Recently while bushhoging in an old pasture, while going through extremely thick hay, in low second gear,the tractor bogged down and stopped. It has done this before but always started right back up. However this time it cranked but would not start. I could find nothing wrong, so I winched it up onto my trailer and took it to the local dealer. He told me that he found a piece of trash in the fuel line. Filter is new, so is the screen on the bottom of the tank, I buy diesel from a reputable dealer and use a clean container to transport the diesel and fill up the tank with the use of a funnel which has a strainer. It ran fine for a couple of hours but then bogged down a second time while in thick grass. I had the RPM's right and was in a very low gear. I went through the same process and it would not start again even though it cranked strong. I was told that if it happened again the tank had to be taken off and cleaned. Both times I was low on fuel, about 1 inch in the tank. Is this normal for a 245 built in 1978? How complicated is it to remove the gas tank? What is the best process to use to clean an old diesel gas tank? Anything I should watch out for? I appreciate any advice.
Louie in French Settlement LA
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