SteveInMD
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Running out once is a good way to learn about your fuel system. Twice is a different story.
Out of fuel
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Bob_Skurka
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<font color="blue">I learned from others here on TBN and have yet to run out of fuel. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif </font>
Well to be honest, I have never run a tractor that had a working fuel gauge out of fuel. The only time I ran one out of fuel was one with a flaky fuel gauge, and at the time, I had no clue the gauge went bad.
AndyM wrote in reply to LB <font color="blue">How does filling your tank when it has a quarter of a tank help the poster get his tractor started again? </font>
Oh come on Andy, useless information is what makes some of these threads so uninformative. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Gatorboy wrote in reply to AndyM <font color="blue"> Maybe he'll let us know in 2 years when he resurrects this thread. </font>
No, Dave, you are wrong. First, he will resurrect it in about 20 months, there will be snow blanketing most of the country, frost nipping the areas without snow, and he will be out mowing the lawn. He will remember the thread and let us know that he topped off his tank prior to putting his parka on and let us know it was cold, but he got the task done anyway.
Well to be honest, I have never run a tractor that had a working fuel gauge out of fuel. The only time I ran one out of fuel was one with a flaky fuel gauge, and at the time, I had no clue the gauge went bad.
AndyM wrote in reply to LB <font color="blue">How does filling your tank when it has a quarter of a tank help the poster get his tractor started again? </font>
Oh come on Andy, useless information is what makes some of these threads so uninformative. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Gatorboy wrote in reply to AndyM <font color="blue"> Maybe he'll let us know in 2 years when he resurrects this thread. </font>
No, Dave, you are wrong. First, he will resurrect it in about 20 months, there will be snow blanketing most of the country, frost nipping the areas without snow, and he will be out mowing the lawn. He will remember the thread and let us know that he topped off his tank prior to putting his parka on and let us know it was cold, but he got the task done anyway.
Bob_Skurka
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<font color="blue">I learned from others here on TBN and have yet to run out of fuel. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif </font>
Well to be honest, I have never run a tractor that had a working fuel gauge out of fuel. The only time I ran one out of fuel was one with a flaky fuel gauge, and at the time, I had no clue the gauge went bad.
AndyM wrote in reply to LB <font color="blue">How does filling your tank when it has a quarter of a tank help the poster get his tractor started again? </font>
Oh come on Andy, useless information is what makes some of these threads so uninformative. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Gatorboy wrote in reply to AndyM <font color="blue"> Maybe he'll let us know in 2 years when he resurrects this thread. </font>
No, Dave, you are wrong. First, he will resurrect it in about 20 months, there will be snow blanketing most of the country, frost nipping the areas without snow, and he will be out mowing the lawn. He will remember the thread and let us know that he topped off his tank prior to putting his parka on and let us know it was cold, but he got the task done anyway.
Well to be honest, I have never run a tractor that had a working fuel gauge out of fuel. The only time I ran one out of fuel was one with a flaky fuel gauge, and at the time, I had no clue the gauge went bad.
AndyM wrote in reply to LB <font color="blue">How does filling your tank when it has a quarter of a tank help the poster get his tractor started again? </font>
Oh come on Andy, useless information is what makes some of these threads so uninformative. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Gatorboy wrote in reply to AndyM <font color="blue"> Maybe he'll let us know in 2 years when he resurrects this thread. </font>
No, Dave, you are wrong. First, he will resurrect it in about 20 months, there will be snow blanketing most of the country, frost nipping the areas without snow, and he will be out mowing the lawn. He will remember the thread and let us know that he topped off his tank prior to putting his parka on and let us know it was cold, but he got the task done anyway.
All I can say is I do not rely on my fuel guage. I mowed all day Sat. starting with a full tank and ended the day with the guage still showing a full tank.
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter.
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter.
All I can say is I do not rely on my fuel guage. I mowed all day Sat. starting with a full tank and ended the day with the guage still showing a full tank.
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter.
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Chris, that is because you are not a slow learner like some of us!
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I don't know about that.. it's just that that one time running out of fuel was a hard long class. I was out miles from my house.. no vehicle, and limited hand tools. had to get a ride to get parts, and filters, adn fuel, and get it all installed. At least the diesel running down all over me while laying inthe sand int he pasture under my tractor kept most of te ants from toting me off. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I found out that not only when you run out of fuel that you are out.. but also that the last 1/4 of stuff int he tank is what plugs up 2 of your 3 filters! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif especially the hard to clean one int he bottom of the tank.. atop the fuel valve.. which has an oring in it that usually dies after you take it apart!!
Soundguy
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I don't know about that.. it's just that that one time running out of fuel was a hard long class. I was out miles from my house.. no vehicle, and limited hand tools. had to get a ride to get parts, and filters, adn fuel, and get it all installed. At least the diesel running down all over me while laying inthe sand int he pasture under my tractor kept most of te ants from toting me off. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I found out that not only when you run out of fuel that you are out.. but also that the last 1/4 of stuff int he tank is what plugs up 2 of your 3 filters! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif especially the hard to clean one int he bottom of the tank.. atop the fuel valve.. which has an oring in it that usually dies after you take it apart!!
Soundguy
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Chris, that is because you are not a slow learner like some of us!
)</font>
I don't know about that.. it's just that that one time running out of fuel was a hard long class. I was out miles from my house.. no vehicle, and limited hand tools. had to get a ride to get parts, and filters, adn fuel, and get it all installed. At least the diesel running down all over me while laying inthe sand int he pasture under my tractor kept most of te ants from toting me off. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I found out that not only when you run out of fuel that you are out.. but also that the last 1/4 of stuff int he tank is what plugs up 2 of your 3 filters! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif especially the hard to clean one int he bottom of the tank.. atop the fuel valve.. which has an oring in it that usually dies after you take it apart!!
Soundguy
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I don't know about that.. it's just that that one time running out of fuel was a hard long class. I was out miles from my house.. no vehicle, and limited hand tools. had to get a ride to get parts, and filters, adn fuel, and get it all installed. At least the diesel running down all over me while laying inthe sand int he pasture under my tractor kept most of te ants from toting me off. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif I found out that not only when you run out of fuel that you are out.. but also that the last 1/4 of stuff int he tank is what plugs up 2 of your 3 filters! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif especially the hard to clean one int he bottom of the tank.. atop the fuel valve.. which has an oring in it that usually dies after you take it apart!!
Soundguy
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( All I can say is I do not rely on my fuel guage. I mowed all day Sat. starting with a full tank and ended the day with the guage still showing a full tank.
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter. )</font>
That is geat mileage! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Bob
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter. )</font>
That is geat mileage! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Bob
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( All I can say is I do not rely on my fuel guage. I mowed all day Sat. starting with a full tank and ended the day with the guage still showing a full tank.
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter. )</font>
That is geat mileage! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Bob
Topping off the tank at the end of the day has worked for me so far - thanks to fellow TBNer's suggestions.
Bleeding the lines is not too bad on my TN, but don't know if it is same procedure or not for original poster's tractor - so sorry not much help there.
If you do your own maintenance you will eventually learn how to do this anyway, when you have to change out your fuel filter. )</font>
That is geat mileage! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Bob
daTeacha
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For those without gauges, like my B7100,it is worth knowing that you can have fuel in the tank, be stopped on a fairly steep quartering uphill with engine running, get off the tractor to hook a chain to a multiflora, and have the puppy run out of fuel even though it wasn't empty, just close to it. That was the cause of my second event. If it had been on flat ground, it wouldn't have happened. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
