''66 JD2020 gasoline control question

[Redneck Packrat]

Anybody know what this lever does? Only thing I can think of is differential lock... or maybe ejection seat discharge??!!
Wider shot for location and closer up, the lever that I've got my hand on....

 

[fdt860]

Yes, this is differential lock.

 

[fdt860]

Yes, this is differential lock. The European Tractors had also a pedal to engage it, but not the us ones.

 

[Redneck Packrat]

Thank you. I was pretty sure it was, but haven't gotten the old gal into a one-spinning situation to confirm it. (Hope I never do, but you know what they say about hoping in one hand and....)

The Waterloo built ones had a pedal for your right heel to hit, is why I wasn't sure. I appreciate your response.

 

[Tx Jim]

(quoted from post at 20:20:48 10/05/20) YThe European Tractors had also a pedal to engage it, but not the us ones.

fdt860
I agree ""early utility tractors"" built in Dubuque didn't have diff lock foot pedal but IIRC later models had both foot & hand diff lock control. 1530 & 2030 plus 40/50 & 55 series built for sales in N America had foot pedal DL control

 

[Mike M]

Don't engage it with the one wheel spinning very fast. At least that is what I think they did to bust the gears in the one I had to work on.

 

[Redneck Packrat]

(quoted from post at 08:13:39 10/06/20) Don't engage it with the one wheel spinning very fast. At least that is what I think they did to bust the gears in the one I had to work on.

Oh, for sure. I think I might've said it better if I'd said 'one slipping, other not turning'.... didn't mean to imply that I had it wrapped out in a midrange gear and was gonna force in the lever LOL

I did get to verify it a few days ago. Digging up a bucket of dirt, one spun, stepped on clutch and pushed lever while re-engaging clutch. Slipped right into lock and did its job.

Now I've got a Youtube problem. By that I mean something that Dad would've taken to the dealer but I watched a few videos and think I know what to do with the six o-rings in the steering valve. Looks simple enough, but just getting to it would've been an exercise in 'am I gonna break this?' and 'is it gonna fly apart and I won't see where the little pieces fit back together?' :lol:

Not discouraged. I knew going into this adoption that it was probably going to, at least at first, be a special needs adoption.

 

[jd2cylman]

Looks like yours has the vertical exhaust? Our gasser had the horizontal exhaust with the muffler under your left foot platform. Great for the winter time when you were pushing snow with just a heat houser, but not so much in the summer when you were raking hay or mowing ditches...
We bought ours new in '72. Traded a Golden Jubilee for it. I don't remember what loader the dealer put on it first, but dad took one look and said, "that isn't strong enough"...
Ours had the 48 loader on it. Never broke the loader, but we went through a couple of spindles. It also had the swept back front axle for a shorter turning radius. And since it mainly did LOTS of loader work, you'd think they would spring for the direction reverser...
nope, standard 8 speed two stick trans. We put over 7000 hours on that tractor, with a lot of that being tight loader work in our barn. Traded it in at 7700 hrs and we had just finally replaced the clutch.

 

[Redneck Packrat]

Purrs like a contented cat.... but just drools LOL.... but then some cats do that when they're happy.... IDK... I have gotten to get a couple afternoons' use out of it and am happy with the 47 loader, and with the layout and useability of the whole machine. I suppose after sitting for [longer than the seller said] that I'm just finding problems with soft parts. When I get this kit in I'm going to clean the screens, change the filter, and replace the oil. Probably do that several times in the next hundred hours or so, depends on how nasty looking the oil gets from ever how much is retained when I drain sump(s). (Did I read somewhere that there's two drain plugs in the trans housing, one obvious one and one back by drawbar?)

Yes, vertical exhaust. I kinda like keeping the heat away from me most of the year, and it IS short enough that it doesn't hang up in trees etc. It's about 3" higher than my head, just enough to blow the gas stink (and all corn gas stinks now) up far enough before it comes back, but low enough to clear most of the trees.