I've put an inquiry on the New ag talk forum to see what good advice and comments on this repair job are available there.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
3 Steps Forward and Two Steps Back
Was just thinking today that I am starting to get caught up a little with the most urgent crop spraying done and a couple of hundred acres left to go. I was working a little summerfallow while waiting for the crops to advance a little before spraying them. Bad weed situation on the one summerfallow field but I managed to grind my way through a day of gut wrenching bouncing over the rough ground and piles of dirt and weeds and finish. Heading home to start another field at 5:30 when the alternator light came on the dash. Actually its a small miracle that I spotted it. My first guess (fan belt) was right as I saw the temperature gauge start a rapid climb. Lucky enough to be near an approach where I could pull over out of the way of what little traffic was moving (not much). A phone call had help on the way pretty quick and we had my only spare old used fan belt installed . It promptly flew to pieces when I started the engine. Perfect timing for my brother the mechanic to appear and see what I had missed, a failed damper pulley on the engine that put the fan belt so out of line it would never stay on. Good thing I hadn't installed a new belt and wrecked that too.
So a tow job was in order and the old reliable 2090 pulled the big tractor and cultivator the 3 miles home. Without the engine running the big Magnum was a virtual furnace in the cab. Combined with incredibly heavy steering I probably sweated a few litres in that trip.
I've put an inquiry on the New ag talk forum to see what good advice and comments on this repair job are available there.
I've put an inquiry on the New ag talk forum to see what good advice and comments on this repair job are available there.
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I lost the fan belt on a borrowed 7140 going down the highway. I barely got it to she side of the road before it shut down on me. That was a bit exciting, going up hill on a busy highway. Did not have an problem with the damper pulley. was kind of a Pain to replace the belt.
ReplyDeleteIf it makes you feel better to share the pain the PTO has failed on my 2-155 White, the needles hit the twine fingers on the Freeman 200 baler, the M670 has a leak in the fuel tank, the air conditioning hose leaks on the 2-135, the brakes are failing on the stacker, and that #$%^&*ing duck is after me again!
It often amazes me how a small failure can cripple such a large machine (or my industry, water treatment process). Glad you are back in the saddle, so to speak.
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