[AT] 318 Float

[Gunnells, Bradley R]

I'm not 100% positive but I believe the 317 was an earlier model that more or less got upgraded to the 318 when they switched from the Kohler engine to the Onan.

My assumption would be that the 317 hydraulics may not have had the float if the early 318 didn't. Dad and I both owned a 317 but it's been so long ago I don't recall if ours did or not.

As mentioned, keep an eye out for a donor machine and it shouldn't be hard to add.

Brad

On May 14, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Richard Fink Sr <rfinksr at verizon.net> wrote:

> Dennis i don,t know what year my 318 is i think late 80s. good luck with 
> finding the parts, if the 317 has same set up they maybe easer to find as 
> they had an engine flaw that took out a lot of them.I had one but don,t 
> recall anything about system did not use it much.
> R Fink
> PA
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dennis Johnson," <moscowengnr at yahoo.com>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 9:17 PM
> Subject: [AT] 318 Float
> 
> 
>> Richard,
>> 
>> My understand is that the "real old" JD 318 units produced the first few 
>> years do not have float, and later production had the float feature added. 
>> I think I have some JD schematics and manuals that show or describe the 
>> differences.
>> I would like to find a way to either upgrade this system, or add a 
>> auxiliary float circuit, but need to check cost, availability, etc. if I 
>> could find an inexpensive "not as old" donor 318 and change out parts it 
>> would be good.
>> I also need to figure out "float" on my H 1502 Bolens. I have not found a 
>> "float" position on the 3 point on it, which limits its usefulness.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Dennis
>> 
>> 
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