dclt736
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Jun 25, 2018
- Messages
- 53
- Location
- Oxford Mills, Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- Banson 6530C, John Deere 1120
Afternoon TBN family
Last year i posted about AC issues with this tractor. Based on the work i had done last year, we thought the problem to be a leak within the AC compressor unit, due to the leaking of coolant and oil from the rear of it. So we had a new compressor and air dryer installed a week ago.
At first the system was recharged with 2.78 lbs of 134a based on the data in the owners manual.
The AC worked for about 45 minutes before the system was blowing warn air.
And the compressor was short cycling, in that it would turn on for less then a second, and then try again 4 to 5 seconds later.
Tech felt the the charge was not enough.
Working with my local dealer, they contacted Branson US and came back that the system should be charged with 3.5 lbs.
So we reloaded it to that level and i took the tractor out for bush hogging.
And within 30 minutes of that, unit was blowing warm air again.
And no the condenser is not plugged with dirt etc, that was fully checked and i know about this being an important check on AC.
Tech still feels that the system is just not charge enough, but as this is the second time they have filled it i am second guessing.
For me, if you can get cold air for 10 to 15 minutes with both 2.78 and 3.5 lbs of gas, but then once the system starts to blow warm, no amount of letting the tractor sit not running for a few days, will give you any sort of cold air on the next run.
That seems to show either the charge is loss with a leak, or some other fault is at play.
Both time the system was filled, it had a full pump down, vacuum, and refill.
And they said that the pump down between the 2.78 fill and 3.5 fill showed no real loss of gas, which if no loss of gas, points to some fault that might be corrected from the vacuum work and revert once real pressure in applied by the AC compressor?
Tractor is going back into shop Wed afternoon, so just wondering if anyone has an ideas of what else to look at?
Thanks
Douglas
Last year i posted about AC issues with this tractor. Based on the work i had done last year, we thought the problem to be a leak within the AC compressor unit, due to the leaking of coolant and oil from the rear of it. So we had a new compressor and air dryer installed a week ago.
At first the system was recharged with 2.78 lbs of 134a based on the data in the owners manual.
The AC worked for about 45 minutes before the system was blowing warn air.
And the compressor was short cycling, in that it would turn on for less then a second, and then try again 4 to 5 seconds later.
Tech felt the the charge was not enough.
Working with my local dealer, they contacted Branson US and came back that the system should be charged with 3.5 lbs.
So we reloaded it to that level and i took the tractor out for bush hogging.
And within 30 minutes of that, unit was blowing warm air again.
And no the condenser is not plugged with dirt etc, that was fully checked and i know about this being an important check on AC.
Tech still feels that the system is just not charge enough, but as this is the second time they have filled it i am second guessing.
For me, if you can get cold air for 10 to 15 minutes with both 2.78 and 3.5 lbs of gas, but then once the system starts to blow warm, no amount of letting the tractor sit not running for a few days, will give you any sort of cold air on the next run.
That seems to show either the charge is loss with a leak, or some other fault is at play.
Both time the system was filled, it had a full pump down, vacuum, and refill.
And they said that the pump down between the 2.78 fill and 3.5 fill showed no real loss of gas, which if no loss of gas, points to some fault that might be corrected from the vacuum work and revert once real pressure in applied by the AC compressor?
Tractor is going back into shop Wed afternoon, so just wondering if anyone has an ideas of what else to look at?
Thanks
Douglas