New Mods to Loretta's 284 Jinma

[valley]

Rob, You said fill the tires, with what. I know some use calcium and others use water. Richard

 

[Diamondpilot]

Miss Loretta has a dump trailer with 4 sides so keep at it, you are not done yet.

Chris

 

[3RRL]

Hi Chris,
I'm not gonna get that carried away. lol
Her trailer sides fold down. But it's an idea for attaching a shovel?

 

[rtdiggr]

Hey Rob i was thinking about those hydraulic side links. They would be nice to have on my tractor, if our plans work out maybe i will put you to work. so much for a relaxing vacation


Shane

 

[3RRL]

Hi Richard,
Glad you asked. Most guys are using either windshield wiper fluid or Rimgaurd, which is a beet juice.
Those are environmentally friendly filling agents. Since our tires are tubed tires it doesn't hurt to use calcium like it might with tubeless tires. I think, depending on the concentrate, calcium would give the the heaviest per gallon.

We used anti-freeze...one gallon in each rear and a half in each front.
Since it doesn't get super cold here too often, we could probably use straight water. Loretta did this herself in about an hour for all for tires. Then she helped me fill the fronts on my Kama which I never did yet since putting on the new tires.

We got a filling tool at Napa and also a plastic connector which fits on the end of a gallon jug.
The other end screws into the hose connector. After jacking up the tractor, below, you can see her removing the Schraeder valve and screwing the Napa filling adapter onto her valve stem. Be sure to let all the air out or hold on firmly otherwise the valve will go flying. The last 2 photos shows her pouring the anti-freeze in using that plastic adapter. It makes it easier and there's less spilling.
Here are some pictures.



The last two photos shows hooking up the hose and filling the rest of the tire with water.
That Napa adapter has a bleeder valve to let the air out when pressure starts to build up. The last photo shows her siphoning off the fluid until it's at the top of the rim. When air starts coming out instead of fluid, you know it's below the top of the rim. She did that to have an equal amount in each tire. Then you reinstall the Schraeder valve and inflate the tire to your preferred psi.
Rob-

 

[3RRL]

Hey Rob i was thinking about those hydraulic side links. They would be nice to have on my tractor, if our plans work out maybe i will put you to work. so much for a relaxing vacation


Shane

Hi Shane,
See now, that's what I figured.
Promise me a relaxing vacation and then work my butt off. lol
No really, that would be just as much fun for me (maybe more)? If that's what you want to do, you'll need to order all the components so they are there, ready to install. Do you have tools so we can make and weld brackets and all that? Some plate steel? Maybe a drill press, cut-off wheel, a saw and a welder? If you do, and have all the components, we can install it all easy. Even make our own hoses right in your garage with those re-usable hose ends.

 

[3RRL]

Here's the list now:
DONE-Add a Filter Minder gauge for the air filter.
DONE-Reposition grapple on the bucket so it will shut better & also move it forward to the tooth bar tips.
DONE-Replace all the Chinese hydraulic valves with a new 4 spool Prince SV.
DONE-Add 2 new rear remotes (replacing one that doesn't work)
DONE-Add FEL stabilizers from the uprights to the rear end.
DONE-Add tool box(es) (including the ones Larry gave me a couple years ago).
DONE-Fill tires
STARTED-Add Fire Extinguisher
ON HOLD-Add Top and Tilt with 2 hydraulic side links and DPOCV's on all cylinders.
ON HOLD-Add Cup Holder

Today I also started working on a mounting bracket for a fire extinguisher.
I busted the ones that came with it so I'm making one from scratch. I doubt I'll get that done before we leave for Rancho tomorrow. Today is Wes's 13th birthday and tomorrow is his party. So we are leaving kind of early. I'm still waiting for those hydraulic fittings anyway. I don't know when the cup holder is coming either.
What else should I add while I'm at it? Anybody have any "must have" items that need to be on the tractor? Otherwise I'll be ending this thread pretty soon?
Rob-

 

[rtdiggr]

Hi Shane,
See now, that's what I figured.
Promise me a relaxing vacation and then work my butt off. lol
No really, that would be just as much fun for me (maybe more)? If that's what you want to do, you'll need to order all the components so they are there, ready to install. Do you have tools so we can make and weld brackets and all that? Some plate steel? Maybe a drill press, cut-off wheel, a saw and a welder? If you do, and have all the components, we can install it all easy. Even make our own hoses right in your garage with those re-usable hose ends.

Well lets just say i better pour my floor in the garage soon. I just need to find $8000 somewhere. Maybe i should ask our government
Yes i have everything [i think] a couple of parts here and they. That would be one way to show you the area doing parts runs. When people say what did you think of Niagara Fall you can just say what Falls we were to busy getting parts
I haven't looked into the reusable hose ends but i will.

Shane

 

[rtdiggr]

Okay, maybe we can fill the tires too.

Shane

 

[3RRL]

lol Shane,
Looking forward to it.
Season is changing here so as soon as I get Loretta's tractor running again, we will have lots of Ranch chores and some planting.