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AC720Man
Orange Level Joined: 10 Oct 2016 Location: Shenandoah, Va Points: 4641 |
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Posted: 01 Jun 2022 at 10:09pm |
My son went to retrieve a spare wagon on my XT. He brought the wagon which we switched out with the full one. I proceeded to pull it down the road to our farm. She was low on power, virtually no smoke. I thought the turbo had went out or was having a pump issue. Everything on the engine looked fine. Got back to the farm really low on power. Thinking the worst I shut her down. As it turned out I noticed as I shut the fuel off I didn’t push it as far as normal. And then it hit me, he didn’t pull the fuel knob out all the way! Can’t be that simple right? Fired her up and she was back to normal. Man what a relief, scared the crap out of me. My son now knows always give it a full pull.
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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
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captaindana
Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Fort Plain, NY Points: 2373 |
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Wow that turned for the better! I know what you mean how you felt!
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WF owner
Orange Level Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Bombay NY Points: 4414 |
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Glad it worked out for you. I guess we all hold our breath every time one of these old tractors doesn't sound or act right!
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IBWD MIke
Orange Level Joined: 08 Apr 2012 Location: Newton Ia. Points: 3468 |
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Had that happen on a 4440 deere last fall working for the neighbor. It is kind of a head scratch-er!
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injpumpEd
Orange Level Access Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Walnut IL Points: 4780 |
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The fuel shutoff on the Roosa pump does simply close down the metering valve part way when not all the way to run. It can simply cut down the fuel delivery. It is exactly what the adjustment of the torque screw does. we adjust the fuel delivery down to our desired setting when on the stand.
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210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers!
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DrAllis
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 19563 |
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Back in the day (1977-78) we had an issue with the fuel shut off knob working itself inward while operating the tractor. There was a service bulletin to disconnect the shut off cable wire end, pull the knob out six inches and put a kink in the wire and reinstall. They had changed vendors on the shut-off cable and it had too little friction to keep itself pulled out, so we had to create drag on the wire.
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AC720Man
Orange Level Joined: 10 Oct 2016 Location: Shenandoah, Va Points: 4641 |
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Wanted to post this so others could see what happens when full fuel isn’t applied to the pump. It has never happened before because myself or my brothers run my XT. My son has ran it also but not as much. When I told him what happened he said dad, this is your baby, I guess I didn’t want to pull too hard so I wouldn’t damage anything. Lol, he knows how much I love my XT!! The fuel shut off works as it should, I guess I am proud my son for wanting to make sure he didn’t damage anything. Sure scared the crap out of me though.
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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
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AC720Man
Orange Level Joined: 10 Oct 2016 Location: Shenandoah, Va Points: 4641 |
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Thanks Doc and Ed for chiming in with good explanation. I’m just glad all is well.
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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
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DonDittmar
Orange Level Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Location: MIllersburg, MI Points: 2476 |
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With fuel prices they way they are, you have to save where you can
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Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity"
1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
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