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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.

I'm assuming something is plugged up in the carb?

Yeah, sounds like something in the idle circuit.

Could be a vacuum leak too.

Is there an easy way to tell if it's a vacuum leak?

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.

What in the name of all that is Redneck are you doing teaching that kid to eat with a fork?

Okay thanks man.


I'll mess around with it again tomorrow.


One nice thing about those old Loadstar's is that there's a ton of room under the hood.

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.

Norman, I had it running directly from a gallon jug of fresh fuel and Seafoam. I figured maybe bad gas but no luck.


These 40 year trucks that get used 2 weeks out of the year are somewhat temperamental.....

I'd never heard of Leon Mfg until I found a Leon loader for my Kubota.

Was there ethanol in the gas? (Last year's). I bet it could have sat in the carburetor, and messed it up.


It's too wet around here to do anything. Might try and spread a little manure this afternoon.

STA-BIL is your friend

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.

Jim

Some fun last couple of days up by the Sweet Grass Hills

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Good work Steiger!


We ran Steigers for years. They were the finest farming tractors you could buy at the time.


Unless it was wet. Then Versatile was better.


They were much lighter.

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.

What part of the country are you near C Hell?

I am as far NE MT as you can get. Westby. All of our land is right on the Canadian line and about 4 miles from the ND border