New T300 FEL Problems

[les.houston]

Well...now TYM is waffling on their decision. They decided they needed more tests...and as Murphy's Law would have it, the T300 started acting better in the shop. The Regional Manager confirmed what was going on and that it was not lifting and working correctly, but now, instead of fixing the problem, they are in a holding pattern.

Grrr....

 

[les.houston]

Well...according to the dealer, everything magically works! All that was done was to pull the sump strainer screen out and check it. According to them it was not stopped up.
Nonetheless...they brought it home to me last night. I will give it a workout this weekend and validate it myself.

 

[myyaz33]

Les,

Do you believe in magic?... Isn't that a song? Anyway, lets just hope he is right and not just wasting more valuable time. Sounds to me like you have been patient enough so if this time it doesn't get fixed I would squawk a bit louder. Maybe pretend this tractor is your money maker and you were having to limp it around the job site unloading pallets by hand until they were light enough your loader could lift them.

Good luck

 

[dieselsmoke1]

I've got the red version of the T330HST. No leaks so far in 600 hrs. Only serious problem was the front axle bolt thing, luckily caught before any serious damage.

 

[sperry]

Whats the front axle bolt thing? Please share the info! What a great site TBN is.

 

[dieselsmoke1]

Here's the posts from 2006 in the Mahindra

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/mahindra-owning-operating/78781-tym-10-series-check-front.html

and the TYM forums.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/tym/78784-tym-mahindra-10-series-axle.html

I understand this issue was not limited to the Mahindra models only.

 

[dieselsmoke1]

Another nuisance was poor paint job on operator platform and cylinders. I fixed that by myself with spray paint.

Yea I did that to the platform as well. Couldn't tell it a year later as more powdercoat had popped off. Last time it was blow everything off that a power washer would get, use paint scraper, wire brush and sanding sponge to remove anything that would budge, brushed on Rustoleum Pro Primer and Dark Gray, sanded the exposed areas to knock down the brush marks and sprayed them for color match. Problem solved.

 

[les.houston]

I'll just start this out with my mood...

We left off with the dealer delivering the T300 (Baby) back to me on Thursday night per TYM's instructions.

The first chance I got to get on Baby was Saturday morning to push and clear the 8 inches of heavy wet snow we got 70 miles southwest of St. Louis.

The 3-point works like a champ...never had any problems with it. Pushed and plowed snow with the rear blade for an hour then moved on to the church parking lot. Used the bucket to make the first pass at clearing (I have a heavy duty tooth bar and it won't get the first 1 inch) the lot.

The FEL worked great just like the dealer had explained to me...but only for about 15 minutes. About the 4th bucket load of snow, it strarted getting sluggish again on dumping and would just hang limp until the stick was held in dump mode for 7 seconds, then would start to snap the bucket to bang the load out. Then I noticed the curling cylinders starting to compress again under slight down pressure on the ground.

When I was done about an hour later, I measure the amount of compression and I was able to compress the curling cylinders 6 inches...Yes...6 inches!

I got home, called the dealer and they immediately got on the phone with Larry, Territory Manager.

As of this morning, they are working back and forth with Larry on what to do. In the meantime, I found some technical white papers on air in the hydraulics and the lasting effects it can have on a system...not good.

Right now I feel like the 3-legged, one-eyed, broke tailed, neutered cat called "Lucky"...

 

[LAWALLSTRACTOR]

Sounds like you are getting air in the system. Mayby there are some loose connections on the suction line between the transmission housing and the pump.

 

[les.houston]

Yeah...I believe all agree it is air, either through a leak or through cavitation...supposedly all connections have been checked...

Latest update:

Larry Bible, Territory Manager, got approval to replace the loader valve (AGAIN), blow out all lines, flush out all fluid, and refill. They will run it for a few hours running the FEL and see how it goes. If it still does it, then on to replacing another component and so on and so on...

I sure would love to have Baby at home working...getting tired of making payments on something I can't use.

I will have to say though that Kenny at Coleman Equipment has been absolutely fantastic through all this and as far as any dealer goes, they have been great to work with. I don't hold them responsible for TYM's lack of response and ability to resolve this issue.

Stay tuned...