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| Alkota wont run the burner, been intermittently giving trouble. Got fuel, new filter, good connections. Ran it to dealer yesterday, changed vacuum switch and it worked. Was it bad or was it the ride, who knows. Now it is not working.
Trying to avoid loading it back up, leaving my dear washer that I cannot farm without, and having him try to sell me a new one while mine is still worth something.
Help, please. |
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Trenton, KY | Im not exactly sure what a vaccum switch is, but our Aaladin hot water washer was acting up and not wanting to engage the clutch again if you quit washing and then wanted to start back to washing. We finally determined it was the pressure switch that disengages the clutch when you let off the handle and the pressure builds. Put a new one in and away we went. |
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Itta Bena Mississippi | Feel your pain. My Elite does the same thing, multiple tips to fix with same result. Didn't have time nor patience to mess with during picking season when it's mandatory. Bought new one, put old one at washrack on highway for the truck drivers. Not a cheap answer, but an effective one from another southern "planter" that like his stuff clean.
Tom |
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Central Iowa | When mine does that it, I have to push the small red reset button on the motor and it fires right up. I hear what you are saying about what a great washer they are. I have mine hooked to a Culligan water softener. Hot soft water and good soap make it better than any car wash in town. |
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| make sure your fuel tank is clean, i put a larger gravity fuel filter ahead of the factory one. solved my issues |
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West Union IA | Could also be the transformer. |
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Somerville, Indiana | of course I have never tried it, nor recommend using gas, but I hear that 10 to 20% gasoline helps a lot in cold weather...The crazy non saftey minded guy said to be sure the gasoline was mixed well before pouring in the heater tank.. |
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Far North central Iowa, Northwood | the wrong size tip can cause the vacuum switch to not pull in all the way. |
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| The tip is right, and new, and do have good flow out of tank. Sad part is I do know if I don't trade it with him now, in 6 months something else will crash and will be worthless. I refuse to not have it working. Contacts behind transformer are good and clean. |
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Far North central Iowa, Northwood | I traded mine because of the igniter on the diesel systems were troublesome and expensive to fix. went with a stationary lp one and like it except for the long delay for it to ignite, but you learn not to let off the trigger and its not to bad. |
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Charing Cross, Ont. | There are different sizes of vac-on switches they need to be sized to the volume of water being sucked. Also there is a restictor in the float tank that makes the pump suck harder, could have fell off. thermostat could be bad, if you have one. But it does sound like the fuel tank is dirty and blocking off the fuel line. |
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Central louisiana | Just buy new one. Donate old one to landlord, he could use it. |
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| He certainly doesn't need it now to wash the vehicles on the new "Interstate". Will be nice however to load a truck to 110K all the way in the back and not worry about the road. Hopefully the flare will be out for harvest so it doesn't blind you while cutting.
Poor guys. How many people get 2 miles of road, 40' wide, stabilized, drainage put it, and a foot of limestone, and have it maintained. |
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Sparta, WI | Thermostat went bad in ours. |
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Alkota hot water washer won't fire up, help!
