Condor 9 #1 Posted June 12 Good day to all. My question is my WH C160 engime upon shutting it down my ammeter/regulator clicks several times is that normal? thank you in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #2 Posted June 12 Provided the tractor is stock there should be nothing clicking at shutdown. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #3 Posted June 12 Do you have any pics you can post of the component or components that may be making noise? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 8,330 #4 Posted June 12 Condor - welcome!! Any electrical accessory modifications done to the tractor?? A short video with sound would be helpfull..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #6 Posted June 13 3 minutes ago, Condor said: Here is the picture Nothing unusual or non-factory on the outside. Do you have an electric fuel pump behind any of that? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #8 Posted June 13 I'm not at all sure what would be clicking or why. I think it would be a good idea to get a video a few seconds long and post it so we can hear exactly what's happening. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,151 #9 Posted June 13 I'd bet the clicking you hear is coming from the hour meter. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,235 #10 Posted June 13 1 hour ago, squonk said: I'd bet the clicking you hear is coming from the hour meter. Makes sense, as it’s a tiny clockwork motor spinning in there. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #11 Posted June 13 4 hours ago, squonk said: I'd bet the clicking you hear is coming from the hour meter. I can see that making sense as well but once the key is off doesn't the hour meter shut down? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,151 #12 Posted June 13 14 minutes ago, ebinmaine said: I can see that making sense as well but once the key is off doesn't the hour meter shut down? Yes but there are always a couple of clicks left in it 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Condor 9 #13 Posted June 13 its not the hour meter hope this video works IMG_2375.MOV Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Condor 9 #14 Posted June 13 Clicking on image you can hear the sound sometimes up to 1min and a half. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #15 Posted June 13 It opened fine. Is it something cooling down? Metal contraction. Does it do that whether hot or cold? VERY interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,235 #16 Posted June 13 (edited) That is truly spooky! You have an electronic hour meter (i.e. solid state, using a quartz timer) and those are all but totally silent and stop instantly. If the noise didn’t last so long, I’d think it was a blade on the deck that was loose and spinning but if it was hitting something that hard it’d slow down and you’d notice it while running too. It is definitely either a poltergeist hiding somewhere and trying to send a message or: - what @ebinmaine suggested--a hot metal joint or seam cooling, or - a place were a liquid is releasing air bubbles? Transmission? Fuel system? Edited June 13 by Handy Don 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Condor 9 #17 Posted June 13 Engine was on for 3 minutes just so I can shut it down and record clicking. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handy Don 12,235 #18 Posted June 13 10 minutes ago, Condor said: Engine was on for 3 minutes just so I can shut it down and record clicking. Too short a time for serious heating up anywhere but exhaust system. I’m suspecting something in the hydro like a check valve that is slowly letting off pressure it should be holding or that it should release all at once. Next time you shut the tractor off, try moving the lift control and the motion control, pausing at both ends of their travel long enough to see it it kills the knock. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Condor 9 #19 Posted June 15 I did move the hydro lever to down position and the clicking quickly dissipated, I quess that is the cause/answer. Thanks to all comments. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #20 Posted June 15 2 minutes ago, Condor said: I did move the hydro lever to down position and the clicking quickly dissipated, I quess that is the cause/answer. Thanks to all comments. Again.... VERY interesting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 55,309 #21 Posted June 15 On 6/13/2024 at 7:24 PM, Handy Don said: definitely either a poltergeist hiding somewhere Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 67,597 #22 Posted June 15 On 6/13/2024 at 7:24 PM, Handy Don said: poltergeist 17 minutes ago, 953 nut said: BBT suggested it may have been a mythical Brownie hiding behind the sheet metal. 🤔 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
