Ed S.
Well-known Member
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
My Hesston 6400 has a Dodge industrial /6 in it, and the last time I cut, it started losing power and surging. Might be important, might not, but I had just added gas (ran out), and it had been running okay up to that point.
I parked it and finished cutting with my sickle bar.
It's been three weeks, so I just tried it again (after repairing the clamp that holds the throttle cable in place - it was slipping and keeping me from getting full throttle - a problem that pre-existed this one).
It started and ran fine (with full throttle range restored), so I started cutting. After one trip around the field, it started losing power again and surging. It didn't cut out - was able to slowly work my way back up to the shed.
I'm planning to go get a new fuel filter in the morning (it's not been changed in maybe four or five years), but thought I'd toss this out in case any old-timers might recognize the /6 symptoms (yep, it has the infamous ballast resistor).
Will check back later and again in the morning before I head out to the parts store.
es
I parked it and finished cutting with my sickle bar.
It's been three weeks, so I just tried it again (after repairing the clamp that holds the throttle cable in place - it was slipping and keeping me from getting full throttle - a problem that pre-existed this one).
It started and ran fine (with full throttle range restored), so I started cutting. After one trip around the field, it started losing power again and surging. It didn't cut out - was able to slowly work my way back up to the shed.
I'm planning to go get a new fuel filter in the morning (it's not been changed in maybe four or five years), but thought I'd toss this out in case any old-timers might recognize the /6 symptoms (yep, it has the infamous ballast resistor).
Will check back later and again in the morning before I head out to the parts store.
es