Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
...and have the dealer send a guy out and go over the combine with me. Still fires up just fine and sounds good. Cannot for the life of me resolve the lights. No fuses blown that I can find, some lights work and others don't. Really hard to access some places safely when working alone. Today I fired it up and decided to see what kind of RPM's I could get out of the fan and rotor as previously discussed. Operate the switches and nothing happens. Don't know if I am forgetting to do something or what is wrong. Noticed the oil pressure pegged all the way over and the battery gauge not doing anything. Both worked before! Shut her down and went back and made sure the rotor speed lever was not in neutral...it wasn't but I worked it anyway. Fired it back up, no rotor or feeder. Did it a couple more times and they came on. Now the battery gauge works but not the oil. Run the rotor up and started getting a lot of lights and beeping. Reset but they come back on. Shut her down again. Sat there and thought about it long and hard and, honestly? I want someone who knows their CIH combines to come down here and go over it with me. Never did that before but this one just makes me feel like I am out of my depth.
I did pull the panel off the cab side for electrical access. No wires are chewed under there at all. Insulation has been chewed and there are a few rat droppings...but not many.
The other thing troubling me is that the fan and rotor speed controls in the overhead console do nothing. The only speed control I have for these is the throttle. Obviously, this is not right. Time to call in the cavalry.
I did pull the panel off the cab side for electrical access. No wires are chewed under there at all. Insulation has been chewed and there are a few rat droppings...but not many.
The other thing troubling me is that the fan and rotor speed controls in the overhead console do nothing. The only speed control I have for these is the throttle. Obviously, this is not right. Time to call in the cavalry.