Yanmar ym146

[YannyMan]

That buzzer should only come on when the key is cranked to the left for cold weather starting or if something is wrong. Cold be a faulty sensor or buzzer for that matter.

Yanmar did make a factory tiller for these tractors. My avatar shows a picture it, but I don't have any info on them. There is an old guy around here that has one on his GT14, but he thinks that rotted, ratty junk that's been sitting outside with a blown head gasket for the last 15 years is worth thousands...

You could get three different mowers for that machine. The YCM 48 and 60 and the BM48 which is said to be better. It certainly has more and better wheels and as you stated, there are grease zerks on the spindles, vs the YCM's which have no zerks. I have all three currently andhave used the 60" deck last year a little bit. Works great, just a little much for the 14hp engine to spin in high grass. Now that I bought my 3rd YM/GT with the BM48 deck, I'll probably use that this year.

You were lucky to find one with the 3 point and rear PTO. Most didn't come with them and the parts are impossible to find (Jamieson's has rear PTO's from time to time).

 

[YannyMan]

As far as your question you e-mailed me, go to the Wix filter site. Click on Filter Lookup. Go to Off Highway Equipment, scroll down to Yanmar, then tractors, then select the model.

 

[sacsr]

Thanks YannyMan I knew you would have some good info to share.

I am excited about picking it up today. Plan on changing all the oils, filters, etc.

Have a great day!

 

[YannyMan]

Fired both of mine up this weekend in preparation for the upcoming season. I'm getting the itch!

 

[sacsr]

Got my YM146 home today. Now begins the cleaning, replacing all the fluids and filters, etc....

Interesting enough the air filter looks to be the same as my 187D. Good news for me as I had a spare so we are good in that area.

This one has the 3PT hitch, pto, and the bm48 deck....deck is okay but not great...has had some work done to it that looks to work but is not oem.

Hour meter reads in the 200's....this is a 4 digit hour meter...that normal?? My 187 is only a 3 digit that is why I ask.

Still have the buzzer going off.....not the same as when you turn the key but more of a half sounding buzzer....the high pitch buzzer goes on as soon as I turn the key to the right......then the low pitch almost muted buzzer stays on.

Got to order the manuals......

So far not too many surprises.....everything seems to work...once I have replaced all the fluids then will see what she can handle....

Yannyman anything that you see is different than yours let me know.....at this point I don't know what is original and what is not.

thanks for any input that any of you may have.

Scott

 

[YannyMan]

Manuals you can only find on E-bay from time to time I think...

You do have a somewhat rare part there, as it still has the PTO cover/sheild and even though its bent to ****, most owners threw them away right off the bat. You should straighten it and put it aside. It will be super rare one day.

4 digits on the meter are on all three of my tractors.

Bad news brother, you've got a YCM48 deck there, not the BM48. I can tell just by the frame mounts and that large bar at the back of the deck. See pics below of the BM48 mounts. The other pics are of two NOS decks, one BM48, one YCM48. You can see the difference in the back bar.

I read somewhere that someone said thier YCM deck had zerks on the spindles too, so its not the first time I've heard that. Then again, I guess anyone could put zerks on a spindle if they wanted. Who knows, maybe the BM spindles will fit the YCM decks?

 

[sacsr]

Few more pics....

My wife is not nearly as impressed with it as I am

 

[sacsr]

Yannyman I noticed you have a round metal bar on the front of your GT14....is that part of the mower deck or something else??

Mine does not have that......

Hate to hear I have the 'wrong' deck.....well hopefully it will last. You can tell the PO repaired the pulleys....not exactly the same but looks to be working....only found zerks on the 2 outer spindles....just feeling around on the middle I could not find one on it.....

Nice guy that I bought it from said that they may still have the old woods mower that had been on it before....hopefully they can come up with it and it could be a back up.....

 

[YannyMan]

Well, you just made me aware of something I didn't pay attention to till now! The BM48 mower had the tube type front bar on them with the tensioner underneath and slightly to the right, while the YCM decks had the sheetmetal box under the "bumper" (see pics) with the tensioner on the left (facing) side of the box. Totally different, but they do the same thing. I always thought it was the same, just the sheetmetal box was missing from the BM tractor.

It looks liek maybe your factory tensioner snapped off? Hard to tell from the pic.

BTW, looking at the new pics, I believe you have the YCM 60" deck judging by how far it sticks out of the machine. You better measure that thing!

 

[sacsr]

Will measure deck tomorrow in the daylight.....with the deflector taken off it did fit on my 5 x 8 trailer today...so I know the mowing part of the deck is less than 5'......

Another thing I suspect was done by one of the owners.....my front tires have 2 zerks....one on the rim frame...another on the axle end (almost like a bolt with a zerk on the end)....any of yours have this??