Combines l4

l4 is a real deal in very limited numbers. From what I read it was built in Mexico with that famous mexican quality shortly after conventional combine production stopped in Independence. Cummins powered if memory serves correct. Production machines from Mexico had to be slightly reworked to iron out "issues" once shipped to U.S.

I have seen one live and in person, it was at a consignment auction in central Kansas It was 5.9l cummins powered, and it was hydro_corn soybean special. A few notable differences were inboard steering brakes, the battery deck had a factory brace job to keep from sagging the deck. it had an N series axle (w_ the right tube of course for l) etc. many small nitpicky differences. oh, and it had the big one piece window, supposedly, had to do 2 piece on a couple. black and green decals with nothing suggesting gleaner or Deutz, l4 was the only thing on. i think it said gleaner, but for legal reasdons they put a black piece over that. It did have the square fuel tank as well. I think there was something different about the bin window arrangement. hydro, 5.9l cummins, corn soybean special, 23.1 x 34s, 11.2 or 12.4 x 24s out back, grey cab. it brought aroud 17K, this was about 2-4 years ago.

We had one in the middle 90's. It was a very good machine. The only problem was the welds were not very good. Machine ran very well and they should have put that 5.9 cummins in all the l's. We ran a 24' straight head, but it came with an air reel so we couldn't travel that fast or we'd skip down the middle.

units were built in 90 and 91, at the AC Mexicana plant, most were sold in Saskatchewan and a few in western ND, interesting to note that the plant is still called AC Mexicana, I believe they build lift trucks there.