Mahindra 3550

First problem of the day. Losing power again. Why now? I don't know. I shut it down and I'll wait for a bit. That did the trick the other day.

This is a skidding trail through a wet area. But it has been dry enough I went through and pulled the stumps and built it up using dirt from each side.



This will make a nice horse trail to go from one side of the property to the other. Used the backhoe and reach out on each side and create a ditch for water to go to and use dirt to build up road.

 

The power issue was gone after sitting for approximately five minutes with it off. Oh MasterMech ? I think you may be on to something clemsonfor . Stop over in your spare time and fix this issue. Will ya?

 

Almost like the fluid is getting hot or some switch or something that directs fluid somewhere to make it go.

This is some sort of hydro type trans mission I assume (with all these problems) and not an old school geared transmission.

 

Hydrostatic. That shouldn't cause a problem at 230 hours now. Should it?

 

Does anyone have some cheese to go with my whine?

 

Now I'm hungry. I haven't eaten yet man!

 

Nope! But way more likely on that than a gear transmission, it's about impossible there. Haha

Edit: well I shouldn't say impossible. A bearing can seize , forks fall out of place or bend or somehow other way jam a shifter in a certain range. But I guess my point is there is more sensors, valves and solonoid and fluid passageways that could fail on a hydrostat.

 

You said you had a power problem then put a battery terminal end on it and you thought it was fixed. So I thought you had an electrical problem. Now I see that is not the case. Is the engine bogging down and does it feel weak?

I hope there is a happy end to all this. I know what it like to have a lemon tractor. The dealer and manufacturer made things right in my case.

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It sounds fluid or trans related not power. Like I think the tractor is still making full power in High gear that's just not where he needs to be for work he is doing.

I may be interpreting it wrong?

 

The tractor has plenty of power in medium range for most of the things I'm doing. I worked about 6-1/2 hours like that today without problem. Then after I took a break I went back to a different area to work. After about five minutes of work the power issues started. Check engine light comes on as well. I then shut it down and waited like five minutes. Turned it back on and off I went. Took it back to barn because it was time to go to daughter's soccer game.

 

What manufacturer of tractor? Was it new? Can you tell me the troubles and result or what they did for you?

 

I don't know much about much, but it's easy enough to swap out filters and clean screens in the hydro.

You should edit post #1, this thread started out impressive, in case newbies didn't get to page 13 before they lined up for their new Mahindra!

 

Oh, I haven't given up on her. Yet. Just frustrated. I'll check screens tomorrow. Seems odd to me though that I could work it for 6-1/2 hours today. I made a lot of progress. And then, after a break, it starts with the power problem after 5 minutes or so of work. We will see what happens.

 

Another WAG. Is it possible there is water in the fluid?

 

Have you pulled the dipstick. At 200 hours that fluid ought to still be amber though. And clear, definitly no sign of water.

 

It was a Bobcat CT235, the same as a Kioti CK35. It was new. The problem was the hydro pedal would not return. It did not do it all the time, it was random. When it acted up pressing the brakes would not return the pedal. I had the pedal stick one day when I went to stop at the end of my driveway in High range, all it would run. I had to think quick and pull the pedal back with my foot. I made a video of it sticking for a minute and half. They sent it to a Bobcat hydraulics engineer. He said he was very concerned. The dealer put a couple return dampers on the pedal, adjusted the pedal, and neutral valves. They worked on it multiple times over a period of months. The last time they worked on it they really messed it up. Not only did I have a pedal that would not return, I had a reverse creep sometimes, then other times the tractor would sit there and rock back and forwards. With the reverse creep it was very hard to hold on a hill side, the brakes would barely hold it. Then also at a light pedal like pulling out of the garage it would jerk bouncing me on the seat. They did not know what to do with it so the Bobcat Rep said we will put a hydro in it. I was not crazy about that. Then he also said well you can trade it(I forget how he said that exactly). So I went to the dealer and talked to my salesman. When he heard that he went of. He said we are not going to take the hit on it, then he realized what he said and said neither are you. So the salesman and a higher up from the dealer went over the rep that was dragging his feet though this whole process and Bobcat said they would buy it back for 100% of the original purchase price. The reason I was not crazy about them putting a hydro in it is this is a common problem with these tractors. Bobcat has an upgraded return damper for the pedal which this tractor was equipped with from the factory. After you ran it several hours your foot would be sore because the pedal pushed hard. I think they had the upgraded damper to mask a problem with the hydro. The hydro they were going to put in the tractor was the same as the one in it, not updated. Bobcat did not have a clue what was causing it. If they could have told me what the cause was and that it was corrected I would have gone for it. If they hydro went out after the warranty it would have been $4,440 to replace with a 6 month warranty. So after the warranty was up I could have been doing a hydro every 6 months.

 

I think you have a engine related problem since your CEL is coming on. I think they hyrdo in your tractor is all mechanical, not electronic controlled. Let the dealer work on it. It is under warranty and they may try to say you messed something up by working on it yourself.