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Hydraulic steering column, continued;
When last visited, I'd completed the outer segment of a hydraulic steering column for my 1000-framed project I refer to as "loader Mutt". Tonight's task was to make the steering shaft- one which would recieve a standard Cub Cadet steering wheel on top, but mate to the Char-Lynn hydraulic steering valve on the bottom.
I started by digging out the steering-shaft that came from the steering column i'd liberated with the steering valve... hence, I was sure that the end of the shaft would fit the valve properly. The shaft, like the column, had been bent in two places, so obviously I wasn't re-using SOME of it... furthermore, this shaft wouldn't accept a C-C steering wheel... and I wanted my Mutt to look more-or-less stock from the outside. So I sawed off the last 6" of steering shaft, and chucked it in the lathe, and sliced the weld that held the coupler into the shaft tubing
Came apart nicely, and since the other end (the steering wheel side) was still good, I cut that one out too... for some future use... I don't have use for it right now, but I'm sure somebody, someday, will want to make a steering shaft that'll accept an industrial or automotive-type steering wheel.
After searching around, I found someone willing to accept my perfectly-good steering box (with a PERFECT worm gear) in trade for a ratty old one with a nasty worm-gear. Strange trade? perhaps, but I'd rather not butcher a perfectly good piece. So I cleaned up the donor shaft, and lopped off the worn-out worm with chop-saw, then used the lathe to remove it's weldment, releasing the worm's original core.
Now,the main reason you have that new battery is because of the regulator,or it has something to do with it. It must be hooked up and functioning to make sure that the battery is getting charged enough but not too much. If your starter/generator is told to go "full speed ahead" and does so unbridled, serious consequences can occur. So,someone around here will certainly post a wiring diagram for you while you wait for the FM(that is short for "f*cking manual",you will see some posts containing RTFM,which means "read the f*cking manual",however you can't do that since it isn't there yet.) The 129 is a favorite of many. It will be a good tractor but expect to spend a little money and alot of time with it(or is it the other way around?)
