TC18 Rear Remotes

[Inspector507]

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.

 

[Inspector507]

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.

 

[Inspector507]

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.

 

[Inspector507]

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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Closer picture of the couplers. Yes I should have put the ring on dust boot straps on the oil lines before I installed them, but no way was that coming back off at this point. I looped them around the lines and ran the cap back through, That will keep them on anyway.

 

[Inspector507]

All in all, it took maybe 3 hours, 2 sore knees, and 1 aching back. The instructions are a joke in my opinion. Nowhere does it tell you to re-use the old 0-rings from the old valve, but someone else here found that out....thanks for letting us know. Nowhere does it tell you where to mount the bracket. The picture makes it look like it mounts to fender mount. No you filp it over from what they show and it bolts to the casting. You're shown new lock washers on the mounting bolts and the remote bracket. That totals 5 washers, they give you 4. Thats okay because you remove 4 from the old bolts.

 

[PineRidge]

Inspector that is a clean installation. Did you need the restrictor on your cylinder to slow down the speed of travel? How do you like those extra long 60" hoses. I had the two for the side cylinder shortened by my NH dealer and the next time I go back I'll have the 2 for the top cylinder shortened as well. When they are too long they are bound to get caught on something and do damage elsewhere.

You are going to love the operation of the hydraulic cylinder. Fine tuning of a box-blade is a snap.

 

[jinman]

Glad to see you got your kit and also got it installed. I got my 3rd remote last week and today I picked up my 2nd remote. So if the weather holds up tomorrow I may have to do the installation on my TC45D. I already have a hydraulic toplink off my 1st remote and this will allow me to hook up my hydraulic sidelink (TISCO brand) I picked up today also.

I know you'll love that toplink. It does for boxblading what a toothbar does for a loader. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Inspector507]

Haven't used the box blade yet, but the travel on the cylinder doesn't seem to fast right now. Might be due to the lower flow on a TC18.

 

[pekabu]

Thanks so much for the pictures and info! I have been thinking really hard of doing this on my TC24. Can you give me an idea how much price was the remote was?

Thanks
Dave

 

[Inspector507]

TC18 and TC21/TC21D cost is $255+tax through whole goods. No idea how much it is for a TC24, but should be close.

 

[KiotiJohn]

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Thanks for the post Inspector. I know it's not the same as yours, but I'm going to add a remote on my CK20 and it's nice to see someone else's work. Looks as though you've done a great job and I hope you have a lot of good times not having to get off and on just to adjust the links! John

 

[Solo]

Inspector507
Wow! That is a good price my dealer wanted $600 for the kit. Needless to say I think I will try somewhere else. Does your do mail order?
The female end on the left looks a little close to the lift arm. Is there plenty of room for things?
Solo

 

[Henro]

Thanks for sharing those pictures with us Jerry.

That sure is a good price you got and a clean installation. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

By the time I figure out what I want to do on my Kubota I'll likely have to lay out over $800 easy...and it won't be such a nice installation either I bet!