jefflaur
New member
Finally traded my old trusty 8N on a grey market Mitsubishi..Did not feel right. It was just too small, and I just didn't get a good feel for it. When the little Mitsubishi fell backwards with a 5 fit House bushhog on it, I freaked out and sold the little blue machine at a local tractor dealer. My wife and I had been kidding each other about saying "Gee Dad...It's a Mah-hin-dra!!" everytime we drove by, but by golly that 3505 Diesel tractor is one well put together unit! I sprung for the power steering and was iincredibly impressed. The dealer (Blue Ridge Equipment, Franklin, NC) was quick to point me to the 0% financing, and sold my Mitsu for around 2500 dollars, so my financed price minus a post hole digging attachment and box-blade was under 6700! What a hoss!
I did have a slight problem at only 5 hours on the meter though. It just started losing power, and a burst of smoke (blue smoke) when you "goose" the throttle. Any ideas? I called the dealer, and they wasted no time in getting a field tech out there to dignose. He brought it back to the dealer, and went through it and brought it back in one day. Could not find anything out of place. My thought was a clogged air filter. (This tractor has had to sit under an overhang as I waited for the rain to quit for like 5 weeks and pine pollen this year has never been worse) The dealer said it might have been too much oil in the crankcase, or fouled fuel. I added a small amount of fresh #2 diesel (they had said to use off-road died diesel) and things got better using the highway fuel.
In any case I love this board, and appreciate all of the input from fellow tractor owners. And for now, this Mahindra is a red jewel. I'm hooked!
Jeff Gill
Autumn Hill Stables
Otto, NC <font color="red"> </font>
I did have a slight problem at only 5 hours on the meter though. It just started losing power, and a burst of smoke (blue smoke) when you "goose" the throttle. Any ideas? I called the dealer, and they wasted no time in getting a field tech out there to dignose. He brought it back to the dealer, and went through it and brought it back in one day. Could not find anything out of place. My thought was a clogged air filter. (This tractor has had to sit under an overhang as I waited for the rain to quit for like 5 weeks and pine pollen this year has never been worse) The dealer said it might have been too much oil in the crankcase, or fouled fuel. I added a small amount of fresh #2 diesel (they had said to use off-road died diesel) and things got better using the highway fuel.
In any case I love this board, and appreciate all of the input from fellow tractor owners. And for now, this Mahindra is a red jewel. I'm hooked!
Jeff Gill
Autumn Hill Stables
Otto, NC <font color="red"> </font>