Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Looking good Harry

look so much better Harry . I am sure there is a hobby farmer that would love that .

Great looking and will be very handy for someone. Nice job Harry.

Noel

It is looking great Harry. How is the lift cylinder diameter effecting the lift speed?

Spike I have not got that far but close. I remember you mentioned that when you were here. I had the engine running but only by squirting gas in the carb. Gas tank was cleaned, new fuel line, new fuel filter but no gas to fuel pump. Probably a bad diaphragm and news a rebuild kit. I’ll post results of cylinder lift time when I get that far. Harry

Anyone , have any idea what those lift cylinders are off of ? They look to me something like a large plow rotation cylinders . I don't think they will make the lift as slow as you would expect see as they are short and chocked up on the the loader arms . No down pressure with no weight in the bucket might stress a man patients especially when oil is cold . But the proof will be in the test drive , it might perform better than expected .

Great observation Dave. I did not catch the cylinder mounting leverage. The stroke length was abvious, but I didn't clue in.

I got the Mini GT running today after a few minor adjustments. The loader arms went up and down quite rapidly but it was not steadily moving, kind of jumpy. I moved the travel control and drove out of the shop but then I moved it to reverse and it didn’t move. Went to forward and it didn’t move. Changed to low on the rear differential and it went forward and back but kind of jerky not smoothly. Could be something with the pump because both the loader arm cylinders and the hydrive doesn’t seem to work right. Any ideas guys? Harry

check the hydra oil
level and for foaming .

Oil level was good David. I kept looking for air bubbles thinking the system was drained and new oil added. I saw no air bubbles or foaming. Still thinking about this. Maybe I should check the lovejoy connection to the oil pump. Harry