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I suppose being I live on a farm this will fit here ?
I have a couple Honda Foreman ES 4x4's that I bought in 2000, 2001. very handy, good farm machines. I use them for skidding logs. towing nearly anything they will pull and also using them for snow plowing here in the northland. I
've always referred to them as "bullet proof" because of some of the abuse the have been put thru. they are not beat to hell just used as they should be, as a tool.
well, maybe not so bulletproof as I thought.
the first problem I noticed was that periodically one would not shift electrically when running on a trail. no response electrically when you came to a stop. this this one actually did this to me once in a while when it was pretty new but not often. about 5 or six years into their lives the dash displays quit working properly but that did not cause any problems for operating and they were about $200 each so I just left as is.
fast forward to this summer, the not shifting problem has come back in a vengeance. now it not only gets stuck electrically, in any gear your in, it also just quits running, not necessarly at the same time, and will not start until its cooled off quite a bit, then proceeds to run for a few seconds and quits again, and repeats its problem.
yesterday I couldn't keep it running long enough to drive it home.
this is most likely an electrical problem, but what part is crapping out and what does it look like, and where is it on the machine ?
ive tried to find a good, active honda forum but there is nothing I can find like this one we're on here. I would really like to fix it without taking it to a shop that I probably can't afford or at least don't want to drop a bunch of money at.
is anyone on this forum know anything about these things that would offer some suggestions or pointers ? I would be eternally grateful. . . .
I have a couple Honda Foreman ES 4x4's that I bought in 2000, 2001. very handy, good farm machines. I use them for skidding logs. towing nearly anything they will pull and also using them for snow plowing here in the northland. I
've always referred to them as "bullet proof" because of some of the abuse the have been put thru. they are not beat to hell just used as they should be, as a tool.
well, maybe not so bulletproof as I thought.
the first problem I noticed was that periodically one would not shift electrically when running on a trail. no response electrically when you came to a stop. this this one actually did this to me once in a while when it was pretty new but not often. about 5 or six years into their lives the dash displays quit working properly but that did not cause any problems for operating and they were about $200 each so I just left as is.
fast forward to this summer, the not shifting problem has come back in a vengeance. now it not only gets stuck electrically, in any gear your in, it also just quits running, not necessarly at the same time, and will not start until its cooled off quite a bit, then proceeds to run for a few seconds and quits again, and repeats its problem.
yesterday I couldn't keep it running long enough to drive it home.
this is most likely an electrical problem, but what part is crapping out and what does it look like, and where is it on the machine ?
ive tried to find a good, active honda forum but there is nothing I can find like this one we're on here. I would really like to fix it without taking it to a shop that I probably can't afford or at least don't want to drop a bunch of money at.
is anyone on this forum know anything about these things that would offer some suggestions or pointers ? I would be eternally grateful. . . .