What have you done with/to your GC Series 2300, 2400, 1700 Tractor TODAY

ray66v · Thursday at 1:59 PM

irvingj said:
Well, the LRB got to do some real work yesterday... and last night... and then again this morning... not done yet...

Gets longer veery year, I think, to do a complete snow removal job! So far, however, everything's been working well. Still waiting to se the result of a somewhat pricey addition from last year, a custom-made --of hardened steel-- blower scraper blade.

Using the factory blades (from Kubota -- prices more reasonable than from M-F!), I seem to get only about 4-5 events before I have to either flip the blade or replace it, due to my "scraping down to the pavement" operation. We'll see how long this hardened blade lasts.

I have it tough here too, we got 3"of snow. ....I almost put the snow plow on.

In other news,

The O'Riley Battery in my GC is 8 years old. So, we may have a winner, if anyone is currently in need. Interstate and NAPA filed to go that far.

It's supposed to be made by Deka.

Also trying one in my Sedona. Nothing has lasted longer then 4 years, in it.

Even better, I have an account at O'Riley's, so I get a pretty good price.

irvingj · Friday at 6:50 AM

Well, that DEKA battery I put in a year or two ago is still working well. LRB rarely needs help, but it's been getting cold enough lately that I've begun to use the block heater. It then starts quickly/more easily, a lot less black smoke, and is faster to idle smoothly -- but it never did fail to start without the heater. It'll be interesting to see how many years I can get out of this battery.

Not sure if I mentioned this, but I can't seem to get more than 7-8 years out of a battery in my 2005 Jetta TDI wagon....

ray66v · Friday at 9:35 AM

irvingj said:
Well, that DEKA battery I put in a year or two ago is still working well. LRB rarely needs help, but it's been getting cold enough lately that I've begun to use the block heater. It then starts quickly/more easily, a lot less black smoke, and is faster to idle smoothly -- but it never did fail to start without the heater. It'll be interesting to see how many years I can get out of this battery.

Not sure if I mentioned this, but I can't seem to get more than 7-8 years out of a battery in my 2005 Jetta TDI wagon....

What is the temp where you are getting smoke/rough idle, without the block heater?

Dmacleo · Friday at 10:37 AM

got 4" snow other day. I am considering picking up rest of fall stuff and mounting blower this week.
-4f this morning, brr. didn't bother to see how well gc2400 started as just plain did not feel like doing it

Racer4 · Friday at 11:08 AM

If I had to start mine today, I would’ve had to use the block heater! 2 this morning.

Filled it up Wednesday with fresh diesel and put some PS anti gel treatment in the can beforehand.

ray66v · Friday at 11:58 AM

Racer4 said:
If I had to start mine today, I would’ve had to use the block heater! 2 this morning.

Filled it up Wednesday with fresh diesel and put some PS anti gel treatment in the can beforehand.

I have a video of mine starting at 6F, without a block heater, and it fired right up.

No smoke, no rough idle.

irvingj · Saturday at 5:01 AM

It was in the teens, Ray -- but as usual I had the throttle all the way down to idle. I'm gradually beginning to bump it up a bit more each time, experimenting -- that's beginning to seem like a good idea.

I'm with Dave -- it was so cold yesterday I didn't even bother -- had to hit the driveway 3 times the day before, trying to keep the "snow squall" stuff cleared off before somebody drove over it and packed it down.

Dmacleo · Saturday at 8:13 AM

irvingj said:
I'm with Dave -- it was so cold yesterday I didn't even bother -- had to hit the driveway 3 times the day before, trying to keep the "snow squall" stuff cleared off before somebody drove over it and packed it down.

1 deg f out right now 0800am. I may not do anything today either.

Cycledude · Saturday at 10:06 AM

Battery in my Ford 6610 never lasted more than 5 years……………until I bought a charger with desulfurization mode, the battery in my 6610 is now over 10 years old and still working fine.

Shawn T. W. · Saturday at 11:43 AM

I too use a tender with the desulfate feature, mine is from BatteryMINDERS ...

This morning even though it was kinda miserable out ...

With a heavy fog and light wind ... I decided to go out and change the coolant in my Little Baby Fergie, I took her for ride up to the gate to get a package FedEx delivered last night, to warm her up, and hopefully my fingers later on ... And while I had the drain plug out I was gonna put in a petcock instead of the plug! Last time I made a mess, this time too!

Because once you remove the plug, it will shoot out all over everything, and it's hard to catch, I wasn't fast enough this time to get a picture, but this is from the 1st time ... It shot out over the frame, then it slowed down ... To dribble down the block and over the axle!

Today I cut down a water jug, think I could get it in against the block ... It just made a mess ... Spilled about a quart on the ground ...

But that's why I didn't do it in the barn, as I don't want that mess in the barn, or around my cats, this way I can at least rinse everything down with the hose when I'm done, I parked one side up on the pad, so the left side was slightly lower, and over the gravel ...

While it works, I'm gonna get a small maybe 3/4" - 1" long brass pipe, and a 45° elbow, to bring it out a bit farther to make it easier to both get the hose on, and to operate the petcock, as the block has a couple of ridges, and it's close to the oil filter ... I dumped some water in to test it, then later dumped a little coolant in to flush the little bit of water out.