Sedgewood
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<font color="red">Success! - and not a moment too soon - its a jungle out there. (see attachment) </font>
Here are my notes from Sunday and Monday. I'll have more details and pictures of some of the long road leading to this (so far) successful rebuild from the fire as soon as I can get organized a bit. My focus has been on the tractor the last few days as you might imagine. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Sunday 9/07/03 Initial startup. Decided to forego the usual commissioning procedure of filling the motor and pump cases. Since none of them were actually removed I thought I could presume they still contain enough old hydraulic fluid to lube bearings etc during startup. Hope I was right! I did prefill the new hydraulic filter and the line from the filter to the charge pump. And I put the tractor up on blocks so I could initially gently run the wheel motors unloaded. Then I did the usual after-filter-change air purge. That complete I turned the ignition on, cranked, and the engine started instantly. I let it idle a few minutes while checking for leaks, etc. Then I slowly ran the wheel motors backwards and forwards for a few minutes. Then cycles the cylinders several times. Then let the tractor down off the blocks and slowly drove the 500 feet or so to the mower, hooked it up, and ran it slowly for a few minutes. Everything worked fine except the starter and the fan which I inadvertantly hooked up backwards. No leaks. When I had the starter solenoid replaced, the mechanic could not determine the proper replacement and took his best guess at one he thought would have the correct throw. He missed a bit. The solenoid doesn't make electrical contact to start the starter rotating until a tad beyond contact with the flywheel so if the solenoid doesn't throw the pinion right between the teeth of the flywheel, no go.
Monday 9/08/03 I tried shimming the starter out a bit with some washers and it works fine, but I don't think it is stable enough for a permanent fix. I mowed for a while and all seems ok so far except for a flat tire on the mower
And when I went to fix that the tractor would not start - push the button - nothing. I must have a screw loose.
Off to do a bit of diagnostics,
Sedgewood
Here are my notes from Sunday and Monday. I'll have more details and pictures of some of the long road leading to this (so far) successful rebuild from the fire as soon as I can get organized a bit. My focus has been on the tractor the last few days as you might imagine. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Sunday 9/07/03 Initial startup. Decided to forego the usual commissioning procedure of filling the motor and pump cases. Since none of them were actually removed I thought I could presume they still contain enough old hydraulic fluid to lube bearings etc during startup. Hope I was right! I did prefill the new hydraulic filter and the line from the filter to the charge pump. And I put the tractor up on blocks so I could initially gently run the wheel motors unloaded. Then I did the usual after-filter-change air purge. That complete I turned the ignition on, cranked, and the engine started instantly. I let it idle a few minutes while checking for leaks, etc. Then I slowly ran the wheel motors backwards and forwards for a few minutes. Then cycles the cylinders several times. Then let the tractor down off the blocks and slowly drove the 500 feet or so to the mower, hooked it up, and ran it slowly for a few minutes. Everything worked fine except the starter and the fan which I inadvertantly hooked up backwards. No leaks. When I had the starter solenoid replaced, the mechanic could not determine the proper replacement and took his best guess at one he thought would have the correct throw. He missed a bit. The solenoid doesn't make electrical contact to start the starter rotating until a tad beyond contact with the flywheel so if the solenoid doesn't throw the pinion right between the teeth of the flywheel, no go.
Monday 9/08/03 I tried shimming the starter out a bit with some washers and it works fine, but I don't think it is stable enough for a permanent fix. I mowed for a while and all seems ok so far except for a flat tire on the mower
And when I went to fix that the tractor would not start - push the button - nothing. I must have a screw loose. Off to do a bit of diagnostics,
Sedgewood
