequential number. The following is an example: RG6076H000000 RG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Factory code producing engine 6076H . . . . . . . . . . Engine Model Designation 000000 . . . . . Sequential Number Factory Code Producing Engine RG . . . . . . . .
Waterloo Engine Works Engine Model Designation 6076H . . . . . . Definition explained previously. (See ENGINE MODEL DESIGNATION.) Sequential Number 000000 . . . . . 6-digit sequential number. The engine serial number plate is located either on the right-hand side of engine between the oil conditioning housing and fuel injection pump (viewed from flywheel end) or on the left-hand side of the block directly above the starting motor. Engine Application Data (B) The second line of information on the engine serial number plate identifies the engine/Deere machine or OEM relationship. See ENGINE APPLICATION CHART later in this group.
RG,CTM42,G1,2 -19-14FEB95 CTM42 (24MAR95) 01-4 6076 Diesel Engines—S.N. (500000— ) 160101 PN=17