rjmack
Platinum Member
I have finally given up on having the tach/hr meter working in the winter. The tractor is always stored inside heated garage, I take it outside and within 10 minutes the tach buries itself and starts howling. Stop machine, restart, rev up, tach buries and howls, repeat procedure until pissed off enough to break something.
I have put methyl hydrate and light oil down the drive cable, had it to the dealer where they re-routed it claiming the problem had been solved... nada.
The only thing that seems to work is just disconnecting the drive cable from the tach head and leaving it at that.
I am beginning to suspect the problem is water in the tach head rather than moisture in the drive cable.
btw, just had a glimpse of the 'new' gc1700... I dont see anything different regarding the tach head or drive.
I still love my gc, but not really impressed with disorganization/incompetence at massey ferguson/agco. There is no excuse for this problem not to have been solved yet.
I have put methyl hydrate and light oil down the drive cable, had it to the dealer where they re-routed it claiming the problem had been solved... nada.
The only thing that seems to work is just disconnecting the drive cable from the tach head and leaving it at that.
I am beginning to suspect the problem is water in the tach head rather than moisture in the drive cable.
btw, just had a glimpse of the 'new' gc1700... I dont see anything different regarding the tach head or drive.
I still love my gc, but not really impressed with disorganization/incompetence at massey ferguson/agco. There is no excuse for this problem not to have been solved yet.