Hi guys,
Been running around the property with my 2155 tractor, with the 146 FEL and "ICV" control joystick.
I have some questions and my apologies for the basic stuff.
The ICV has a float mode. Is the joystick supposed to stay in the all the way forward position, "lock in" and you need to pull it back to take it out of float?
The ICV has a regen mode (joystick all the way to the right), that seems to do nothing for me but maybe I don't have enough load in the bucket to make it heavy enough??
Hydraulic oil seemed low when I got it, but dip stick at back to the left of filler hole also doesn't match the one shown in the operator manual (to left and below filler, mine is down low behind pto guard) so I am a bit confused. I just added whatever hydraulic oil I had kicking around ...... yikes.....
Just confirming that if I remove the return hydraulic oil filter on the bottom of the transmission on the left where the ICV return line is connected to that all the hydraulic oil will come out and I will need to replace it?
I am not sure how the hydraulic brakes work, Is there "pads" that wear out? I have a operator manual and shop manual and parts catalog but its a bit unclear still. The brakes work sorta. I think I need to adjust the parking brake as the lever comes up very easy and I have driven away with it on....why look at the dash for warning lights....
Now if you made it this far...how much noise is expected from transmission while driving. Seems like quite a bit of noise to me, I can't say that it is a grinding sound or anything, just seems loud, like a guy has straight cut gears kind of meshing noise. Depending what range and gear you select it gets worse but probably gears are spinning faster I think Range I speed 4 sounds a lot worse then Range II speed 1.
That's it for now.
Thanks in advance.
Been running around the property with my 2155 tractor, with the 146 FEL and "ICV" control joystick.
I have some questions and my apologies for the basic stuff.
The ICV has a float mode. Is the joystick supposed to stay in the all the way forward position, "lock in" and you need to pull it back to take it out of float?
The ICV has a regen mode (joystick all the way to the right), that seems to do nothing for me but maybe I don't have enough load in the bucket to make it heavy enough??
Hydraulic oil seemed low when I got it, but dip stick at back to the left of filler hole also doesn't match the one shown in the operator manual (to left and below filler, mine is down low behind pto guard) so I am a bit confused. I just added whatever hydraulic oil I had kicking around ...... yikes.....
Just confirming that if I remove the return hydraulic oil filter on the bottom of the transmission on the left where the ICV return line is connected to that all the hydraulic oil will come out and I will need to replace it?
I am not sure how the hydraulic brakes work, Is there "pads" that wear out? I have a operator manual and shop manual and parts catalog but its a bit unclear still. The brakes work sorta. I think I need to adjust the parking brake as the lever comes up very easy and I have driven away with it on....why look at the dash for warning lights....
Now if you made it this far...how much noise is expected from transmission while driving. Seems like quite a bit of noise to me, I can't say that it is a grinding sound or anything, just seems loud, like a guy has straight cut gears kind of meshing noise. Depending what range and gear you select it gets worse but probably gears are spinning faster I think Range I speed 4 sounds a lot worse then Range II speed 1.
That's it for now.
Thanks in advance.