Cutting Hay 2023: Field Testing the SICK 1650 OLIVER!

[@kennytoohill9024]

HAY! Nice hay!

[@rosstheoliverman]

I just wish there was more of it 😭 we need rain!

[@orsonyancey4131]

I like to regularly add a little fuel injector/carburetor cleaner additive to the fuel tank to keep all orifices of the carburetor clean.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yeah, with today’s pathetic gas I like to add things as well

[@orsonyancey4131]

With so many rainy days this summer, hard to find enough dry days in a row to cut hay, allow it to day, and then bale it.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s been a strange weather year for sure!!!

[@Ron-m9p]

great job

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks!

[@orsonyancey4131]

I agree with you. The problem is fuel starvation. Some flakes clogging the next screen or finding their way into the carburetor.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yep, that’s what it turned out to be

[@lisapalomo6461]

The flex capasiter is bad.

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 might be

[@MaclearieFarms]

Bovines and haybines 😂😂😂

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣 Man I should’ve thought of that for the title!

[@alexgarrod9093]

Nice bud wish mine was getting problems

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Alex!

[@BrianR-k9z]

these are our kids 🤣🤣🤣

[@rosstheoliverman]

That we know about 🤣

[@davekelley8520]

I have stood the tank up with one low corner and put a weighted fuel line to a electric fuel pump through a filter and let iit circulate

[@rosstheoliverman]

If what I did doesn’t fix it he can always take the tank off and clean it. There’s no sense in me running up a bill on some thing he can do himself.

[@millardhayes1884]

Man I love the smell of new cut hay.

[@rosstheoliverman]

It’s nice 👍🏻

[@duanecreativemachine]

Running on choke or partial choke is a lean fuel problem. Restrict the air and it runs ok says it’s not getting enough fuel.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yup. It’s definitely not getting enough fuel when it plugs off coming out of the tank.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Shift knob for a throttle knob. Is someone over compensating? 😆😂😂

[@rosstheoliverman]

I kept wanting to change that, but far be it from me too undo what his grandpa had done. If Grandpa liked a big knob it’s not my business to change it. 🤣🤣🤣

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@rosstheoliverman 😂😂😂

[@steveschumacher5470]

why do you need to make fun of a guy's knob?😅

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Tom!

[@philipjohnston5997]

Pull tank an clean, will solve

[@rosstheoliverman]

That would be a good idea. He can do that himself if it becomes much more of a problem

[@demontrain4438]

What happened to the Minneapolis Moline combine I did noy see it next to the oliver combine

[@rosstheoliverman]

It will be in upcoming videos soon

[@martymurphy7477]

👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Marty!

[@darrenhawken9766]

Clean tank , way to go 👍💨💨

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yup! Thanks Darren!

[@ronzezulka6646]

Wouldn't seem electrical if it's effected by choke movement.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Sometimes electric problems can be fixed by pulling out the choke because the increased fuel mixture is easier to burn

[@ronzezulka6646]

@@rosstheoliverman Oh,ok. That makes total sense.

[@pagrainfarmer]

I wonder if the porevious owner bought the modification kit that allows plastic gas jugs with those stupid safety spouts to pour more quickly. It requires you to drill a hole in the jug for a vent, which might explain the shavings. I guess that tractor is never gonna work right until someone finally bites the bullet and drains the gas and flushes the tank.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I got it pretty good after this video so hopefully it lasts for him. I drained all the gas out and filtered it.

[@paulprillwitz9901]

❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Paul!

[@shawnhagen6871]

Drain the tank and rinse it out, and that’s gonna be a job

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yup. He can do that if need be.

[@russjordan3996]

I think part of your problem is that J D nob on your steering wheel

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣 could be

[@shanemcdonald4956]

Ross I agree with it being a fuel issue.

[@rosstheoliverman]

Yup. Simple trash in the tank was enough to cause his problem

[@davidgardner262]

Love the old school about ya…..no lines 😂

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣 Thanks David

[@larryfrey1283]

Do you think trying a shop vac through the top would suck most of the floaters out

[@rosstheoliverman]

That could be very dangerous because the gas fumes could ignite in the vacuum motor.

[@Machi74005]

Those spinner knobs on steering wheels are one of life's simpler niceties. 🙂

[@rosstheoliverman]

They definitely make turning quickly a breeze!

[@br927]

Carb?

[@rosstheoliverman]

I took it apart. It looked great inside

[@jasonmushersee]

if it were me unscrew sediment bowl assembly roll up some stainless steel screen cut up from spaghetti noodle strainer goes inside inlet

[@rosstheoliverman]

I thought about that, I’m afraid those little cornflakes would plug up the screen just as easy.

[@michaelsheeder148]

Sounds like they should probably have a screen filtering the fuel going into the tank, especially once that tank gets cleared out. Thanks Michael

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Michael!

[@darweb3417]

I still think the final solution is to drain the tank, pull it out and rinse it out. Without a cleaned fuel supply this could go on forever. But your the man on-site and I could be totally wrong on this.

[@rosstheoliverman]

That would be a good thing to do but something he can do himself. I wasn’t going to run up a bill for something he could do himself.

[@waynemilks2352]

Isn't that a john deere spinner on the steering wheel that's the whole problem take that off and the old girl will run fine.

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@johnkissack5295]

I think your right on stuff coming into sediment bowl. I for sure put stand pipe. It sure sounds great. What gear was you cutting in?

[@rosstheoliverman]

I was in 3rd most of the time.

[@bigun447]

Drain the fuel into your 5-gallon containers using your metal farm funnel. Put a coffee filter in the bottom of the funnel. We used to use a felt hat to filter fuel from a contaminated tank. It would filter out water and all the crap. Plus, when you are draining the tank using the fuel strainer on the tank, you just might get it to plug up again and verify your problem with crap in the tank. We mechanics always hated to have to remove a tank and hope we could get it totally clean. Great video. Watch out for black cats crossing your path or pointing at your carburetor work.

[@rosstheoliverman]

That’s exactly what I did after I finally got it to act up at the end of the video. I wanted to get it to do the problem consistently so I could make sure I fixed it when done.

[@Ham68229]

@@rosstheoliverman I was going to suggest this in the last video especially when you kept mentioning installing a stand pipe. Problem lies within the tank itself, which needs cleans. Great video as always. Cheers :)

[@bobearl7859]

Well for starters you should have drained the fuel tank and flushed it out

[@rosstheoliverman]

That is an option. But I wasn’t going to do anything until I got the tractor to do what the guy said it was doing.

[@apollorobb]

I would just like to wish your Fatness a Happy Fathers day from My Fatness . Nice progress on the old Ollie

[@rosstheoliverman]

🤣🤣🤣

[@DonWelter]

Frustrating problem that will likely only be resolved by pulling the fuel tank and totally cleaning it out. A stand pipe and emphasis to owner on using CLEAN fuel may prevent relapses. Always seemed to me that filling from a tank(with an in-line filter) is less problematic than filling from cans.

[@rosstheoliverman]

I figured that he can clean it out if need be. No sense in me running up a bill for something he can do himself. Thanks Don!

[@jackbraithwaite8345]

Amazon has a filter for in tank, end of the fuel line, that I believe would make a good stand pipe. Also, at this point, I would drain the tank and take the water hose to it and give it a good washing out. I was having the same trouble with my WD45. Took off the sediment bowl and washed it out. Then took the air hose to it. Let it set for a day and put it all back together (with a stand pipe). That was 5 or 6 years ago. So far so good. 👍🇺🇲🚜🛻🌱

[@rosstheoliverman]

I’ve seen those. I may have to try them sometime

[@jaholl97]

👍👍

[@rosstheoliverman]

Thanks Jason!