RX7320 problems @7 hrs on the meter

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Glad your oil result was a good one.

Nice plow, looking forward to seeing a picture of a plowed field!

Surprised you don't have more snow on the ground. I still have 1.5 feet. Guessing it'll be here for another month.

I've got plenty still on the ground! Problem around here is that the stuff never comes straight down, it always comes in from the side! So what you are seeing is a bare spot and some areas that were cleared. The stuff that was destined for the area you see in the pics ended up as part of the 20' deep drift about 2 draws to the south!

 

[cat fever]

That makes sense, we get drifting around here too.:laughing: That's why next year I want a blower for my tractor. I got by using the FEL this year but a blower would have made short work of it.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

It would have been nice to have a blower. There were county roads around here that remained open only because of ranchers that had blowers. However, this year was an exception to the rule. We NEVER get this much snow or extreme cold for such long periods of time!

 

[cat fever]

Never say Never! :laughing:

 

[LouNY]

Im not really sure what brand of oil the tractor comes from the factory with, but with only 30-some hours on the clock it still has the factory oil in it. It was 15 below zero when I was out there siphoning oil out of the dipstick tube. I guess my fingers went numb before I had enough oil in the container. That was a real disappointment that they were not able to test for fuel in the oil. Surprising too as I sent their little bottle back 3/4 full and figured that would be enough. That does leave the question pretty open about the low viscosity. I wonder if it is purposely a low viscosity for break in purposes. Like a break in oil?
The next project I have coming up is plowing my field which will be working that engine pretty hard. I'm really tempted to get that oil out of there and some fresh in prior to working it really hard. It may not be finished "breaking in" yet though, so I'd hate to put a bunch of metal into fresh oil right off the bat.

With 30 hours on your engine and having been heated up once I would not be worried about the breakin period.
It should have everything well seated and burnished in.
New oil before putting her to work plowing would not hurt anything.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Surprised you don't have more snow on the ground. I still have 1.5 feet. Guessing it'll be here for another month.

Geez, we already have a garden started.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Where are you at Bumpkin?

 

[Ranchofla]

Where are you at Bumpkin?

Do not think he is as far south as I am, I live in the ground NEVER freezes region (North Florida). Grass has been mowed at least once and the garden has been in for a couple of weeks..

Rancho

 

[cat fever]

I'm new to the area I live at but I think if we want a good garden......we'll need a greenhouse. Even in the summer the nights can get cold.

 

[THEPARTYHOUND]

Lynn, I bought this plow from Twin Falls last weekend. I couldn't believe how nice, warm, and spring like it was there. I got a ways south of Idaho Falls, down by Pokie, and it was a whole different world! The snow was all gone, guys were working their fields, and the birds were chirping. Heck, I even had to run my window washers and clean a few bugs off my windshield! Then coming back north it was like driving back into winter. It was even snowing on me a bit going over Monida pass.