Combines Red About that variable speed

[The_Red]

Farny I have it well greased. I did talk to the previous owner awhile ago and it did work. Maybe after running it for awhile down the road it might start working. It is in slow mode right now. The belt is well down into the pulley. I an thinking about driving no faster than 3rd. gear. There are a lot of mail boxes on this route and they are close to the edge of the street. Slow third would be maybe 4 mphIJ Now comes the fun part. The overall width of the grain table is 13.5 feet. The 4.2 miles of street I must navigate vary from a narrow 19 feet in our neighborhood to 25 feet on the two main thoroughfares I'll be driving on. I am thinking about hiring a local police officer to give me an escort. What do you thinkIJ This is in Indianapolis and it ain't country.

 

[Roy]

Red you may need to check to see if your lever is pushing or pulling the rod in the valve box the correct distance in or out of the valve body. Sometimes from normal wear at the pivot points you lose the correct setting the actuate the valve thereby not getting any pressure to your cylinder on the variable speed. Its happened to me.

 

[The_Red]

You speaking about the valve box under the cabIJ

 

[farny]

Do you have to actually "hire" a police escortIJ Why can't you just call and tell them what you are planning on doing and that you would probably need a police escort, or they will probably be filling out traffic accident reports!! Maybe that will get their attention and the money will be no issue! That is how we do it around here when we have to move big things down main roads, like houses, small barns, etc...

 

[kinetic]

Red, when you get the variable speed working again, try and keep the pulleys equal distances apart, unless of course you are driving it. This is for when you are not using the machine or when you are just idling it. Keeping the pulleys equal distances(not on slow or fast, in the middle) will ease wear on the whole variable system. And when moving from field to field, never attempt to go up higher than average hills with the variable speeded all the way up. These are just some things I had to learn the hard way and didn't think you did! Good luck!

 

[Roy]

Yes right under the cab. As rusty as your pictures suggest I would imagine the linkage at the top of the steering column where your lever goes in will need to be WD-40ed and where they swivel on a pin along with your other levers coming out of the steering column under the cab. May have to take cover off of column to get WD-40 in there real good. But probably you can reach all points with the spray. I'm not trying to sell anything but the penetrating oil that JD sells is much better than WD-40. Has more oil in it and penetrates just as good. Hope this helps.

 

[The_Red]

ROFlMAO! That's great! The previous owner did mention when he bought it from a JD dealer in lebanon, IN in 1992, they drove it down to his place in Indy with the grain table attached. That's a good 30 miles!!

 

[The_Red]

Thanks for the infomation. I have noticed a lot of penetrating oil products that are better than WD40. Next time I am up at the JD store in Fishers, IN, I will pick up a can or two. Still need to buy a JD tie for my office suits.

 

[The_Red]

Thanks to all of you with tips and keep piling them on. It has been 2 years since I ran a 4420. I do remember it had a problem climbing hills if you had the variable speed full bore. Ernie's 6620 Titan II is hydrostatic. Now that's a really nice machine.