Stonewall
Silver Member
I had a "first time ever" problem yesterday morning.
I went out to start and exercise the mighty MF 1215 and the hand throttle was stuck tight. I turned it over and got it Putting at idle then tried the throttle again - still stuck. I tried the foot throttle and the revs went up but didn't come back down when I released it. I turned it off and took off the side panels and yep, the throttle lever on the injector pump was stuck open. I was able to push it back to idle and tried to work it free with the throttles but no luck. I started it at idle again and let it run in the barn for about 1/2 hour and it worked fine for the rest of the day and today as well. It has been down in the low 20s to high teens every night for the past 2 weeks but warm during the days ( even had a couple in the mid 60s) and was about 30 when I had the trouble. Would jelled fuel do this? It's the first time it's happened in the 4 years I've owned it. Any ideas are appreciated. I don't have any additives in the fuel and I only use auto grade diesel from the local Conoco station. The tractor had been sitting for about 1 month
TIA - Stonewall
I went out to start and exercise the mighty MF 1215 and the hand throttle was stuck tight. I turned it over and got it Putting at idle then tried the throttle again - still stuck. I tried the foot throttle and the revs went up but didn't come back down when I released it. I turned it off and took off the side panels and yep, the throttle lever on the injector pump was stuck open. I was able to push it back to idle and tried to work it free with the throttles but no luck. I started it at idle again and let it run in the barn for about 1/2 hour and it worked fine for the rest of the day and today as well. It has been down in the low 20s to high teens every night for the past 2 weeks but warm during the days ( even had a couple in the mid 60s) and was about 30 when I had the trouble. Would jelled fuel do this? It's the first time it's happened in the 4 years I've owned it. Any ideas are appreciated. I don't have any additives in the fuel and I only use auto grade diesel from the local Conoco station. The tractor had been sitting for about 1 month
TIA - Stonewall