AirOpsMgr
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- Location
- Pike Co. Georgia
- Tractor
- Kioti DK5310SE, Scag Cheetah II 72"
Howdy y'all, I have about 70hrs on my new DK5310SE HST cab model, the cab a/c was working great up until a couple of days ago & wanted to post this question in case I'm missing something before I take it back to the dealer.
Long story short, a/c quit blowing cold air, dealer says to bring it in on Monday and they will see what's going on, but wanted to see if I missed something obvious before trailering it 55 miles and letting it sit until they diagnose / order & receive parts and fix.
As for the details, in the immortal words of Paul Harvey, Now, for the rest of the story......
I was out mowing grass (was about 80° out), ran it for 2.5 hrs, a/c was blowing nice and cold and the a/c fan was set on low. I took a break to help my wife with a few things, parked the tractor, let it idle for about 6-7 minutes and as it was cooling down, I noticed a slight "burning" smell, almost as if the tractor was in ReGen, which I have been through twice now ... due to smelling it, I checked the air vents, only a little debris, wiped them off and popped the hood to check the radiators.
When I popped the hood, the smell seemed to dissipate and so I let the tractor idle to make sure it cooled snd went ahead and checked the radiators; not seeing much in the radiators / screens, I went ahead and shut it down to check everything out and blow out the radiators & pull the screen anyway.
Not much there, used a compressed air wand to get in between the radiators, blowing in both directions just to be sure, almost nothing on the removable screen, so I looked at the belts, all good and had tension. Turned the tractor back on and the belt is turning the compressor.
Turned it back off, and for kicks & giggles, checked the fuse box - the 25amp a/c fuse was good.
I came back to it after it was fully cooled and went ahead and finished the last portion of mowing; While doing so, tried the a/c in different settings and fan speeds, but no dice, a/c light comes on when pressing the a/c button, fan blows correctly on each setting, but no cold air.
After parking it and coming back to it a few hours later to check again, still nothing; did a radiators rinse-out with a hose / wand, making sure to get in-between each radiator and while a little debris came out, not much ... I ran it again later that evening when the engine was cold and still nothing.
So at this point, I've reached my shade-tree MX capabilities, I don't own a/c test gauges and such, so I called the dealer the next day. The dealer's MX Mgr says they're backed up, short a mechanic, can't send a mobile tech, but if I bring it this Mon, they should get to it soon, but depending on cause / parts needed, it may be there a while.
So ... anything else I should check? Or, have I done as much as I can and just need to suck it up, tow & drop and hope for a quick turnaround?
Much obliged for any other suggestions.
Best regards,
Greg
Long story short, a/c quit blowing cold air, dealer says to bring it in on Monday and they will see what's going on, but wanted to see if I missed something obvious before trailering it 55 miles and letting it sit until they diagnose / order & receive parts and fix.
As for the details, in the immortal words of Paul Harvey, Now, for the rest of the story......
I was out mowing grass (was about 80° out), ran it for 2.5 hrs, a/c was blowing nice and cold and the a/c fan was set on low. I took a break to help my wife with a few things, parked the tractor, let it idle for about 6-7 minutes and as it was cooling down, I noticed a slight "burning" smell, almost as if the tractor was in ReGen, which I have been through twice now ... due to smelling it, I checked the air vents, only a little debris, wiped them off and popped the hood to check the radiators.
When I popped the hood, the smell seemed to dissipate and so I let the tractor idle to make sure it cooled snd went ahead and checked the radiators; not seeing much in the radiators / screens, I went ahead and shut it down to check everything out and blow out the radiators & pull the screen anyway.
Not much there, used a compressed air wand to get in between the radiators, blowing in both directions just to be sure, almost nothing on the removable screen, so I looked at the belts, all good and had tension. Turned the tractor back on and the belt is turning the compressor.
Turned it back off, and for kicks & giggles, checked the fuse box - the 25amp a/c fuse was good.
I came back to it after it was fully cooled and went ahead and finished the last portion of mowing; While doing so, tried the a/c in different settings and fan speeds, but no dice, a/c light comes on when pressing the a/c button, fan blows correctly on each setting, but no cold air.
After parking it and coming back to it a few hours later to check again, still nothing; did a radiators rinse-out with a hose / wand, making sure to get in-between each radiator and while a little debris came out, not much ... I ran it again later that evening when the engine was cold and still nothing.
So at this point, I've reached my shade-tree MX capabilities, I don't own a/c test gauges and such, so I called the dealer the next day. The dealer's MX Mgr says they're backed up, short a mechanic, can't send a mobile tech, but if I bring it this Mon, they should get to it soon, but depending on cause / parts needed, it may be there a while.
So ... anything else I should check? Or, have I done as much as I can and just need to suck it up, tow & drop and hope for a quick turnaround?
Much obliged for any other suggestions.
Best regards,
Greg
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