linuxman51
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- Joined
- Nov 26, 2012
- Messages
- 270
- Location
- Montgomery, AL
- Tractor
- craftsman lt1000/jd 717a/ mahindra max26 hst
I'm approaching the 90 hour mark on my max28 (and considering it'll sit for weeks at a time before I have time to kick the tires, that's not too shabby for a year and a half), and suddenly had a problem two weeks ago.. hooked up the bushhog, ripped the top link chain loose, had to go repair that (instead of welding, I drilled a hole and used a bolt, so hopefully in the future I can simply replace the bolt and rock on). Left the tractor idling while I performed this delicate procedure :confused2: then ran inside and grabbed some water, came back out, hit the throttle and headed towards the ditch to mow down some grass.
Upon throttling up and hitting the forward pedal the tractor started laboring and the rpms plummeted (like I'd chained it to something and tried to drive off). eased off the hst pedal, rpms came back up. hit the pedal again, rpms dropped, this time they stayed down, lower than normal idle. Throttled down, no change. started looking around, thought maybe something in the HST was damaged or fluid was low.. checked that, nothing wrong there. turned it off, waited a minute, cranked it back up and it acted like nothing ever happened. throttled up, annnd... rpm drop, lope, poor running.
popped the covers, noticed that the first filter from the tank (the one with the sight glass that lets you see how dirty your fuel is-mine is pristine, or so I thought) would suck down past the filter if I throttled up, and then naturally, it would begin running poorly. Something was blocking fuel flow from the tank.
I got to thinkin', and remembered that several months (year?) ago, whilst re-fueling, I'd managed to knock the sending screen down into the tank where it unceremoniously vanished in what was an almost full tank of fresh diesel. Not too worried (I get my fuel from gas station up the road, stored in 5 gallon super safe aggravating to use plastic jugs) about FOD, I didn't worry about it. Plus, I couldn't see the thing to retrieve it, so it was filed away for the 'long term maintenance' list. Some time after that, it would seem that a large wasp suicided hisself into my fuel tank while I was filling up (to put this in perspective, I only seem to need to fuel up every month and a half to two months unless I'm deep off in a yard project). Diesel must be a fairly good preservative, cause his butt was still fully intact and large enough to sink down over the pickup and effectively cut most of it off.
Last night, after asking the dealer if fuel tank issues were covered (still not knowing the nature of the problem I'd created for myself), I opted to check things out first before calling in the pros. Drained the fuel tank, retrieved the screen, and found the wasp. extracted him with one of those long grabber tools. problem solved.
So... now I've got a future feature request for mahindra.. I'd like some sort of in-tank illumination :laughing: so the next time I hose myself I can more easily see what I'm working on and reaching for.
Upon throttling up and hitting the forward pedal the tractor started laboring and the rpms plummeted (like I'd chained it to something and tried to drive off). eased off the hst pedal, rpms came back up. hit the pedal again, rpms dropped, this time they stayed down, lower than normal idle. Throttled down, no change. started looking around, thought maybe something in the HST was damaged or fluid was low.. checked that, nothing wrong there. turned it off, waited a minute, cranked it back up and it acted like nothing ever happened. throttled up, annnd... rpm drop, lope, poor running.
popped the covers, noticed that the first filter from the tank (the one with the sight glass that lets you see how dirty your fuel is-mine is pristine, or so I thought) would suck down past the filter if I throttled up, and then naturally, it would begin running poorly. Something was blocking fuel flow from the tank.
I got to thinkin', and remembered that several months (year?) ago, whilst re-fueling, I'd managed to knock the sending screen down into the tank where it unceremoniously vanished in what was an almost full tank of fresh diesel. Not too worried (I get my fuel from gas station up the road, stored in 5 gallon super safe aggravating to use plastic jugs) about FOD, I didn't worry about it. Plus, I couldn't see the thing to retrieve it, so it was filed away for the 'long term maintenance' list. Some time after that, it would seem that a large wasp suicided hisself into my fuel tank while I was filling up (to put this in perspective, I only seem to need to fuel up every month and a half to two months unless I'm deep off in a yard project). Diesel must be a fairly good preservative, cause his butt was still fully intact and large enough to sink down over the pickup and effectively cut most of it off.
Last night, after asking the dealer if fuel tank issues were covered (still not knowing the nature of the problem I'd created for myself), I opted to check things out first before calling in the pros. Drained the fuel tank, retrieved the screen, and found the wasp. extracted him with one of those long grabber tools. problem solved.
So... now I've got a future feature request for mahindra.. I'd like some sort of in-tank illumination :laughing: so the next time I hose myself I can more easily see what I'm working on and reaching for.
