180 gas in the weeds starts but won't move
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Topic: 180 gas in the weeds starts but won't move
Posted By: dr p
Subject: 180 gas in the weeds starts but won't move
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2020 at 7:46pm
| Last thing left to do on recently deceased neighbors farm is get the 180 gas out of the middle of the field where he left it last summer. Got the tractor to start but won't move. PTO works and hydraulics too. Where do I start? Doesn't matter if pd is in low or high. |
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Posted By: MACK
Date Posted: 14 Aug 2020 at 8:45pm
| I would check hydraulic fluid . Between your feet left of gear shift. MACK |
Posted By: Joe(OH)
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 8:58am
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Do you have steering? ------------- Life is simpler when you plow around the stump. |
Posted By: bradley6874
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 9:40am
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That might be why its in the middle of the feild ------------- You can wash the dirt off the body but you can’t wash the farmer out of the heart and soul |
Posted By: Joe(TX)
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 10:50am
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As Joe(OH) mentioned, check to see if you have steering. May have to work the steering back and forth to get it bled. I did run across a person who did not know about having to engage the power director and thought his tractor had a drive line problem. ------------- 1970 190XT, 1973 200, 1962 D-19 Diesel, 1979 7010, 1957 WD45, 1950 WD, 1961 D17, Speed Patrol, D14, All crop 66 big bin, 180 diesel, 1970 170 diesel, FP80 forklift. Gleaner A |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 4:22pm
| Main "clutch" FAIL??? What does the foot clutch pedal feel like ?? |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 4:32pm
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Hmmmm... Well, the reason why it won't move, is likely because the chain going to the tractor in front isn't connected and pulled tight enough. Keep the engine running, so you have steering, and once that tractor up front moves far enough for the chain to tighten up, steer carefully, and stay close behind, and of course, make sure the brakes work before you get to the hill...  First and foremost, tractors that roll, get pulled into the shop, as that's where it's easiest to troubleshoot and repair 'em...  ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |
Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 4:49pm
That was/is an "informational" reply to the "10'th" degree
 that it hurt me to reply !!, NOT !!! |
DaveKamp wrote:Posted By: FREEDGUY
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 4:50pm
| Chain My AS& !! |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 8:23pm
| I thought that answer was funny. My task is to get it out of the field and under cover. Mack was correct, the little bit of hydraulic fluid that was left was mostly water. Drained it out, filled her back up, fiddled with it for an hour and got it under cover. Hopefully there will be a sale. Didn't mention it has a narrow front end |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 15 Aug 2020 at 8:30pm
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NF, oh my that will help it fetch a big price! ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 8:16am
| NF on a 180 will make some big eyes! I'm definitely interested no matter what shape it's in - please let it be known how it will be sold! |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 16 Aug 2020 at 8:17am
| NF on a 180 will make some big eyes and big $$$$$$! I'm definitely interested no matter what shape it's in - please let it be known how it will be sold! |
Posted By: Bret (OH)
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 8:04am
| Please count me in on knowing how and when it will be sold. Like I need another project, but a 180 NF would be one I would make time for. |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 7:05pm
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I love an auction like that watch other people spend Big Buck$. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 17 Aug 2020 at 7:23pm
| Me too , Gary |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2020 at 6:17am
| I will post it here. I hope she has a sale. Home place is a hoarders paradise. Must have 100 pieces of tractors and heavy construction equipment. I afraid she won't have a sale because it might stop her welfare checks |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2020 at 7:14pm
| Yup theres a glitch with that,, please keep us posted, |
Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 18 Aug 2020 at 10:14pm
| Did it move with fresh oil? |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2020 at 8:10pm
| It did! |
Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 21 Aug 2020 at 12:27am
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My suggestion was neither a joke, nor an insult, it was experience. IF it stopped in the field, and was low enough on hydraulic fluid to stop there, and not move... WHY??? What caused it to loose hydraulic fluid to that level THERE, and if so, why did it not get corrected and driven back to the shed? Machines don't just 'lose' hydraulic fluid or engine oil- it goes somewhere, and it goes for a reason. When a machine becomes stranded in a field, and you're not well-advised as to circumstance leading up TO the failure, trying to get it going to limp itself home can cause more damage in a hurry. Wiser to get it back to the shop for a thorough exam. ------------- Ten Amendments, Ten Commandments, and one Golden Rule solve most every problem. Citrus hand-cleaner with Pumice does the rest. |