jgh
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- Goochland & Fluvanna Counties, VA
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- NH TN90F; B3000 Kubota; Bobcats 430 & A300; Liebherr 621C, Exmark laser Z, 2 sawmills
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Can some of you 6x4 owners out there help me with 2 aggravating problems with my old reptile? I did a search and found nothing prior.
Some facts: 1996 model (bought used 2003), Kawasaki 18 hp engine, c.1850 hrs, bed lift, new belt and some elec repairs last year (mainly the igition module, I believe)
1- I seem to have a wiring problem that improved after the prior work but now reoccurs often. The eng starts and runs pretty well, then cuts out abruptly when I am underway, sometimes for second or two, restarts on its own, etc, then sometimes it dies completely. The problem seems to happen when I am on rough ground with lots of jostling/bumps.
I think I have tracked things down to a wiring harness that droops in the rear of the engine compartment (not good design on any of the wiring--lots of loose stuff kind of flapping around). When I pop the bed and poke the harness with a stick, particularly in the area of a male/female plastic connector, I can stall the engine just as it does when underway. I can also make it start when it will not otherwise, same medicine.
Has anyone had similar trouble? Did you replace the whole wiring harness (eeeeek!), only the part that gave trouble, or were you able to figure out what to repair/secure to stop it?
2- This one bugs me. I cannot get the oil plug loose to drain the oil. It requires contortion to start with, but even with a wrench on it, I'm having trouble. Can anyone guide me? I need to change the oil since all the stalls and so forth have led to gassy smelling oil. It was just changed not that many hours ago.
Many thanks if you can lend some advice/experiences.
Jim
ps- still stewing about choice of new one, but feeling poor for now /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
Can some of you 6x4 owners out there help me with 2 aggravating problems with my old reptile? I did a search and found nothing prior.
Some facts: 1996 model (bought used 2003), Kawasaki 18 hp engine, c.1850 hrs, bed lift, new belt and some elec repairs last year (mainly the igition module, I believe)
1- I seem to have a wiring problem that improved after the prior work but now reoccurs often. The eng starts and runs pretty well, then cuts out abruptly when I am underway, sometimes for second or two, restarts on its own, etc, then sometimes it dies completely. The problem seems to happen when I am on rough ground with lots of jostling/bumps.
I think I have tracked things down to a wiring harness that droops in the rear of the engine compartment (not good design on any of the wiring--lots of loose stuff kind of flapping around). When I pop the bed and poke the harness with a stick, particularly in the area of a male/female plastic connector, I can stall the engine just as it does when underway. I can also make it start when it will not otherwise, same medicine.
Has anyone had similar trouble? Did you replace the whole wiring harness (eeeeek!), only the part that gave trouble, or were you able to figure out what to repair/secure to stop it?
2- This one bugs me. I cannot get the oil plug loose to drain the oil. It requires contortion to start with, but even with a wrench on it, I'm having trouble. Can anyone guide me? I need to change the oil since all the stalls and so forth have led to gassy smelling oil. It was just changed not that many hours ago.
Many thanks if you can lend some advice/experiences.
Jim
ps- still stewing about choice of new one, but feeling poor for now /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif