Recent content by Mike_B

I've never taken the cross member off of mine. I just take a little extra time wiping it down. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

On my B2320 it usually means I've snagged the lever that engages the pto on my dismount. My heart sinks every time it happens. The first time I tried cranking it from standing beside it several times to no avail. I climbed back on & looked over all the levers & there it sat barely moved out of...

After finding the leaf I added enough fuel to bring the level up to the float for the fuel gauge. The cranked it up & let it suck the leaf to the fuel outlet. Then all the same symptoms showed their ugly heads. So, I celebrated by doing about an hours work to finish up what I was doing when it...

Being off today gave me the time I needed to sort out my problems. The air filter wasn't too bad but replaced it any way. Fuel filter only had 8 hours of time on it but better safe then sorry. In the bottom of the fuel tank was a small leaf. I had to go to the store to get a small grabber to...

I drained the fuel Saturday after this happened,, since it was my first thought. It drained no problem. I have bought fresh fuel, from a high volume truck stop by the interstate. I did have some time this evening to look over the fuel lines & everything looks good. I haven't refueled it yet in...

Actually i thought it was the seat switch at first. But my rear end was firmly planted. I was running it at 25 or 2600 rpm in low range & it dropped to below idle rpm's, maybe 800 & billowed heavy black smoke.

OK, it's obvious to me this will take much longer to deal with since I work 12 hrs a day 6 days a week. Couple that with approximately 3 hours of driving & you can see how long it will take for me to have time to tackle it. My question is: reading in my shop manual tonight there is a section on...

Since all the lovely weather today & the fact I don't have a shop much less a shed I can work in. I've done nothing but get all the fuel I drained into jugs. I am going to study the shop manual since I found some fuel or oil on the loader frame. This will give me an idea of lines to trace & such.

It's been 8 hours of operating time since my last service. I'm not the only operator but usually the only one that fuels it up. Since I was cleaning up saplings, running & backing over them that something was knocked loose. Or that somehow with all the rain earlier this week it could've somehow...

I will look tomorrow in good light for cracked/broken fuel lines. I hope that isn't it! Especially since I drained almost 5 gallons of fuel.

I have a B2320 with 254 hours that I've done all the maintenance on. While cleaning a fence line today with the box blade. Using nothing but the ripper shanks, to pull saplings up. It went to idling rough 3 different times in the same spot. Reminded me of a newer model vehicle with a MAF...

A couple of days after the fact but did the 250 hr service this past Sunday, with some other pm items added. Actually I only supervised my 15 year old son doing the work. He also did oil changes on 3 vehicles,. Priceless education for him & priceless father son teaching time for me. With a...

I had a starting problem with my B2320 & traced it to a spade connector on the starter solenoid. I just squeezed the rolled pay off the connector to make it hold better. It just happened again last Monday, 5 months later. It was more difficult for me to fix this time because I'm not there. I...

Did some more driveway grooming & moving sand around. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk

I use fuel additives too, I just wondered about the oil additives & other folks. Since I've been using Mobil 1 in my vehicles I haven't used oil additives. Sent from my XT1080 using Tapatalk