YM240 New Owner

[GWKID]

To get sand to remain packed you need some clay mixed with it. To try to modify the composition of the soil is not cost effective, in money or time. Working in sand with a loader or scraper can be extremely frustrating without 4 wheel drive.

 

[jb92563]

My 4' Box scraper carved up the sandy soil easily so it looks like at this point I have no need for scarifiers.

Modifying my soil by adding clay to make it pack defeats the whole sandy beach purpose so I'll have to try out the wide fat turf tires that I got with my tractor.
I'm hoping that this will give me enough traction to work, but still float on the sand rather than digging in and creating holes with my tires when they loose traction.

I suppose the wider turf tires will also compact the sand I'm riding over so thats a bonus.
One thing that could work in my favor is the 5% slope towards the lake. If I do my scooping/pushing downhill that will help.

I got the diffs locked as well, now that you folks have described the method.
Its all a learning experience for me and almost getting stuck a few times is part of the learning curve fun.

 

[clemsonfor]

make sure not to stomp that diff lock while your spinning one tire like crazy in a hole as you dig to china, thats a good way to break the cogs off!

 

[jb92563]

I need to redo all the electrical as none of the stuff going to the dash works and the wire junction/fuse area is a mess. View attachment 395783

I ordered one of these 6 fuse boxes to replace the existing mess.

I'll carefully start moving the circuits one at a time over to the new box. The old one looks unserviceable and archaic.

I have a question about the ignition key. Mine did not come with one but I wonder if it is a cut key unique to each tractor or is it just a generic key with all tractors having the same cut?

I wonder where I could get such a key? Ideas?

 

[Scotty Dive]

Hoye sells ignition switches. I ordered one aawhile back and the new key and my original key were keyed differently but that could be the switch

 

[kenmac]

When I left my tractor at Fredricks to have the loader installed I forgot and took the key with me.when I called and told them I had taken the key with me, they said they had ayanmar key that would work. After they told me that , I assumed , they were all keyed alike

 

[California]

YM240's original key is the 'universal' Yanmar key from that era. Also used on the Deere Yanmars - model 750 etc. I bought a spare off Ebay. That one was cut on an Ilco blank.

A Deere dealer would have it too, but you need to tell him you have a Deere. Copied from an old post by Prunty:

the one most used is a double cut key, that fits the most, the one for the JD850 #CH12206

This all assumes the original ignition switch. If it has been replaced, then it is likely to have a unique key.

Below is a photo of my original YM240 key and its (worn out) switch, alongside the new installed switch and key that I bought from Hoye. This cured unreliable starting, one of the several 'reconditioning' minor repairs I made when I bought the YM240.

My two later YM186D's also use this universal Yanmar key.

Original 2005 thread where I posted this photo, for anyone who really wants to dig into this topic.

 

[jb92563]

I just ordered a key like your original from ebay ~$6 delivered.View attachment 398396

Yanmar Models Y YM D F Tractor Key John Deere 650 1450 | eBay

 

[vitara]

Welcome
Im Kris and Im from Poland . I have Yanmar 215 F 26HP and I looking for instructions, or manual repair ? Where can I find manual repair for this Yanmar model ?

 

[clemsonfor]

yep i have bought keys when needed on ebay there all the same if original inginition

 

[clemsonfor]

Welcome
Im Kris and Im from Poland . I have Yanmar 215 F 26HP and I looking for instructions, or manual repair ? Where can I find manual repair for this Yanmar model ?

Maybe start your own post.

I would start on ebay, hoye tractor, and frederics tractor in alabama.

 

[jb92563]

I went to put on the turf tires today and found they have leaks and wont hold air.
I'll need to find inner tubes I think for these tires labeled 13.6x16

They have and ID 16" OD 36" width 13.6". Anyone know good sources for inner tubes?




It would be great if I could mount both tires together.

 

[kenmac]

They have and ID 16" OD 36" width 13.6". Anyone know good sources for inner tubes?

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maybe try a local tire shop

 

[California]

Interesting pix. I didn't know Yanmar ever used the combination of that better air cleaner with the rear-hinged hood. Maybe you have the later series engine installed? Does the engine tag say 2TR20A-X?

Also, I see the same mount for the loader's controls as my YM240 and I think the same control valve (AICO?) but with an added hydraulic filter, while mine has nothing but the screen inside the transmission. Update - I looked over in your other thread and see you have a front-mount hydraulic pump with the loader's hydraulics separate from the tractor's. That's a better design and the loader probably operates a lot faster than one driven by the tractor's hydraulics.

I think you are going to need the sway chains that should go from those rear arms, over to the mounting points at the ends of the axle housings.

And finally, if those wide tires still aren't sufficient to avoid bogging down I think it would be a great idea to have axle extenders fabricated, to run duals. It would be unstoppable.

 

[kenmac]

Is that the original fuel tank ? I don't believe I've ever seen a yanmar with a fuel tank with the filler neck sticking that far out of the hood

 

[California]

... or a trimmed bottle shielding a cap-mount fuel gauge?

 

[kenmac]

... or a trimmed bottle shielding a cap-mount fuel gauge?

You're right. I didn't enlarge the pic. After I did , I can see it isn't the fuel neck for the tank ,but some type of bottle over the fuel neck ,that made it look different

 

[Djames55]

The turf tires may already have tubes in those tires... Then all you would need is a patch... I would check them out before spending money for tubes...

 

[clemsonfor]

yea i would patch them. Tubes that size are $30. You can easily tell if its a tube by looking at the valve stem

 

[clemsonfor]

and i enlarged the pic too...i think thats just a trimmmed bottle sitting on the hood? Maybe used for a funnel for something?