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Inspector507

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Picked up my remote kit today for the TC18. Bud, who delivered my tractor last year, offered last week to help me install them when I was ready. Of course he was off work today and I was ready TODAY.
Here are all the parts as taken out of the box.
Seat was removed to make life simpler.
 

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This is the new valve with the control lever attached. 2 roll pins are used to keep it on. NH suggests installing it before you install the valve. I think they were right on this one. It would have been very ackward to install the lever afterwards. I remeber reading here about removing the tire, but that was on a larger tractor. That wouldnt have helped at all on a TC18.
 

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Old valve has been removed and gasket scraped off. Probably should have gotten rid of the grass while I was at it, but now I had an open hydraulic system and didnt want to get grass inside.
 

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Old valve with original o-rings re-used, new valve, spacer and gasket ready to put back on. You get new o-rings for the new valve and spacer.
 

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Valves now installed with longer bolts. This is actually a lot harder than it looks. Just not much room to work with in there.
 

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Oil lines ready to install after female half of couplers installed.
 

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Oil lines installed. Man what a hassle. You dont have enough room to get the eyebolts in from the back, from the front, from on top. I finally inlisted help from my wife and a 24" extension to get them in from below. Thats after I jacked the rear of the tractor up to be able to get the extension in there. Of course this is also after one of the o-rings fell out when I dropped an eyebolt. Looked for that thing for about 30 mins. There are certain places on a TC18 you just cant get your hands in.
 

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Because of the new valve and spacer shifting the old valve out farther, they give you new control rods and arms in the kit. See why the seat needs removed?
 

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Black tipped handle is the new control lever for the rear remotes. Self-centering valve.
 

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Everthing installed along with the hydraulic top link I got from Jim McCuan at http://www.topandtilt.com
I may need to shorten the hoses some.
 

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