I thought I would be done cutting hay today. But no, I had another problem. Right after my tractor started today it quit. Then I couldn't restart the tractor. The tractor acted like it wasn't getting fuel. Earlier I had filled the fuel tank completely full. I checked and used the tractor's fuel priming pump. Yes, the tractor had fuel. I went over and talked to the repairman who fixed my tractor to get ideas. Perhaps something wasn't completely connected? He suggested a couple things for me to look at. I did and they were fine. The repair shop was completely busy on other projects for the rest of the week and couldn't take time to look at my tractor. I talked with my neighbor Curtis for other ideas. None available.
Great. I'm not going to get my hay cutting done. I waited a few hours. Before putting a battery charger on the tractor, as my earlier start attempts was beginning to slow the battery, I tried starting the tractor again. This time the tractor seemed like it wanted to start, so I kept it up. And the tractor then started.
Once the tractor started it ran fine. So I went to cut more hay. By now it was after 5 pm. I had three hours before dark and the dew came. So I cut non-stop. I didn't get everything cut. If my tractor had started when I first tried to start it, I would have got everything cut. The last 10 minutes of cutting was slower. I wanted to get to a corner before quitting and the going was slower and slower. The dew was the reason. When I had finished I checked the grass and it was very wet from dew.
What will tomorrow bring? Will my tractor start? I'll see tomorrow.
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