Panic then Troubleshoot? or Think First?

[catsco]

Yesterday afternoon I had my first mechanically related panic at about 240 hrs.

While moving a lot of fill over a 500' distance (35 or so trips; no trailer, truck can't go there anyway), the PT suddenly refused to go forward at more than a slow crawl.

Full right treadle seemed to on be about 1/3 of usual power; reverse was fine.

Instantly, I had visions of being up to my elbows in hot oil, speaking words I didn't know I knew to hoses & valves.

Trying to keep panic at bay, I looked through the manual (hee-hee) to see if I could divine what the problem might be.

Couldn't see anything obvious. My PT has the valve mounted on the treadle, and all looked OK.

With panic building, I called Terry the next day. He said "hmmm...check to see if the treadle assembly is fastened to the frame, don't know what it could be."

Even more panic. Back to the diagrams and the parts pictures. Not sure how to proceed, but knew that I must!

So - I took the toolbox to the PT, ready to disassemble from the treadle inward, hoping it might only be the valve or broken treadle or who knows what.

Boxes and buckets for parts were ready, digital camera charged to remember how parts go together.

THEN, I removed the small rock that was wedged under the right side of the treadle and finished moving the dirt. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Mark H.

 

[jol1269]

lmfao ....... i have been there done that myself ..ofcourse i also almost ran over my self too ...kind of like what i tell my son , if your gonna be dumb ya gotta be tuff and have a strong back . well im glad ya didnt get to ambitious before ya found the stone . i once had a neighbor who had bought a new truck with the fancy lock button on a key chain well his lock button on the keyless entry just happened to match the same code as mine and since i never use mine when my truck wouldnt turn over i figured dead babtery checked it .. not dead so i figured starter or solenoid . so i removed it and took it to shop they checked it for me on some sort of lil machine and said nothing wrong with it so i get back home and put it all back togather and looked for the fuses when i remembered about the kill switch . so i hit the button i never use and turned over the key and too my surprise it fired right up. so now i look simple first and go from there /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[MuncyBob]

Same thing happened to me....was a cold and dark winter night several hundred yards away from the house. I can imagine the "relief" you felt when you discovered the rock!

 

[Charlie_Iliff]

Power Trac sayings:

When in danger or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

There are only two kinds of Power Trac operators. Those who have had something get under a treadle and those who will.

 

[pajoube]

Your words brought a smile to my face /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
This has happend to me also.
PJ

 

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