In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: 8780xp fuel problems posted by dav11 on October 22, 2008 at 19:15:35:
I would have to say that I am satisfied with the machine itself but the engine has been an ongoing problem, the engine seems to run fine until it gets warmed up to normal running temperature and then odd things start happening, I change fule filters every couple days and I have cleaned that in line filter nothing seems to help, when the mechanic from Cummins was out we ran it in the field for about close to 45 minutes and it run perfect- went cutting soybeans and worked most of the day and started its usually cycle-- when engine rpms go down far enough that orange check engine light comes on and it stays on until engine rpms come back where they should-- usually from maybe a second to as much as 10 seconds, when you slow engine down to idlethen you can usually really tell it, and it has actually died while idling but always starts again and he said if anything fails iti supposed to shut down engine and you will not be able to start it again,when I first bought machine it had that "rice beater" in the front, and that thing in corn was a disaster, it chopped the ears up so bad tiny bits of cobs would plug the sieves and then corn would come out the back over the sieves so had to put in that helical one and that really helped but if corn has a lot of moisture like it does this year around here i still get some of those bits of cob because the more moisture corn has the softer the cob is and you have to close concave more to shell it so cobs break up easier,I wish the sieves would be made with a little heavier material, the finns are so thin the tend to bend up way on the back, I just hope the engine makes it with any more expense as I have about 320 acres of corn left, and its been going slow, and right now it is raining here, I quess I need some good luck!