UFO Control on F/FX series, info please

[vietvetharry]

Does anyone know of a source for information on the operation and settings on the UFO control system on the F/FX tractors?

 

[normde2001]

I believe you have 5 threads running simultaneously, all asking for info on your tractor .

 

[kenmac]

Does anyone know of a source for information on the operation and settings on the UFO control system on the F/FX tractors?

Now don't take this the wrong way cause, I don't mean it in a bad way . Why didn't you have your dealer go over this tractor with you b-4 you bought it ?

If your dealer didn't know about the tractor & you didn't know about the operation of the tractor ,If were me I wouldn't have bought the tractor.

 

[vietvetharry]

No offense taken kenmac. My dealer did go over the operations & controls with me when I was looking at the tractor. He also told me little was currently known on these models & he only occasionally gets one in. I had a choice of this newer model or a smaller, older 2210D. I knew there wasn't much info avail yet on this model, but that should change. Maybe I'm a ginnie pig on this, but I like the tractor, its power and features and hopefully this group and I can learn together by sharing our experiences. If noone brought the newer models based on lack of info, none of us would learn.

 

[phatgemi]

How ironic would it be if "vietvetharry" got a tractor that was "vietrebuilt".

 

[YanmarFever]

How ironic would it be if "vietvetharry" got a tractor that was "vietrebuilt".

Now thats funny !!

 

[YanmarFever]

Harry,
can you post a picture of your controls for the UFO ?
There are 2 different styles , and maybe I can talk you thru this.
(on the phone) My machines have both styles, so Im a (little)familiar with them.

Ernie Imports

 

[vietvetharry]

Ernie, I'll try to post a picture tonight and call you tomorrow. Thanks.

I agree the "vietrebuilt" comment was quite original. I wish I had a quick wit!

 

[vietvetharry]

normde2001, I don't mean to have 5 threads active at the same time and am sorry if I'm monopolizing the group. As comments have been offered they have generated new questions that I thought would be of interest, so I opened new threads.

Being new I don't know how to cancel or stop old threads. I'll try to behave with better site etiquette in the future.

 

[vietvetharry]

Ernie, I hope these pics of UFO uploaded correctly. We'll discuss tomorrow.

 

[YanmarFever]

Hi Harry

One of my 235s has that very control, yes call me tomorrow & I can walk you thru Ernie

Used Yanmar tractors, New Mahindra tractors, New Branson Tractors from Ernie's Imports inc

 

[NWbruce]

Hi I am a new Yanmar F145 owner and have very similar UFO controls, I know this thread is from 6 plus years ago but I have yet to find full descriptions of all the buttons, knobs, levers, and switches on my tractor. I am sure I do not need most of them but it would still be great to know what I have. Any assistance would be appreciated.

 

[vietvetharry]

Hi I am a new Yanmar F145 owner and have very similar UFO controls, I know this thread is from 6 plus years ago but I have yet to find full descriptions of all the buttons, knobs, levers, and switches on my tractor. I am sure I do not need most of them but it would still be great to know what I have. Any assistance would be appreciated.

I actually have mine totally disconnected except for the joystick to control the 3pt hitch. Most of the other controls are mostly for leveling from what I can recall.

Ernie was a great help and from what I can remember he was located in Washington State, but I see now he is in the Bahamas (lucky him, I'm jealous).

 

[Mickey_Fx]

Don't think I'm going to be of much help as the controls on my tractor are different. The joy stick controls tilt. I think the rest of the controls control depth of a tiller and possibly something else I don't know about. To the best of my knowledge and have been told by a few others, I'm the only know person in the states that has put the UFO control to use. Have had mine in use for maybe 5-6 yrs. Unfortunately the only thing I've figured out is one of the knobs on mine turns the auto control on/off. For the UFO control to be of much use you need a Yanmar tiller that is set up to be used with the controls. There will be a tilt sensor with a cable that connects on the right side of the apron above the right lift arm and a cable set-up that connects between the tiller to a lever near the left lift arm.

Do some searching on the forum and you can find a long post I made at the time I got the UFO system operating. Includes a lot of pictures.

On the models with the fancier controls you can set the lift and depth of the tiller and swap between the 2 positions by pressing a button. Yanmar did have a somewhat rare tiller that shuttled left/right. It's possible one of the UFO controls controlled that function. Ernie had one of those models.

I do owe Ernie for making it possible to get my UFO control operational.

 

[NWbruce]

Thank you for the replies I will wait and see if Ernie has anything to offer as it sounds like the is the expert. I do have another question that someone may have some insight on, there is a small switch (just up and down) under the driver’s seat sort of by/ above the 4WD selector and differential lock any idea what that is for? Also the lever just below the UFO I believe is some sort of draft control but mine is stuck (in the up position) so I will have to tinker with it to get it freed up so I can play with it, is that a correct assumption or is it for something else entirely?