On Nov 1, 6:47*am, Windswept@Home (Jack) wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:29:58 -0500, The Daring Dufas





wrote:
Jack wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:47:41 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:38:26 GMT, Windswept@Home (Jack) wrote:

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:21:40 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Oct 31, 12:57=A0pm, Windswept@Home (Jack) wrote:
GT 2550

Started right up and ran at half-throttle for a minute per instruction
manual. =A0Moved to 3/4 throttle and it stalled. =A0Now won't start at
all, or even grind. =A0Just a clicking noise.

Man, this has got to be a world record. =A0I'll call Guinness and
Ripley.
"Just a clicking noise" sounds like a dead battery. It may have been
weak and had only 1 start left. 1 minute at half throttle might not
have been long enough to charge it up. Have you tried jumping it?

I know that doesn't explain the stalling, but if you could get it
started again with a jump, you'd be that much closer to seeing if
there was real problem with the machine.
That's good advice and I do have jumpers as well as a charger and
would follow that advice for an older unit, but I expect a brand new
machine to have a battery that works. *Unit to be picked up by
retailer tomorrow. *Thanks.

You DID put oil in the crankcase before starting it, I hope. The
engines are shipped DRAINED.

The cranky case has erl, right up to the "full" mark on the dipstick.

Don't be insulted, someone had to ask about the oil.
I've worked on a lot of air cooled generators that had
engines like those in a garden tractor and the engines
were equipped with a low oil pressure cut off. The engine
would crank and run for a short time then shut off if
the oil pressure was low or in a number of cases, the
oil pressure switch was defective, the engine would not
run. You write that all your new machine will do is click.
I wonder, with all of the safety switches being installed
on new equipment, is it possible that there is a lockout
switch on the brake, clutch, gearshift, seat, cowl or
accessory drive? I've only repaired one Cub Cadet and
it was a 1967 model belonging to a customer who bought
an automatic standby generator from us. That old tractor
was very simple and had none of all those new fangled
safety devices.

TDD

You expect a new car to have "dealer prep."

I expect the same thing with a new tractor.

Yeah, my old Cub was a 1987 that I left with the dealer when
purchasing this new one.

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Is there a fuel shutoff on it.