What have you done to your Wheel Horse today?

[EB-80/8inPA 1,641]

9 minutes ago, Colby G said:

Now I have a few more questions.

 

1: where is the tow valve located?

 

2: how do I close it?

 

3: would closing it make the shifter easier to move?

Your unit doesn’t resemble mine, so I couldn’t say.  I’m not sure who the resident Sunstrand expert around here is, but @stevasaurus knows a thing or two and seems always willing to help.  Good luck!

[stevasaurus 22,718]

I really know nothing about hydros.  I would determine what horse your trans came out of and PM (Davoman)...he is the go to guy on Sundstrands.  

[Ed Kennell 38,146]

1 hour ago, EB-80/8inPA said:

 

1: where is the tow valve located?

The tow valve is located at different places on the three different models of Sundstrands.    Yours is the TEE handled petcock in the center of your last picture.

Opening or closing the valve should not affect the friction on the motion control lever.

[Colby G 233]

3 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

The tow valve is located at different places on the three different models of Sundstrands.    Yours is the TEE handled petcock in the center of your last picture.

Opening or closing the valve should not affect the friction on the motion control lever.

How would I make the motion control lever move? It moves a little bit then doesn't move any further.

[Pullstart 62,838]

Found my tiller tensioner today.  It’s only been MIA for 6 years!

 

 

[Ed Kennell 38,146]

51 minutes ago, Colby G said:

How would I make the motion control lever move? It moves a little bit then doesn't move any further.

Did it move OK before you installed the new transmission?

[Handy Don 12,214]

12 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

Found my tiller tensioner today.  It’s only been MIA for 6 years!

 

BARN FIND! 

[Colby G 233]

26 minutes ago, Ed Kennell said:

Did it move OK before you installed the new transmission?

The lever moved, but It doesn't move with the gearbox on.

Edited November 5, 2023 by Colby G

[Colby G 233]

Did I even put the motion control lever in the right spot?

 

There's 2 holes in it and I put it in the top hole.

[ebinmaine 67,436]

@Colby G

Lots of folks are happy to help when able but you'd be better serving yourself if you started a thread with your own tractor and your own information.  

That way you can have quicker reference to finding the answers without all the information getting buried in several hundred pages of a general thread.  

 

 

[TJ5208 1,824]

New seat installed 

[Andy N. 2,143]

Hooked up the Agri-Fab lawn sweeper to the 418-8 and got to work! 6 loads in all ran through the chipper/vac and spread a cover mulch over the garden for winter.

 

 

 

 

[953 nut 55,194]

5 hours ago, Colby G said:

Now I have a few more questions.

 

1: where is the tow valve located?    Tow valve is the thing with a roll pin going through it near the bottom of your photo.

 

2: how do I close it?   A pair of Channellock pliers should do the trick

 

3: would closing it make the shifter easier to move?           NO

 

[Colby G 233]

I figured out the shifter finally! I had a dumb mistake, I put the motion control lever in the wrong spot.

[Desko 608]

Got the blower on the 520 hopefully it's enough to keep the snow away lol 

[ohiofarmer 3,265]

  I marked ( mow- raked) the leaves today. We had nice weather and the post surgery pain was tolerable so the leaves pretty much went to powder. Is there anything more beautiful than the green in the fall of the year when the bluegrass is charging up the root system for next spring? I kept at it until late sunset and the sky was a bright red fire 🔥.

[AMC RULES 37,130]

The beast got a carb to tank fuel line replacement today.

 

[rjg854 11,360]

Good job Craig, had to do the same thing to my 16 Auto, Saturday.  Opened the overhead door and the stable reeked of gasoline.  Found that the gas filter had a crack in it.  The original hoses were quite brittle.  So as long as I was at it, might as well start at the tank and change it all.

[cafoose 3,354]

I fixed the return spring on the pedal today Like @ebinmaine says, "Use what you have!".

[ebinmaine 67,436]

4 minutes ago, cafoose said:

I fixed the return spring on the pedal today Like @ebinmaine says, "Use what you have!".

 

Niiiiice 

[cafoose 3,354]

51 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Niiiiice 

Took about 5 minutes

[ML3 1,197]

Bought my 654 in January. Used it all summer w/sloppy steering. Wheel turned almost 1/2turn before actually steering! Lol! 

Pulled roll pin out of fan gear w/my fingers. Definitely egged out. Drilled it all out & installed larger roll pin. Much better. Ordered plow scraper blade so I gotta get plow installed this week. 

[Colby G 233]

 I was wondering wether a 10hp diesel or a 13hp gas would be better in a charger 12 hydro sunstrand. I plan on building this tractor as a towing tractor and was wondering which would be better and if the 10hp diesel could power the hydro.

[kpinnc 12,007]

1 hour ago, Colby G said:

wondering which would be better and if the 10hp diesel could power the hydro.

 

Hydros require continual higher revs to operate and to run cooler. The manuals call for a minimum of above half throttle minimum.

 

So the answer to you question depends on whether the diesel can maintain 2000-ish RPMs or not. 

 

Running a hydro slower can damage them. 

 

 

Edited November 7, 2023 by kpinnc

[Handy Don 12,214]

11 hours ago, kpinnc said:

Hydros require continual higher revs to operate and to run cooler. The manuals call for a minimum of above half throttle minimum.

So the answer to you question depends on whether the diesel can maintain 2000-ish RPMs or not. 

Running a hydro slower can damage them. 

Seems like with careful pulley selection, either engine could keep the hydro input turning a good speed. Lotsa heavy machines use diesel-hydraulic drive (yeah, I know, hydraulic and hydrostatic are not the same but they work on similar principles).

I’d think it’d be an advantage for diesels paired with hydro that the hydro can happily accommodate the narrow RPM power band of the diesel and still give full range of motion speed.

@Achto runs a small diesel. Care to comment?