Sure, the "gear" lever is right by my elbow, but remember top speed is 12mph,
even if it sticks its no great shakes. The pedal actually has a place to put
your boot to pull it back, I think they planned for it to stick...
-Curt
On Friday, January 18, 2019, 4:28:23 PM EST, Randy Bennell via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
Is there a way to take it out of gear quickly if the throttle sticks
while you are driving it?
RB
On 18/01/2019 2:45 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> Big snowstorm due here this weekend so we went to prep the groomers today. I
> was surprised, the ASV didn't want to start even though it was only about
> 25F. I plugged it in and it started after about 15 minutes on the heat but
> sounded kind of weird and the accelerator linkage was sticky, it'd stick in
> most any position you put it in. That weird, I lubricated it a few months
> ago. This thing has a huge amount of moving parts to connect the go pedal up
> front to the IP in the rear AND the hydraulic pump that makes it move, the go
> pedal essentially pushes a hydraulic lever and pulls the IP at the same time
> which makes for a lot of pedal pressure.
> Anyway I shut 'er down and determined it wasn't the pedal, then strangely the
> problem went away but the dang thing WOULD NOT restart. Crap.
> I left it plugged in and we went to run parts and have lunch, an hour later I
> put the heat gun on the fuel filter until it was warm to the touch, the
> engine started with just a touch on the key...
> Guess there was a little water in the fuel line, could a little ice jam up
> the IP internally? We added some Power Service and I ran it for awhile, the
> fuel filter gets quite warm in operation so the engine must recirculate warm
> fuel to it.
> We'll know more, Monday its supposed to be wicked cold, like 5F for the high,
> I'll plug in first thing in the morning...
> -Curt
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