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It's not as straightforward as it is at some sights. Here's a message thread that might shed some insight. If you still have trouble post back with what you are doing and we'll get you fixed up.

ADDING A PICTURE IMAGE URL TO A POST
Website Operations Howto
Replies 5 Post by kwschumm

Simple things first. Check fuses. Make sure the grounds are all clean and tight. By clean I mean remove them, brush all rust, paint and corrosion out from the connection, then reattach. Make sure your battery cables are good (no crimp-on connectors, they are very flaky). If all that checks out try jumping the starter to see if it cranks (bypass the key switch).

JD 4200 HST won t start and dash board lights not on
John Deere Tractors
Replies 8 Post by kwschumm

Well, we all know that government is never wrong so the answer must be A. However, I'd vote B too.

Air cooled are lighter, have reduced system maintenance and reduced engine complexity. Actually, I'd dispute C too since I believe air cooled to require more frequent rebuilds but there is less maintenance *between* rebuilds.

All in all a poorly thought out question IMO.

Air Cooling Advantages
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 10 Post by kwschumm

How are you judging the battery to be strong? Measuring 12.6 volts doesn't indicate it will hold up under any load.

Could be the ignition switch. Can you get it to crank by jumping it at the solenoid?

1070 starting problem
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by kwschumm

Are any of the dimmers excessively hot?
Are the bulbs all incandescents?

If you have one of those IR remote reading thermometers it might be useful to point it at the switches and junction boxes to see if any of them are out of line compared to the others. You could use it on the breaker switch too.

Just some random ideas.

Breaker Trips After lIghts on 30 minutes
Home Improvement
Replies 9 Post by kwschumm

Another link to a company that sells O2Diesel, an ethanol diesel blend. Some searching shows that some commercial bus fleets are using it. Just a whiff of this sort of thing and you know the EPA will be all over it, mandating it for the rest of us.

Top 5 things to do when bringing home a new tractor
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 28 Post by kwschumm

I've had a Battery Minder on my generator for ten years without any battery troubles whatsoever. I like it so much I bought a couple more for the tractor and chipper.

Keeping Battery Charged
Yanmar Tractors
Replies 4 Post by kwschumm

I don't know much about NW Washington but there are some nice islands off the coast to visit. If you drive down south toward Oregon you could check out Mount St. Helens (check for road conditions and if the visitors centers are open). A little further south and you could drive east along the Columbia Gorge which is a beautiful site. Or the Oregon coast is beautiful too, and the old growth forests are worth a visit.

Local tourist info wanted
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 10 Post by kwschumm

I wouldn't buy one because I've had problems with Northern and because the Chinese are destroying the electronics industry through rampant counterfeiting. Other than that the tractors would probably get the job done as well as tractors made 40-50 years ago.

I did have a Jinma chipper once. A few design flaws in that but after reengineering the feed mechanism it worked well enough. Apparently there's opportunity there because one company was buying Jinma chippers, reworking the flaws, and selling them as upgraded units. Wonder if anyone is doing that with Chinese tractors?

Nortrac Tractors vs Kubota Quality
Jinma Farmpro Agracat Nortrac
Replies 49 Post by kwschumm

Different ground conditions (sand, sandy soil, clay, hard surface, mud, bog, etc) all have unique characteristics. Here the clay soil is sticky mud in winter and powdery in summer. Industrial tires don't work well in either condition so I traded my R4s in on Ag tires which work much better year-round here. The tread self cleans the mud and snow in the winter and gives better dry traction in the summer at the expense of leaving deep tracks in soft conditions.

AG vs Industrial Tires
New Holland Tractors
Replies 22 Post by kwschumm

Yes indeed, Merry Christmas to everyone here AND to Nina Totenberg. We have all been blessed with much. Sometimes in our daily struggles we don't feel blessed but compared to so many in this world we generally have food and shelter and peace in our homeland.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Everything and Anything
Replies 15 Post by kwschumm

Does the owners manual show where the fuse box(s) are? It shouldn't be too difficult to see which fuse blew with a good flashlight. Maybe you'd need to pull the fuses to examine them but that's not difficult, just takes a little time.

2010 camry fuse help
Autos SUV Trucks
Replies 3 Post by kwschumm

Greg, to me the idea of the 4-in-1 bucket required too many compromises. I opted for a HD material bucket and a Borgford Bodozer grapple. The grapple is a real nice piece of equipment but it is not cheap. Changing between loader and grapple only takes a few minutes.

John Deere 3720 price
John Deere Tractors
Replies 22 Post by kwschumm

The value of price forums is sometimes questionable to me. Prices vary wildly by region, dealer desperation, incentives, etc. and most people don't buy and trade in their tractors every few years unlike cars. Any pricing data I'd have to contribute would be eight years old, hardly useful.<br>
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That said, if folks would contribute what they paid for their machines, how equipped and their location it might serve as a useful reference point for some.

What is with the JD Price Forum
John Deere Tractors
Replies 8 Post by kwschumm

Maybe this is obvious but are you sure it's a thermistor problem? What else was checked?

4200 Will Crank but won t start
John Deere Tractors
Replies 6 Post by kwschumm

Don't take this as anything but the speculation that it is. Sometimes just talking it over helps work through a problem.

If it's not the linkage binding it has to be internal somewhere. Maybe a spool is scored or too small and it's cocking in the cylinder a bit. Or an o-ring that has broken and becomes jammed between the spool and cylinder. When the pressure is relieved the situation resolves.

If you have a service manual it would be worth looking at the diagram to see how the actuator works and maybe come up with some ideas.

855 Transmission Issue
Parts and Repair
Replies 10 Post by kwschumm

Heavy Duty and simple. Looks great, nice work!

Trailer tail light protectors
Pickup Trucks and Trailers
Replies 2 Post by kwschumm

[QUOTE=AnnBrush;175388] Apart from several issues (code / unbalanced voltage and/orload / nuisance tripping) that may arise from creating a multi-voltage branch circuit, the power to the well head is usually switched by a pressure switch (should be switching both legs if installed correctly) that is remotely located (often inside the residence). If the heater load is connected to the load side of the well head circuit the heater will only be energized when the pressure switch closes. In this scenario the solution will be less than satisfactory. [/QUOTE]

D'oh! That's an obvious problem :)

Power 120v heat strip off one phase of 240v line
Home Improvement
Replies 8 Post by kwschumm

Well, I don't know anything about the Volvo display board.

But every new board design I work on seems to have problems with the reset circuit where parts on the board don't power up properly except under certain circumstances. Sometimes new boards have to be run off of regulated bench power supplies until they get the kinks out. Often voltages too low, power domains don't power up in the proper sequence, voltage is out of regulation, voltage doesn't come up fast enough, etc, etc. The reset circuits on a lot of boards seem to have a gray area where if the voltage is low it works, if the voltage is high it works, but if it's somewhere in between the behavior is erratic.

So I guess what I'm saying is it wouldn't surprise me a bit if the Volvo display panel wouldn't power up correctly under certain circumstances.

Volvo Display problems
Everything and Anything
Replies 8 Post by kwschumm

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Hopefully you will all be able to spend the day happily with those most important to you. It's important to maintain perspective and be thankful for what we all have since life and circumstances are so very fragile.<br>

Happy Thanksgiving
Just For Fun Off Topic
Replies 4 Post by kwschumm