Recent content by ldabe

I hooked the battery directly to the fan wires, and it attempted slightly to move. I did what MossRoad suggested and manually moved the fan then connected batter power back up, and viola! It worked! I connected and disconnected the power several times and it continued to operate. I have not had...

Thanks Peter (ponytug) I appreciate your reply very much. I will get out the volt meter and see what I can find.

My fuse (15 A) keeps blowing when I run my PT, thus not turning on the cooling fan to cool the engine. Anyone know of a reason they think of why it is doing that? Thanks in advance for all replies.

Definitely. Definitely. Definitely. Thank you 😊

Smilindave, thanks. Yes the hydroback was removed. I have it connected back loosely, and will try to adjust it when I get all wheels off the ground. I still have not started the new engine yet. I had purchased a new harness, but it's wires are of different colors than the old, and I am...

Good evening fellow PT'ers. I have installed a new 22hp Robins engine, and shortly will have to adjust the hydroback. According to Terry at Power Trac he says I will have to jack the tractor up to get it off the wheels to do the adjustment. Has anyone done this before? If so, could you step...

Tomplum, thanks for the reply.

Tried 3-4 places for the gasket but no go, so I bought a sheet that I will make my own from. on the PT422 does the negative cable from the battery connect to the frame or engine? Thanks to all for your help and input.

Well, I am just about done with the install of the new Robins (Subaru) 22hp engine. They must have baby hands that designed how things go in and together. I had to have my wife (small hands) get the engine bolts in, then hold one wrench while I did my best to finagle my hand down under the...

You all are definitely smarter than me, that is nothing but confusing to me.

My manual is kind of weird. Under the Service Instructions on page iv, says, Use only 5W30 motor oil in hydraulic tank. Then two sentences down, to "change hydraulic oil & filter" it says, Use only 10W40 motor oil. Well, which oil is it suppose to be? What does your manual say?

New is 2k from Power Trac, don't know about used prices.

After having the beast in a shop since April (man power is extremely low, so very very slow service) they advised me the engine had a "spun gear on the crank shaft, putting it out of time; the rest of engine had a lot of wear, and because the timing was off it was causing fuel to be blown out of...

Jim, would the Kohler require fabrication to make it fit? Also, I thought someone on here said they would never use a Kohler engine, and said they would go with a Brigs & Stratton. They never said why. Do you have any thoughts on why they were against a Kohler? Thanks, Abe

I read that someone else used a HF engine but had to do some fabricating to make it work, and if I remember correctly the engine didn't last very long.