I saw that Roosevelt and Valley were in a red flag warning earlier. Crazy!
Jim, first of all great pics!
It was a perfect day here, 60's and a light breeze.
Hey, you are a mechanical.
We have a '75 IH grain truck that is running like chit. It will only run at an idle if you hold the choke plate down. Rev it a little and it will run at 1500 rpm without the choke, let off on the gas and it dies.
Used to take a can of ether and spray it at the base of the carb. RPM would increase if there were a leak.
It would have to be a very big leak to cause it to run lean enough to die at an idle though.
Probably something in the idle circuit. Sometimes you can get lucky and take the mixture screws out and shoot some carb cleaner in there.
A friend of mine carries a length of guitar wire to unplug jets and such.
If it’s has old gas in it, you can also try some fresh fuel and seafoam. Sometimes it’s easier to just get a gasket kit and break it down and clean it.
"Life is tough, even tougher if your stupid" John Wayne
Amen!!!! I use it religiously. Got tired of repairing or replacing carbs.
We have had a grand total of 0.25" of rain in late march and nothing since. The oats are a lost cause. Turned the cows out on them 2 weeks ago. No need in wasting more money on a lost cause. I planted a couple of fields with sudan after the fields dried in March. It is doing pretty good but it sure needs a drink of water. I had to buy hay last year for the first time in 10 years. Selling off some of the older and bigger cows to try to keep from buying hay again this year if we don't get rain. Good thing I have another job that supplements my farming and ranching losses.
We put some barley in this afternoon. She’s still sticky out there that’s for sure. A few guys got started last week before the rain but not many. It’s going be a long month ahead to get stuff in.