(quoted from post at 15:54:38 05/25/10) Hello Everyone!
Thank you for your replies. You all brought up a lot of good points. The bill hook does not have groves worn in them. The spring tensioner is not broken, the tension spring and tension on the twine is good. No groves worn in the twine guides.
The wiper arm appears it may be broken on the side the twine won"t cut(this is the right side the bale keeps growing, meaning it won"t cut or knot and the bale could be a twelve foot bale if I let it keep going).
The left side knotters won"t tie; they"ll cut but not knot. The needles appear to feed ok, but it"s hard to tell. I"ve ridden on the back of the baler and watched the process along with an older square baler man. Neither of us could figure it out. I fear it"s a combination of so many different parts not doing what they are supposed to do. The knotter assembly, at this point, is beyond me to figure it out, it doesn"t flip up like NH Balers, and you have to unbolt it. At least we couldn"t figure out how to flip it up, and, yes I have a manual <grin>. We have taken it apart, but that didn"t do it either. I think I need an expert at this point.
If anyone knows a good mechanic in my area, at this point I"m ready to give in to the 70 per hour labor charge. I"ve spent over 16 hours tinkering with it, riding on the back, etc. I even developed a cheat to test the tie and it didn"t work. I used a high tension bungee on both sets of twine and tripped the knotter multiple times, and we still couldn"t figure it out! I"m ready to call in a pro. Was the baler not in such good condition sheet metal wise, etc, I"d sell it for parts and get a newer baler. But I can"t get the $1400 out of it I have in it. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions. I live in West TN, 40 miles south of Jackson and 50 miles east of Memphis if anyone knows a good mechanic in my area that can work on a Massey 12.
Thanks!!
Bill
