[AT] Possible damage

[Jason]

At idle yes but don't engage too slow because that'll wear the plates

On Mon, Apr 24, 2017, 10:50 AM deanvp <deanvp at att.net> wrote:

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> On what equipment are you referring to?
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Dick Day <dickday0 at gmail.com>
> Date: 4/24/17  7:20 AM  (GMT-08:00)
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Possible damage
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> The PTO lever has lots of travel and as it gets closer to the end of
> travel, I can see the PTO shaft start to turn.
>
> I am careful when engaging the PTO, I always feather it in, not sure if
> that helps prolong the life of the equipment or not.  I saw a mechanic once
> engage the PTO by moving the lever all of the way from stop to fully
> engaged in a split second.  My mower jumped a little.
>
> Am I correct?    Is it best to slowly engage the PTO or doesn't it make any
> difference?
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>
> > That has an electric PTO switch doesn't it, Dick? I doubt there was any
> > damage, since you reacted so quickly, but I'd definitely have words with
> > the dealer. This is why I do my own maintenance, not because I enjoy it,
> > but I don't trust the bumble heads at the dealer to be as careful as I
> am.
> >
> > Mike M
> >
> >
> > On 4/23/2017 5:03 PM, Dick Day wrote:
> > > Greetings all.
> > >
> > > Last Fall I took my 2004 Boomer to our local NH dealer and had them do
> a
> > > bumper-to-bumper and to also change the hydraulic fluid.  It has sat
> 99%
> > of
> > > the time since. I had my 3-pt snow blower mounted but it just sat in
> the
> > > barn, we never got enough snow to even use it.
> > >
> > > I just took the blower off and put my 72" bush hog on and when I tried
> to
> > > use it, the pto made a sound I have never heard before. Partially
> > engaged,
> > > it sounded normal. If I tried to fully engage it, it got very loud.  I
> > shut
> > > the pto off and headed for my shop.  I check the hydraulic fluid
> dipstick
> > > and the fluid just barely touched the tip of the dipstick.
> > >
> > > No puddles under the tractor.  Since I bought it new in '04, there has
> > > never been a leak from this tractor.
> > >
> > > Any chance I did some damage when I engaged the pto?
> > >
> > > The dealer and I will visit tomorrow for sure.
> > >
> > > Thanks
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