michahicks
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- Oct 12, 2003
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- Tractor
- John Deere 755 Kubota B7610
Hello everyone. First post so please be gentle!
Working on a '98 JD 755 CUT I bought recently. My first JD, but plenty of previous experience on Ford and Kubota. Has about 500 hours, but it's been sitting a lot lately (according to the PO). Seems to run great - other than one issue, and that one is driving me crazy! Although the throttle remains responsive, the governor is completely ineffective when adding or reducing the engine load? In other words, when the tractor has a load put on it, the engine rpms sag, and there is no apparent attempt by the governor to pick them up? This is complicated by the fact that I can use the throttle manually to increase rpms just fine when this occurs, and when this load is removed/lessened, I need to reduce the throttle manually to get the rpms I was at to start with!
At first I approached this as a fuel starvation issue. After cleaning the tank (and pick up screen), replacing the filter and all fuel lines/clamps, and checking every fitting from the tank to the injector pump for obstructions, the problem remains. When the engine is loaded down and not recovering on it's own, I cracked the fuel line bleeder right at the injector pump - and pressure there was obvious. This, and the fact I can increase the throttle manually to increase rpms (when the governor has not), seem to verify the engine is not starving for fuel?
Engine exhaust normal. Nothing excessive, nothing white.
So I removed the governor, expecting to find a fly weight laying in the bottom, severe corrosion, a broken spring, whatever. Something obvious? Nope. Everything looks like new. Flyweights operate smoothly (along with the plunger they control), injector rack moves easily with one finger. No obvious signs of sticking, wear or bent/broken parts anywhere.
So I get the Technical manual out. After hours pouring through that, the only thing I see that refers to the governor operation is a very vague reference to the fact the governor SHOULD control/maintain rpms as the load is increased/decrease (Section 220 Engine/fuel operation and tests, Group 5, last 2 performance checks). Absolutely no guidance if it does not. Not much help.
So I locate a CTM-3. More hours spent, but nothing helpful there either.
I'm at wit's end,appealing to those that may have run into something similar, ideas, some place I might be able to research this further? BTW, I am not one to throw parts at an issue like this. I can't afford that approach, and even if I could, it just goes against my grain? There needs to be some logic to justify replacing a part.
Thanks much for reading through all this!
-Al
Working on a '98 JD 755 CUT I bought recently. My first JD, but plenty of previous experience on Ford and Kubota. Has about 500 hours, but it's been sitting a lot lately (according to the PO). Seems to run great - other than one issue, and that one is driving me crazy! Although the throttle remains responsive, the governor is completely ineffective when adding or reducing the engine load? In other words, when the tractor has a load put on it, the engine rpms sag, and there is no apparent attempt by the governor to pick them up? This is complicated by the fact that I can use the throttle manually to increase rpms just fine when this occurs, and when this load is removed/lessened, I need to reduce the throttle manually to get the rpms I was at to start with!
At first I approached this as a fuel starvation issue. After cleaning the tank (and pick up screen), replacing the filter and all fuel lines/clamps, and checking every fitting from the tank to the injector pump for obstructions, the problem remains. When the engine is loaded down and not recovering on it's own, I cracked the fuel line bleeder right at the injector pump - and pressure there was obvious. This, and the fact I can increase the throttle manually to increase rpms (when the governor has not), seem to verify the engine is not starving for fuel?
Engine exhaust normal. Nothing excessive, nothing white.
So I removed the governor, expecting to find a fly weight laying in the bottom, severe corrosion, a broken spring, whatever. Something obvious? Nope. Everything looks like new. Flyweights operate smoothly (along with the plunger they control), injector rack moves easily with one finger. No obvious signs of sticking, wear or bent/broken parts anywhere.
So I get the Technical manual out. After hours pouring through that, the only thing I see that refers to the governor operation is a very vague reference to the fact the governor SHOULD control/maintain rpms as the load is increased/decrease (Section 220 Engine/fuel operation and tests, Group 5, last 2 performance checks). Absolutely no guidance if it does not. Not much help.
So I locate a CTM-3. More hours spent, but nothing helpful there either.
I'm at wit's end,appealing to those that may have run into something similar, ideas, some place I might be able to research this further? BTW, I am not one to throw parts at an issue like this. I can't afford that approach, and even if I could, it just goes against my grain? There needs to be some logic to justify replacing a part.
Thanks much for reading through all this!
-Al