odd mods

[wdchyd]

Had a customer that bought a new chinese tractor from Northern Tool and he couldn't find a new engine oil filter to fit locally.....This happened years and now I believe there is a stud you can replace on the engine now....

But I machined an aluminum adapter on the CNC that screwed into his tractor to accept a standard GM oil filter so he could buy one from Wally World....It came out nice...

It seemed odd he couldn't find one but that was before I new of TBN.....

I'm sure you guys would've know in about 16 seconds.....:laughing:

 

[284 International]

Wdchyd, that's a neat fix. There probably would be/is a market for those things if they were reasonably economical for you to make.

Guyd, I'd like to see pictures of your hand clutch, that's a nice modification.

This is my field expedient repair to a broken range shifter.

 

[ch47dpilot]

I'd be interested in this fabrication as I been looking around for one of them caps that have the gage built into it and the corkscrew looking float, so far haven't found one that fits, even if i did it most likely wouldn't reach to the bottom of the tank, which wouldn't really a big deal,

Have you looked at DennisKirk.com - Motorcycle, Harley-Davidson, ATV, Dirt Bike, Snowmobile, PWC / Watercraft Parts, Apparel, and Accessories, they have this fuel gauge: http://www.denniskirk.com/denniskirk/b2c/product_images/0/7/0/600pix/07030349.jpg, it's 12.5" long. They may have something else that will fit your application as these fuel gauges were common on most snowmobiles.

 

[guyd]

Wdchyd, that's a neat fix. There probably would be/is a market for those things if they were reasonably economical for you to make.

Guyd, I'd like to see pictures of your hand clutch, that's a nice modification.

This is my field expedient repair to a broken range shifter.

sadly its just a pipe welded to the foot plate - Im too ashamed to posta pic - and its been chopped off, as she relies on the powershift now, and doesnt do 'fine' work requireing the manual clutch.

 

[deepNdirt]

Have you looked at DennisKirk.com - Motorcycle, Harley-Davidson, ATV, Dirt Bike, Snowmobile, PWC / Watercraft Parts, Apparel, and Accessories, they have this fuel gage: http://www.denniskirk.com/denniskirk/b2c/product_images/0/7/0/600pix/07030349.jpg, it's 12.5" long. They may have something else that will fit your application as these fuel gauges were common on most snowmobiles.

actually I tried a friends Polaris 4 wheeler fuel cap and was not large enough,
I could explore the option of gutting a unit like this and cutting the center out of the tractors fuel cap and installing the float and gages into it,

 

[Ginormous]

Hoye has a fule tank cap with a built in gauge that will fit most Yanmars, but it's pricy. $55... yikes! :shocked:
Yanmar Tractor Parts: FUEL TANK CAP WITH GAUGE

 

[Ginormous]

let us know if this made any difference? I had same issue with my cutter dropping too low, I racked my brains ... yeah ( in both little toes )trying to figure this out, I was even ready to modify the cutter's A-frame mount in effort to keep the cutter from dropping so low, I stumbled onto something I never knew about and found it to be the issue

So, are you going to leave us hanging or are you going to let us in on the secret that turned out to be the issue?? :confused3:

Yes, I just tested my hydraulic lift with my rotary cutter... and... Success! It didn't move even a bit. I can move it up and down when I want to, but it doesn't slip at all once I let go of it. Perfecto! When I was making the change last night, I also installed some insurance (which BTW looks like the original Yanmar design too) by adding an adjustable lower stop using a wing nut on a bolt. I didn't bother with changing the lower stop since the normal adjuster wasn't moving, but if it ever does, I can change the stop and it ain't gonna move. :thumbsup: Here are a couple pictures of the completed height adjuster. As I said before, I didn't do anything clever, I just restored it to close to the original design.

 

[deepNdirt]

Well this is the reason I held off on explaining any further fixes, I didn't know if yours had done as mine did,
looks like we both have been working on the same things, this being one of them no point adding the other pictures if you have the problem resolved,

 

[shawnjvl]

Well this is the reason I held off on explaining any further fixes, I didn't know if yours had done as mine did,
looks like we both have been working on the same things, this being one of them no point adding the other pictures if you have the problem resolved,

I took an old leather belt and made a couple friction washers. Its worked great.

 

[Car Doc]

Here is my solution to no factory fuel gage hey it works and its un breakable!

You may also notice my water bottle holder on my loader control more use of space in an efficient way. :thumbsup: