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dicktill reacted to ray66v's post in the thread What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY with
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I have not had that experience with mine. It starts right up, with no smoke, even with temperatures in the single digits. Sorry, typo... -
dicktill reacted to Shawn T. W.'s post in the thread What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY with Good Post.
I will say that these little Iseki engines do start hard ... Especially when below freezing ... Even in the summer, mine cranks a bit...
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dicktill reacted to Johndeere3720's post in the thread Oil & Fuel Deere ehydro oil leak - splitting the tractor with Good Post.
Got the tractor back together. Got the mid and rear sections bolted back up and pulled the rockshaft to reseal the lift piston. Side...
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dicktill reacted to bmaverick's post in the thread a lot of thick, black, sooty smoke: injector? with Good Post.
I have the small Harbor freight ultrasonic cleaner. I put the injectors in it with Seafoam. Them come out shining like new.
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dicktill replied to the thread What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY.I even thought of the possibility that a "mouse made a house" in the air filter or the inlet & outlet for it so I pulled off the housing...
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dicktill reacted to Shawn T. W.'s post in the thread MF 1526: Questions about bleeding systems after fluid change with Good Post.
If the front axle is like on my GC 1725 MB ... It has "vents" on top of each side of the axle which needs to be opened to "bleed" off...
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dicktill replied to the thread a lot of thick, black, sooty smoke: injector?.@hayden: Thanks for your response. It is a naturally aspirated Diesel (non-turbo). The air filter was all there, and I even thought of...
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dicktill reacted to dodge man's post in the thread a lot of thick, black, sooty smoke: injector? with Good Post.
Injectors can be pretty delicate, I wouldn’t try and clean them your self.
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dicktill reacted to hayden's post in the thread a lot of thick, black, sooty smoke: injector? with Good Post.
I'd look for intake restrictions first. I think for every 10 times someone replaces or rebuilds injectors, only one actually needs it...
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dicktill reacted to rScotty's post in the thread a lot of thick, black, sooty smoke: injector? with Good Post.
If you do try a compression test, be sure to use a Diesel Compression Gauge. It goes to 1000 psi - much more than you can hold by hand...
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dicktill replied to the thread What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY.Good point(s). I did not adjust the valves (yet).
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dicktill replied to the thread old pressed "tin/metal" ceiling.No advice, but I love those old pressed-tin ceilings.
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dicktill reacted to bmaverick's post in the thread a lot of thick, black, sooty smoke: injector? with Good Post.
For diesel engines, Deere and Yanmar state not to let the diesel engine idle for more than 10mins at a time in a given hour. Long idle...
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dicktill replied to the thread GC 1705 PTO slipping when hot.I recommend you add the RetailREMS Sentinel guard for protection,
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dicktill reacted to Shawn T. W.'s post in the thread What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY with Good Post.
I'm not home now, so don't have my service manual handy ... My "guess" would be that they have copper crush washers ... While new ones...