[AT] 318 Float

Charlie V 1cdevill at gmail.com
Tue May 14 12:38:34 PDT 2013


Interesting, Steve.  I only remember seeing one other.  I guess I should
restore it.  Probably is a collector.

Charlie V.


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com>wrote:

> Charlie V wrote:
> > Just to confuse the issue a little more (my specialty) I have a 316 which
> > is a 1978 model.  It is an early one with the one cylinder, 16HP Kohler
> > engine.  The later 316's went to the twin cylinder engines.  Mine has two
> > Hyd. spools, one to raise and lower the deck and to a front outlet for
> the
> > power angle of the snowplow, the other to front hydraulic outlets for the
> > power for the lift of the snowplow.  This last one only has a float
> > position  when the lever is set full forward.  Also available accordingly
> > to the book was a third spool, probably to gain rear hydraulic which mine
> > does not have.
> >
> > Charlie V.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:05 AM, Gunnells, Bradley R <
> > brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Sent from my iPad
>
>
> 300 series
>
> 300 - 1975 - 77 Kohler 16 hp single
> 312 - 1977,78 Kohler 12 hp single
> 316 - 1978 only model Kohler 16 hp single.
>
> 314 - 1979 - 1983 Kohler 14 hp single
> 317 - 1979 - 1983 Kohler 17 hp flat twin (JD developed a conversion to
> an Onan p218G due to the numerous engine problems with the KT17 engine)
>
> New Design-
>
> 318 - 1983 - 1992 18hp Onan
> 316 - 1984 - 1991 18hp Onan but no power steering and single spool hyd.
> 330 - 1986 - 1988 16 hp 3 cyl. Yanmar Diesel
> 332 - 1988 - 1992 16 hp 3 cyl. Yanmar Diesel
> 322 - 1988 - 1992 18 hp 3 cyl. Yanmar Gas
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