Gary Layton
Senior Member
sn PAB06638
Engine SN MAE05872
AR No. (arrangement) 2870092
This machine has always started within 3 seconds of cranking the engine.
Last month, I helped clear an old homestead in a newly harrowed field...VERY dusty work for 3 days, sometimes I could not see beyond the cab.
Shortly after that, I was digging out our 70-year-old pond and the engine would stutter sometimes and sometimes just stall. I limped through a couple of days of that and then changed the fuel filter...it only had 246 hours on it, but a neighbor said he had a similar issue before and changing the fuel filter fixed it. My stalling did go away when I changed the filter (the change interval is 500 hours, but super dusty must have been the issue).
I also changed both air filters...internal and outer.
I was away from the farm for 2 weeks. When I returned yesterday, it took about 20 seconds of cranking before it fired up. I ran it for a while and shut it down, and it restarted fine...within one second. This morning, it took about 15 seconds to get it to start up. Later during the day, it would start fine if I turned it off and recranked within about 10 minutes.
At one point, when it had been off about 2 hours, it did not start within 10 seconds. I took the bolt out of the top of the fuel pump and noticed the fuel about 1-2 inches down. I primed the fuel pump, replaced the bolt, seated the plunger, and it started in about 10 seconds.
Is it losing its "prime"? Why is it hard to start after sitting for a few hours? Seems to be some kind of fuel issue.
I did not crack the injector bolt after priming. Maybe that would have made it fire right up?
Once it starts, it runs fine, good power. I expect it to be recalcitrant again in the morning.
What should I be looking for? Would a dirty banjo bolt filter do that? If so, where is it?
Engine SN MAE05872
AR No. (arrangement) 2870092
This machine has always started within 3 seconds of cranking the engine.
Last month, I helped clear an old homestead in a newly harrowed field...VERY dusty work for 3 days, sometimes I could not see beyond the cab.
Shortly after that, I was digging out our 70-year-old pond and the engine would stutter sometimes and sometimes just stall. I limped through a couple of days of that and then changed the fuel filter...it only had 246 hours on it, but a neighbor said he had a similar issue before and changing the fuel filter fixed it. My stalling did go away when I changed the filter (the change interval is 500 hours, but super dusty must have been the issue).
I also changed both air filters...internal and outer.
I was away from the farm for 2 weeks. When I returned yesterday, it took about 20 seconds of cranking before it fired up. I ran it for a while and shut it down, and it restarted fine...within one second. This morning, it took about 15 seconds to get it to start up. Later during the day, it would start fine if I turned it off and recranked within about 10 minutes.
At one point, when it had been off about 2 hours, it did not start within 10 seconds. I took the bolt out of the top of the fuel pump and noticed the fuel about 1-2 inches down. I primed the fuel pump, replaced the bolt, seated the plunger, and it started in about 10 seconds.
Is it losing its "prime"? Why is it hard to start after sitting for a few hours? Seems to be some kind of fuel issue.
I did not crack the injector bolt after priming. Maybe that would have made it fire right up?
Once it starts, it runs fine, good power. I expect it to be recalcitrant again in the morning.
What should I be looking for? Would a dirty banjo bolt filter do that? If so, where is it?
