HOLLY CRAP
what happened to this post, things added and deleted all by itself. Try to fix again, don't know if this says what I want it to but here it is.!
-20 F at 6am outside. +20 in the garage. No problem that is what space heaters are for . . . . . when they run. The electric eye thought it was time to quit working (new one on order) the 100,000btu was out so I lit the 20,000. Took 3 hrs to get up to 40F, what can I say I don't l like to work in the cold if I don't have to.
After I adjusted the valves several days ago the tractor ran better but with the last storm it complained allot again; harder than normal to start, missing on one cylinder, try to increase rpm's and nothing happens until it warmed up some; a couple min. After warming up the engine still did not sound right at lower rpms. At 40F inside the garage it started like it used to do.
Today I checked the glow plugs, they are about 3 years old, and the compression. The plugs tested OK with a zero ohms reading on each. The compression tested: 440psi on the front cylinder, 440psi on the middle cylinder, 480psi on the back cylinder, (repeated several times on each cylinder). Compression (PSI) standard: 450, Compression Lower Limit: 325. There was some oily residue on the inside of the intake manifold, not allot but some. My thought's are that I need to replace the injectors.
When I removed the hydro filter to connect the compression tester to the rear cylinder, I found a small part of a gasket and a SMALL piece of metal that what looked like part of a gear. I am hoping that they are pieces that somehow were missed when I cleaned out the inside of the tranny, after I replaced the rear diff, last year!
Any and all thoughts and opinions welcome.
Thanks in advance.
(adding pic's is becoming a royal PITA!)
what happened to this post, things added and deleted all by itself. Try to fix again, don't know if this says what I want it to but here it is.!-20 F at 6am outside. +20 in the garage. No problem that is what space heaters are for . . . . . when they run. The electric eye thought it was time to quit working (new one on order) the 100,000btu was out so I lit the 20,000. Took 3 hrs to get up to 40F, what can I say I don't l like to work in the cold if I don't have to.
After I adjusted the valves several days ago the tractor ran better but with the last storm it complained allot again; harder than normal to start, missing on one cylinder, try to increase rpm's and nothing happens until it warmed up some; a couple min. After warming up the engine still did not sound right at lower rpms. At 40F inside the garage it started like it used to do.
Today I checked the glow plugs, they are about 3 years old, and the compression. The plugs tested OK with a zero ohms reading on each. The compression tested: 440psi on the front cylinder, 440psi on the middle cylinder, 480psi on the back cylinder, (repeated several times on each cylinder). Compression (PSI) standard: 450, Compression Lower Limit: 325. There was some oily residue on the inside of the intake manifold, not allot but some. My thought's are that I need to replace the injectors.
When I removed the hydro filter to connect the compression tester to the rear cylinder, I found a small part of a gasket and a SMALL piece of metal that what looked like part of a gear. I am hoping that they are pieces that somehow were missed when I cleaned out the inside of the tranny, after I replaced the rear diff, last year!
Any and all thoughts and opinions welcome.
Thanks in advance.
(adding pic's is becoming a royal PITA!)
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