Towing a YM186D

[Kernow]

Hi all

due to my Yanmar ending up upside down in a pond it needs to be taken off for repair.

however it is about 50 feet from the road. will towing this far damage anything ?

 

[California]

50 ft? No, just shift both shifters to neutral.

I'm glad you are ok.

Incidentally don't try to crank it over if there could be water in the cylinders. Or at least use the compression release until you are sure all the water is blown out.

 

[normde2001]

Hi all

due to my Yanmar ending up upside down in a pond it needs to be taken off for repair.

however it is about 50 feet from the road. will towing this far damage anything ?

Not compared to being upside down in a pond. No.

 

[winston1]

PUT EVERYTHING IN NEUTRAL AND GO FOR IT.:thumbsup:

 

[Kernow]

Thanks all.

I have dried everything off the best I can. The only obvious damage was that the battery had fallen over. Gave it a quick charge and spun the engine over for a good while with the compression handle out.

No water in the fuel and the engine seemed amazingly dry when we flipped the hood open.

I'll get my local tractor repair man to give it a good look over.

As for how it got in there..............

 

[winston1]

I'd love to hear the story as I'm sure others would!

 

[California]

There's not much to look over. Don't waste money on a mechanic unless you need the sheet metal pounded out.

Just replace all the fluids, that's all he would do.

Since these are designed for rice paddies, I'll bet a lot of them have been under water at some point. Why else would Yanmar include a compression release?

 

[Kernow]

Thanks all.

Gave the battery a good charge this morning, while that was going on I did all the fluids.

Sometime in the past it has had a handy gadget fitted between the fuel filter and the engine which can be used to bleed air out of the fuel line. Even with that it was took a long time to get it going. But when it did fire and keep running it was fine. Spat out drops of carbon black water but settled down and ran as sweet as a hard worked 20 year old diesel engine can be expected to run.

After seeing it upside down up nearly completely submerged I expected it to be a wreck, if not wrecked that it would need a lot of money to put right.

I am so pleased with this little machine, a lot of people here in the UK rave about the cheaper end of the Chinese tractor market, but I would rather have a 20 year old Yanmar to a shiny new Chinese tractor that will probably never get to 20 years old.

Only obvious damage seems to be to the 3 point linkage.

 

[rmully]

The 3 point should be a quick easy fix... even if you replace everything.

 

[Johndeere3720]

Thanks all.

Gave the battery a good charge this morning, while that was going on I did all the fluids.

Sometime in the past it has had a handy gadget fitted between the fuel filter and the engine which can be used to bleed air out of the fuel line. Even with that it was took a long time to get it going. But when it did fire and keep running it was fine. Spat out drops of carbon black water but settled down and ran as sweet as a hard worked 20 year old diesel engine can be expected to run.

After seeing it upside down up nearly completely submerged I expected it to be a wreck, if not wrecked that it would need a lot of money to put right.

I am so pleased with this little machine, a lot of people here in the UK rave about the cheaper end of the Chinese tractor market, but I would rather have a 20 year old Yanmar to a shiny new Chinese tractor that will probably never get to 20 years old.

Only obvious damage seems to be to the 3 point linkage.

looks like it faired pretty well. But yet i wonder, how did it turn over in the water? the 3 point linkage will be an easy fix, either get a new one or bend it back with a hydraulic press or put in a vice and bend it back with a sledge hammer.