I bought this amazing piece of kit for out trout farm about 8 yrs ago. We use it for nearly everything and having a narrow track and 4wheel steer/drive its really good for getting between the ponds , doing river work and off loading 24t of feed at a time..I couldn't do without it.
It's in really good nick, everything works , all the lights , wipers, indicators etc , paint is very good and when washed it looks like a 3yr old machine.
The only problem we have is starting it sometimes. On a normal day it'll fire right up from cold and then if you run it for say 2 mins and turn the engine off, when you go to start it again it's as though the battery is flat and turns over really slowly and won't start...if you keep trying eventually it fires up.
When I first bought it , I though it must be the battery so bought a new one...no difference. This year we changed the starter motor which was a pig of a job and hoped it was the fault..no difference!
I believe being a 2003 it has the Perkins 1004 Phazer non Turbo engine. It's very clean with no leaks.
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong? , I'm thinking the hydraulics must be loading up somewhere but wiggling all the levers and pedals in the cab does nothing.
It's very cold this morning and although it's slower than normal it fires right up with no pre heat , but run the engine for a minute or 2 , shut it off, try to start it again and it won't. Weird
It's not the alternator either, that is fine and can run all the light ,blower, wipers at once on tick over...also the battery is fully charged always.
It's in really good nick, everything works , all the lights , wipers, indicators etc , paint is very good and when washed it looks like a 3yr old machine.
The only problem we have is starting it sometimes. On a normal day it'll fire right up from cold and then if you run it for say 2 mins and turn the engine off, when you go to start it again it's as though the battery is flat and turns over really slowly and won't start...if you keep trying eventually it fires up.
When I first bought it , I though it must be the battery so bought a new one...no difference. This year we changed the starter motor which was a pig of a job and hoped it was the fault..no difference!
I believe being a 2003 it has the Perkins 1004 Phazer non Turbo engine. It's very clean with no leaks.
Does anyone have any idea what is wrong? , I'm thinking the hydraulics must be loading up somewhere but wiggling all the levers and pedals in the cab does nothing.
It's very cold this morning and although it's slower than normal it fires right up with no pre heat , but run the engine for a minute or 2 , shut it off, try to start it again and it won't. Weird
It's not the alternator either, that is fine and can run all the light ,blower, wipers at once on tick over...also the battery is fully charged always.
