Combines oops

[kelly]

You might try putting your gearbox in neutral, Put separator in gear and run variable speed down to real slow. Go back and put gearbox into low and try to power it out. This has worked more than once but I assume this has set a while so it may not work.

 

[tbran]

I bet a few 'barbs' came out.! I was introduced to 'sand burs' this way. What a surprise. Just like grabbing a miniature barbed marsupial or how ever one spells porcupine.... As to the combine slug, does it kill the engine or does the clutch slipIJ The clutch should kill the engine if it is up to specs. Usually the plug is right at the upper thresher grate, one can unbolt the upper and lower grate and get at the wad this way as well. Use a long screwdriver, poke into the slug and find the tighest area and work at this area first.

 

[Russ_SCPA]

Well at the recommended half throttle to remove slug it stalled the engine, at full operating rpm(when it slugged) the electric clutch "smoked". We did get it dug out today, 2.5 hours, and yes right at the upper thresher grate.

 

[Tom_Russell]

Do you have a load MonitorIJ After plugging my R60 once, I bought one from a salvage yard. It is nothing more than an alarm that goes off when engine RPMs drop below a preset number to warn an operator who is enjoying a Beethoven symphony on the stereo system when he should be listening to combine functions. I might have the monitors mixed upthere is one in the digital tach that gives an audible warning and another in the side console that gives a visual warning. The side console monitor is great if you can take your eyes off driving and watch it when the going gets tough but it is not very helpful if you tend to doze when you should be wide awake.

 

[R_O_M]

Best load sensor of the lot is a engine manifold boost pressure gauge as installed in the N 7 series. Why AGCO did not install them as standard in the R series I will never understand. As a side issue, installing Dan's rotor sweeps made the boost pressure dead steady and smooth when changing, indicating a much more even and smoother material handling and flow process in the separator. This allowed us to push the R62 [ cummins ] a lot harder with a high boost pressure readout, without the fear of slugging the rotor. It also cut fuel consumption per tonne of grain harvested as we did not have the surge and spikes in the engine power output which we experienced pre sweeps, caused by wads and uneven flow through the rotor. Cheers.

 

[moose]

Just dealt with a similar situation this morning. Plugged rotor with slender wheatgrass. Spent 4 hrs with drill trying drilling out tight spots, didn't work. Finally pulled cylinder back up and ruinning 2 1_2 hrs from when we pulled the first bolt.