Grandfatherjim
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I bought a new one in June of 2013, which now has 24 hours on it - don't use the tractor much, as you can see.
Suddenly now the needle is reading about twice the engine speed that it should, and when you shut off the tractor, it coasts back down to zero very slowly. I've taken it apart and can find nothing visibly wrong.
This did happen right after the hood dropped down unexpectedly with a bit of a bang, but I can't tell if it's related.
Once it was apart, I thought I was on to something - perhaps the needle had hopped over the peg that it rests against, at zero, so the coil was "unwound" by one turn, I thought. Happy, I put the whole thing back together only to discover that with the new extra tension from "correcting" the problem, the needle wouldn't move at all. It's like the spring was half a turn too loose and is now half a turn too tight.
Any of you guys tinkered with these?
Oh yes also the hour meter is counting nicely, everything seems to turn as it should, and there is no binding. I must say these are fiddly like a clock but I have been very careful and used lots of magnifying glasses etc.
Ideas?
It's this one: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQ4WDY1MA==/z/8e4AAOxyKsZRuHpM/$(KGrHqFHJBsFGznKheugBRuHpLzB,g~~60_12.JPG
Suddenly now the needle is reading about twice the engine speed that it should, and when you shut off the tractor, it coasts back down to zero very slowly. I've taken it apart and can find nothing visibly wrong.
This did happen right after the hood dropped down unexpectedly with a bit of a bang, but I can't tell if it's related.
Once it was apart, I thought I was on to something - perhaps the needle had hopped over the peg that it rests against, at zero, so the coil was "unwound" by one turn, I thought. Happy, I put the whole thing back together only to discover that with the new extra tension from "correcting" the problem, the needle wouldn't move at all. It's like the spring was half a turn too loose and is now half a turn too tight.
Any of you guys tinkered with these?
Oh yes also the hour meter is counting nicely, everything seems to turn as it should, and there is no binding. I must say these are fiddly like a clock but I have been very careful and used lots of magnifying glasses etc.
Ideas?
It's this one: http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NjQ4WDY1MA==/z/8e4AAOxyKsZRuHpM/$(KGrHqFHJBsFGznKheugBRuHpLzB,g~~60_12.JPG