rogue909
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So it appears I have a gremlin in my BX22.
I was digging a pond when the tractor suddenly exhibited a loss of power while going in and out of the pond. Pulled up in the shade and began troubleshooting different parts.
Fuel is clean (replaced it last week), the bottom fuel filter is clean (replaced it last week when I had to drain the old fuel that water snuck its way into), the top fuel filter I did not replace but has been replaced semi-recently, air filter is clean. After much digging I found.. the electric fuel pump on the bottom of the tractor had ceased working. As I was fiddling around with the tractor turning the ignition on and off I noticed the fuel gauge had also ceased working.
So I checked the fuses, they were ugly and had probably never been changed since the previous owner, contacts were filthy. Pulled all of the fuses and sprayed some electronic cleaner into the fuse box and left it to dry while I ran to the store to purchase more fuses.
Swapped all the fuses out - no change in the system, fuel pump still isn't engaging. Pulled a multi-meter out and the pump was getting .3v - far below the 12v it should be receiving.
Wanting to test the fuel pump I took some extra wire and ran the fuel pump straight to the battery, it immediately turned on and the tractor resumed normal working conditions - I tested this by doing some extra digging :thumbsup:.
Plugging the fuel pump back in and turning my attention again to the fuses I began to tinker with the fuse line, trying to figure out where it ran. The tractor is set to the run position as I test around with the multimeter.
Then the fuel gauge kicks back on, pump starts working, and tractor is good to go. So I go do some more digging - then I lose power midway through digging.
So I go back to my shade spot and begin poking around, the contacts across the fuse seem to be good, I can read a healthy 12v across them. However, I seem to lose the voltage when it goes down to the fuel pump. I followed the wire up to the key switch but then it goes back into the loom of lots of wires and before I start chopping into the loom to try and find the problem... has anyone ever ran into this issue before?
I was digging a pond when the tractor suddenly exhibited a loss of power while going in and out of the pond. Pulled up in the shade and began troubleshooting different parts.
Fuel is clean (replaced it last week), the bottom fuel filter is clean (replaced it last week when I had to drain the old fuel that water snuck its way into), the top fuel filter I did not replace but has been replaced semi-recently, air filter is clean. After much digging I found.. the electric fuel pump on the bottom of the tractor had ceased working. As I was fiddling around with the tractor turning the ignition on and off I noticed the fuel gauge had also ceased working.
So I checked the fuses, they were ugly and had probably never been changed since the previous owner, contacts were filthy. Pulled all of the fuses and sprayed some electronic cleaner into the fuse box and left it to dry while I ran to the store to purchase more fuses.
Swapped all the fuses out - no change in the system, fuel pump still isn't engaging. Pulled a multi-meter out and the pump was getting .3v - far below the 12v it should be receiving.
Wanting to test the fuel pump I took some extra wire and ran the fuel pump straight to the battery, it immediately turned on and the tractor resumed normal working conditions - I tested this by doing some extra digging :thumbsup:.
Plugging the fuel pump back in and turning my attention again to the fuses I began to tinker with the fuse line, trying to figure out where it ran. The tractor is set to the run position as I test around with the multimeter.
Then the fuel gauge kicks back on, pump starts working, and tractor is good to go. So I go do some more digging - then I lose power midway through digging.
So I go back to my shade spot and begin poking around, the contacts across the fuse seem to be good, I can read a healthy 12v across them. However, I seem to lose the voltage when it goes down to the fuel pump. I followed the wire up to the key switch but then it goes back into the loom of lots of wires and before I start chopping into the loom to try and find the problem... has anyone ever ran into this issue before?
