Professor Marvel
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- Joined
- Oct 16, 2010
- Messages
- 851
- Location
- Virginia near Culpeper
- Tractor
- Ford 5000, Kubota 2150 HST, NH TC45 D, JD 375 Baby Skid Steer --- STUFF THAT GOES ON EM, Schwinn Stingray
Thought I would entertain you with my stupidity. I lent my brother a little skid steer years ago (JD375) when I first bought it. For a couple years he used it around his house. I know- guess I didn't really need it if I didn't even use it myself right away. It got where it might cost a little to keep going (the tires dry rotted and went flat). Sat in his back yard for several years with a heavy rubber tarp on it. I finally decided to get it back to the house and get it running.
Jacked it up with my forks onto blocks and took the wheel off to get new tires. Put new tires back on and towed it to a trailer and brought it home. Pulled tarp off and surprisingly it really looked pretty good. Got it back to my house and found a bullet hole in the radiator. I am kinda getting discouraged at this point but have friends encouraging me.
Took the radiator off, drained the fuel and replace the fuel filter, changed the oil. It is still on the trailer. Got a battery (didn't have the right type of battery terminals) and jumper cables and new fuel. No radiator yet but I don't want to spend any more on it if it doesn't run. Hit the key and it started up great after YEARS of sitting in brothers back yard. Yay. We are all happy. Better shut it off so it doesn't overheat. Turn key off. IT DOESN'T STOP. NOW WHAT. Disconnect battery-STILL RUNNING. Disconnect fuel line at tank-doesn't slow down. HMMMM. It is still on trailer so we cant run it into something to bogg it down and stall it out. Better get some water into it. Run and get the hose and it is 20 ft too short to reach. We started filling jugs of water and pouring it through funnel through machine. Water started flowing as the thermostat opened and closed. Had to keep doing this until it finally ran the fuel line dry.
It looked like the water never got super hot as we poured it through so I assume we didn't do any damage.
Now I need to dig into it and see how to make sure the shut off solenoid functions (I assume there is a solenoid for this purpose).
I would prefer to be one watching instead of the main participant but what are you going to do. Thought the biggest problem would be getting it running. Never considered not being able to shut it off.
Jacked it up with my forks onto blocks and took the wheel off to get new tires. Put new tires back on and towed it to a trailer and brought it home. Pulled tarp off and surprisingly it really looked pretty good. Got it back to my house and found a bullet hole in the radiator. I am kinda getting discouraged at this point but have friends encouraging me.
Took the radiator off, drained the fuel and replace the fuel filter, changed the oil. It is still on the trailer. Got a battery (didn't have the right type of battery terminals) and jumper cables and new fuel. No radiator yet but I don't want to spend any more on it if it doesn't run. Hit the key and it started up great after YEARS of sitting in brothers back yard. Yay. We are all happy. Better shut it off so it doesn't overheat. Turn key off. IT DOESN'T STOP. NOW WHAT. Disconnect battery-STILL RUNNING. Disconnect fuel line at tank-doesn't slow down. HMMMM. It is still on trailer so we cant run it into something to bogg it down and stall it out. Better get some water into it. Run and get the hose and it is 20 ft too short to reach. We started filling jugs of water and pouring it through funnel through machine. Water started flowing as the thermostat opened and closed. Had to keep doing this until it finally ran the fuel line dry.
It looked like the water never got super hot as we poured it through so I assume we didn't do any damage.
Now I need to dig into it and see how to make sure the shut off solenoid functions (I assume there is a solenoid for this purpose).
I would prefer to be one watching instead of the main participant but what are you going to do. Thought the biggest problem would be getting it running. Never considered not being able to shut it off.