Well Just as I thought things couldn,t get worse , one of my all time biggest fears happened yesterday on my new tractor as I was putting down rock in my drive about 1/4 mile away from the house .
Like the title says , I was back dragging with the bucket in reverse & looking torwards the rear as I was backing up in a fairlly high gear , When the engine started to runaway at a very high RPM . I hadn,t noticed the smoke pouring from the stack untill I turned to the frontend & put it back in forward gear & headed for the house . I checked the temp & oil guage & they were both normal .
As I got closer to the house it started running even faster around 2500 RPM I think so I killed the switch & pulled the compresion release & I couldn,t get it to shutoff , I also couldn,t get the trans in a lower gear so I could kill it with braking , nor could I push in the clutch because it even reved higher . I actually dont even know what I finally did to get it to shut off but right in front of the house it finally died . I jumped of & imidiatlly shut the fuel supply off just in case .
My wife was out front in her garden & watched the whole time because she had never heard me run it at that speed , She said the heavy smoke kept getting worse & eventually flames were shooting out of the exhaust as well as knocking sounds . All of this took place within less then 30 seconds my wife said but it seemed like an hour to me .
Luckilly since it stopped in Our narrow drive & the only way in or out of our place I was smart enough to never have dropped the 3 point or bucket so I could pull it around to the shop .
After finally settling down & drinking a few beers to get my heart pumping again I checked it over & it didn,t seem overheated , No leaks of any kind , Untill I pulled the oil dipstick & it started running out of the top which I,m guessing was diesel fuel in the crankcase .
I haven,t went back out Since & I,m sure the first thing to do will be drain the oil & change the filter . I have no clue if it will even spin over or if or how much damage it might have caused . But It didn,t seem like the engine seized at the time but I cant swear to it .
Needless to say I,m still perty upset about this & not thinking quite right so any & all advice , Ideas or even comments of how bad i fucked up will be apreciated .
I was told it was still under warranty when I bought it but never received the paperwork to transfer it & cannot reach the dealer that it was purchased from in Wichita Falls Texas , So I know I,m perty well screwed & now have both tractors down & still tons of work to do . Thanks for reading
Like the title says , I was back dragging with the bucket in reverse & looking torwards the rear as I was backing up in a fairlly high gear , When the engine started to runaway at a very high RPM . I hadn,t noticed the smoke pouring from the stack untill I turned to the frontend & put it back in forward gear & headed for the house . I checked the temp & oil guage & they were both normal .
As I got closer to the house it started running even faster around 2500 RPM I think so I killed the switch & pulled the compresion release & I couldn,t get it to shutoff , I also couldn,t get the trans in a lower gear so I could kill it with braking , nor could I push in the clutch because it even reved higher . I actually dont even know what I finally did to get it to shut off but right in front of the house it finally died . I jumped of & imidiatlly shut the fuel supply off just in case .
My wife was out front in her garden & watched the whole time because she had never heard me run it at that speed , She said the heavy smoke kept getting worse & eventually flames were shooting out of the exhaust as well as knocking sounds . All of this took place within less then 30 seconds my wife said but it seemed like an hour to me .
Luckilly since it stopped in Our narrow drive & the only way in or out of our place I was smart enough to never have dropped the 3 point or bucket so I could pull it around to the shop .
After finally settling down & drinking a few beers to get my heart pumping again I checked it over & it didn,t seem overheated , No leaks of any kind , Untill I pulled the oil dipstick & it started running out of the top which I,m guessing was diesel fuel in the crankcase .
I haven,t went back out Since & I,m sure the first thing to do will be drain the oil & change the filter . I have no clue if it will even spin over or if or how much damage it might have caused . But It didn,t seem like the engine seized at the time but I cant swear to it .
Needless to say I,m still perty upset about this & not thinking quite right so any & all advice , Ideas or even comments of how bad i fucked up will be apreciated .
I was told it was still under warranty when I bought it but never received the paperwork to transfer it & cannot reach the dealer that it was purchased from in Wichita Falls Texas , So I know I,m perty well screwed & now have both tractors down & still tons of work to do . Thanks for reading