TC40 Ran Out Of Fuel

[brin]

So I guess jcook5003 is out tractoring....he must have gotten it going....we will never know...maybe he gave up and his tractor sits rusting in the pasture....??????

 

[PatasColo]

This same kind of thing happened on the show "Gold Rush" recently. Parker Schnabel (the 17-year old) running his grandpa's mine, and ran their enormous wheel loader out of fuel. He did some of the things mentioned in this thread, and then his dad came along and helped him clear the air from the lines.

And who says TV isn't educational any more? :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

 

[jfbrennan]

I was in this situation for two days ready to burn my TC40 to the ground when I read on another thread that you CANNOT bleed the lines if the seat safety switch isn’t depressed. In other words, you have to sit while cranking (or clamp it down like it did)! The seat safety switch activates the solenoid that feeds the fuel injector pump. No sit, no fuel. I wish pain and suffering on the engineer who came up with that design.

 

[thclimer]

I was in this situation for two days ready to burn my TC40 to the ground when I read on another thread that you CANNOT bleed the lines if the seat safety switch isn’t depressed. In other words, you have to sit while cranking (or clamp it down like it did)! The seat safety switch activates the solenoid that feeds the fuel injector pump. No sit, no fuel. I wish pain and suffering on the engineer who came up with that design.

Welcome to TBN.

I think you may have some other issues going on here.

At least for my TC33D I'm able to start it and not be in the seat with it being in neutral and the parking brake on. I would think your TC40 would be similar.

Are you sure your parking brake and neutral safety switches are functioning properly?