Paul in Edmonton
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Started okay. Got the new radiator installed. (You'll have to back a few weeks to read about what happened, but this is the first chance I've had to go out to the cabin, where the 8N lives since the old one cratered--or more accurately, since I realized it had cratered.)
That part went all right, with a couple minor hiccups. I forgot the neck pad, until after the hood was on, though. (It didn't have one before, so I'm sure it's no big deal.) Unless you guys say otherwise, it'll wait until the next time the hood is off.
I also left off the thermostat, since I couldn't figure out how to install it. It's supposed to go inside the hose, right? But it doesn't fit inside the hose I got. Any good pictures out there?
The fan is sometimes brushing the shroud. I bang on the part of the shroud where it's rubbing, and it goes away for a while, and comes back. I'll have to do a better job of bending that part of the shroud away.
Up to that point, things are pretty much as expected. (You can't expect any job to go off without a hitch, can you?)
Then things started to go to heck.
The tractor won't run for more than a minute or so. Less under load, and less if just restarted. But it will restart, right away, when given choke. (No choke after the engine starts, though.) This tractor ran just fine before I pulled the radiator. My thoughts are fuel. I wasn't in the mood to troubleshoot this afternoon, so it'll wait until next time. (It was a pleasant 0°F today. With the sun shining, it was actually a fair bit nicer than I'd have expected at that temperature. But you don't want to be messing about with bare hands longer than necessary...)
Anyway, I had been moving the hood on and off, so perhaps some gunk went where it shouldn't have. I'll check flow out the tube to the carb and out the bottom of the carb. (How much flow should there be? I recall someone posting a number of how long it should take to get a quart or something like that.)
Any reason I should be thinking something other than fuel (pending the results of the flow test)?
(8N, Front mount, 6V.)
And then the real fun started. I wanted to put some air in the tires of my truck (I hate the idea of paying a gas station a buck for some air), so I hauled out the generator and compressor. And by hauled, I mean through the snow, about 100 ft. Got the generator started with about 20 pulls. (That thing starts on the first pull every single time when it's above freezing.)
Since I had the generator out, I put the charger on the tractor battery, to help make up for all the starts and minimal run time it had. No current indication on the charger. Opened it up (twelve screws), fixed the broken wire, and put it back on the tractor.
Plugged in the compressor, and got it started. While the tank was filling, tried to unroll the hose. It didn't like the cold, and broke (with a nice bang, since it had pressure in it). Shut off the compressor, and heard a hissing noise where there shouldn't be one, and not a little hiss, either. I think it's the tank pressure regulator. It'll have to go in for service. And I need a new hose. And I'll have to pay a buck for air at a gas station to get the tire light in my truck to go out.
At least the tractor and/or generator were making enough noise most of the time that my wife didn't complain about the language that was happening for each of these events... (The kids were around, after all.)
-Paul
That part went all right, with a couple minor hiccups. I forgot the neck pad, until after the hood was on, though. (It didn't have one before, so I'm sure it's no big deal.) Unless you guys say otherwise, it'll wait until the next time the hood is off.
I also left off the thermostat, since I couldn't figure out how to install it. It's supposed to go inside the hose, right? But it doesn't fit inside the hose I got. Any good pictures out there?
The fan is sometimes brushing the shroud. I bang on the part of the shroud where it's rubbing, and it goes away for a while, and comes back. I'll have to do a better job of bending that part of the shroud away.
Up to that point, things are pretty much as expected. (You can't expect any job to go off without a hitch, can you?)
Then things started to go to heck.
The tractor won't run for more than a minute or so. Less under load, and less if just restarted. But it will restart, right away, when given choke. (No choke after the engine starts, though.) This tractor ran just fine before I pulled the radiator. My thoughts are fuel. I wasn't in the mood to troubleshoot this afternoon, so it'll wait until next time. (It was a pleasant 0°F today. With the sun shining, it was actually a fair bit nicer than I'd have expected at that temperature. But you don't want to be messing about with bare hands longer than necessary...)
Anyway, I had been moving the hood on and off, so perhaps some gunk went where it shouldn't have. I'll check flow out the tube to the carb and out the bottom of the carb. (How much flow should there be? I recall someone posting a number of how long it should take to get a quart or something like that.)
Any reason I should be thinking something other than fuel (pending the results of the flow test)?
(8N, Front mount, 6V.)
And then the real fun started. I wanted to put some air in the tires of my truck (I hate the idea of paying a gas station a buck for some air), so I hauled out the generator and compressor. And by hauled, I mean through the snow, about 100 ft. Got the generator started with about 20 pulls. (That thing starts on the first pull every single time when it's above freezing.)
Since I had the generator out, I put the charger on the tractor battery, to help make up for all the starts and minimal run time it had. No current indication on the charger. Opened it up (twelve screws), fixed the broken wire, and put it back on the tractor.
Plugged in the compressor, and got it started. While the tank was filling, tried to unroll the hose. It didn't like the cold, and broke (with a nice bang, since it had pressure in it). Shut off the compressor, and heard a hissing noise where there shouldn't be one, and not a little hiss, either. I think it's the tank pressure regulator. It'll have to go in for service. And I need a new hose. And I'll have to pay a buck for air at a gas station to get the tire light in my truck to go out.
At least the tractor and/or generator were making enough noise most of the time that my wife didn't complain about the language that was happening for each of these events... (The kids were around, after all.)
-Paul
