Iseki/Bolens G-154

[63DH8]

A few years back, I bought a Bolens G-154 without a front end loader for $2000 with a brush hog. It had only 315 hours on the thing. Since I bought the tractor, I've been looking for a front end loader. I recently found and bought a G-154 with a loader, but the loader isn't attached. I've looked all over the tractor, but I can't find where the hydraulic manifold bolts onto. I'm pretty sure it's where the smaller hydraulic line goes into the transmission, but I'm not 100% sure. One reason is, the hydraulic block has both intake and output lines going into it. Is this correct, or did the previous owner lose a piece without knowing?

Also, if any one owns a G-154, would you please post a picture of where the hydraulic lines bolt onto the transmission?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

Pictures would be nice. I have an old G-174 with a loader, but the hydraulics were plumbed by cutting into the pressure side hydraulic line and welding fittings on.

Did your loader come with hoses? This may be too simple, but when you attach the loader, how far back do the hoses go. If they are long enough to reach back to where the pressure line attaches to the sump, that may be where they go. If they won't go back that far, you may have some kind of connection closer to the engine.

 

[TedReese]

Not sure if this is like the one you have, but I had a G-174 with FEL for a short while. The hydraulic feed for the loader was a machined block that was bolted between the hydraulic pump (right side of engine) and the original hydraulic feed/supply line from the pump.

You would unbolt the original hard lines to and from the pump, slide this in between, and using longer bolts, bolt it back together.

 

[63DH8]

I've been looking around and discovered there were a couple of ways that Iseki plumbed their hydraulics. One way is a manifold that bolts onto the transmission side of the high pressure line. All it is is a block of metal that takes the high pressure fluid from the line and pipes it to the loader. From the loader, the fluid goes to the other side of the manifold where it goes into the transmission.

Another way is there's a set of plugs on the transmission where the three point hitch lever is. Remove the plugs and screw in the hydraulic lines.

It looks like Ted Resse had his Bolens plumbed another way.


Iplayfarmer, I'm going to go through the entire loader and basically rebuild the thing, so I haven't bolted the frame or the loader on. I did more or less did the what you said by driving my tractor between the parts tractor and the loader to see what the possibilities were. Problem was, one of the previous owners had hydraulic lines that were too long. I can darned near wrap the lines around the tractor several times. I like my toys looking like the way they were intended from the factory. Everything neat and clean, everything just right. I'm a believer that how a man takes care of his equipment and the quality and pride in his work reflects on how the man is as a person. I HATE butcher jobs!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

...Iplayfarmer, I'm going to go through the entire loader and basically rebuild the thing, so I haven't bolted the frame or the loader on. I did more or less did the what you said by driving my tractor between the parts tractor and the loader to see what the possibilities were. Problem was, one of the previous owners had hydraulic lines that were too long. I can darned near wrap the lines around the tractor several times. I like my toys looking like the way they were intended from the factory. Everything neat and clean, everything just right. I'm a believer that how a man takes care of his equipment and the quality and pride in his work reflects on how the man is as a person. I HATE butcher jobs!

I'm with you. I at least want my stuff to look like it was planned. I don't like seeing stuff that looks like it doesnt' belong. Like the muffler on my newly acquired Case 300

If you're basically rebuilding the loader, you can do it just about any way you want. I really like how mine was plumbed directly into the lines because the hoses from the loader were very short and tight to the frame of the loader and the tractor.

 

[63DH8]

I'm with you. I at least want my stuff to look like it was planned. I don't like seeing stuff that looks like it doesnt' belong. Like the muffler on my newly acquired Case 300

If you're basically rebuilding the loader, you can do it just about any way you want. I really like how mine was plumbed directly into the lines because the hoses from the loader were very short and tight to the frame of the loader and the tractor.

I don't like long hoses due to expansion (longer the hose, worse the effect). That gives an accumulator effect where you get a bit more pressure in the beginning, then the pressure drops. Hoses need to be as short as possible, and hard lines need to be direct whenever possible. Certain things can't be helped like where pivot points are, but that's life. There are always exceptions to the rules. For the most part, engineers design things to be a certain ways for a reason. However, every so often, you want to grab the designer by the scruff of the neck and shove his nose into the machine and ask him, "WTF???"