SaltH2OHokie
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- Apr 25, 2010
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Tractor has just under 1,000 hrs, has been well maintained, and aside from replacing that fuse with a CB, I haven't had any issues. She lopes at idle until the engine warms up, and last night I was moving a trailer and hopped off to work on something on the trailer so I just left the tractor idling. It had warmed up enough that the lope was mostly smoothed out when I heard it start back to loping or surging...got worse and worse and before I could get to the seat she just died. Got on and cranked and it ran, but almost immediately died...did that once or twice more until it got to where it wouldn't run even for a second...just crank.
Fuel (or a lack thereof) was my first thought, but the gauge shows better than a quarter tank. Dumped a gallon or two in there anyway...whats the chances I have an inaccurate gauge and ran out of fuel? If I did, what needs to be cracked to bleed it? I'd be upset if the gauge is that far off...but stranger things have happened.
If not out of fuel, where should I start?
Also, a related question: if I needed to get this on my trailer, how do I manage to get the fel off of the ground with a non running tractor?
Fuel (or a lack thereof) was my first thought, but the gauge shows better than a quarter tank. Dumped a gallon or two in there anyway...whats the chances I have an inaccurate gauge and ran out of fuel? If I did, what needs to be cracked to bleed it? I'd be upset if the gauge is that far off...but stranger things have happened.
If not out of fuel, where should I start?
Also, a related question: if I needed to get this on my trailer, how do I manage to get the fel off of the ground with a non running tractor?