I own a 1995 Vermeer 1230 chipper with the Perkins Diesel. I bought it and a Rayco RG 1620 JR off of another tree company that went under in my area. I paid 8,000 for the both of them. I thought it was a pretty good deal. Machine ran perfectly fine all through the season. But as winters go around here things got slow and it ended up sittin for about a month through some nasty weather. Mostly rain but a little snow and some cold.
As I went to start it up to check on it for an upcoming job. It started up fine, but after about 5 min. or so the murphy switch kicked on with the low oil pressure/water temp lights. Now I know there was no way it could be the temp since it was about 20 degrees out. So, I changed the oil (it was on my list of things to do anyways) checked all my grounds, checked all my power and connections. Started it up... and it did the same thing. So, figuring obviously it was the Murphy Switch going on me, I ordered a new one, along with a new ignition circuit. Popped that in. Same two lights... I know the oil pressure switch was just recently replaced and it was getting power, but...
Before I start going through replacing everything I figured I'd see if anybody had any insight on this or a similar problem. Thanks
As I went to start it up to check on it for an upcoming job. It started up fine, but after about 5 min. or so the murphy switch kicked on with the low oil pressure/water temp lights. Now I know there was no way it could be the temp since it was about 20 degrees out. So, I changed the oil (it was on my list of things to do anyways) checked all my grounds, checked all my power and connections. Started it up... and it did the same thing. So, figuring obviously it was the Murphy Switch going on me, I ordered a new one, along with a new ignition circuit. Popped that in. Same two lights... I know the oil pressure switch was just recently replaced and it was getting power, but...
Before I start going through replacing everything I figured I'd see if anybody had any insight on this or a similar problem. Thanks
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