What's that Lassie? You say that Karl Townsend fell down the old
rec.crafts.metalworking mine and will die if we don't mount a rescue
by Mon, 23 Aug 2004 01:06:19 GMT:

Half the fun is just figuring out a new tractor. Get out in the middle of
the field and start playing with it.

That's about what I did. Once I was sure of how to stop the engine, I
tried everything slowly.

Unless you have a shuttle transmission, the left lever is speed ranges L-H
or L-M-H, the right will have an H pattern for R-1-2-3 ( some have 4 also)
A shuttle transmission has a forward/reverse lever just under the steering
wheel on the left.


As it turns out one lever is PARK HI LO REV and the other is 1 2 3 4.

Most Johnny's have a catch lever somewhere on the brake linkage to hold the
brakes down for parking and another lever to lock both left/right brakes
together. My brand new JD5310N has its own parking brake lever just like a
car.

Most of the other tractors here have a separate hand break or the
thing that engages a ratchet on the foot brake. But I looked and
looked, and couldn't find any such thing on this one. JD #1830



The PTO engage lever will come out just in front of the axle, normally on
the left side. I far as I remember all JDs of any recent vintage do not
require you to have the clutch down to engage the PTO. The old ones do - the
two cylinder Johnny poppers.

Spend time learning where to check oil and other fluid levels - bet that
unit ain't been maintained either.

There is a guy that does the repairs for the place, I have a call in
to him to look over the thing and show us what to check and stuff.

Not many Johnny's I ain't rode - except the 200+ horse articulating type.

Karl



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Dan