[AT] pull cable PTO speed was rent a scan tool

Jack jacktractor at live.com
Sun Sep 29 12:41:39 PDT 2019


My father had a 47 Dodge Power Wagon with the front and rear PTO options. He used the multiple vee belt belt pulley to drive a buzz saw on the back. You tossed the cut wood into the wood bottom bed. It had a pull cable to hold the idle up when sawing. He had wanted the three point hitch option but did not want to wait forever.

What if you used a little pair of vise grips to hold the throttle cable in the position to give you the speed you want. Can you open the hood without a ladder?

[Cecil Bearden]it got my hopes up, but they start at $299, and if you want to use their complete services it is a yearly contract for $299/month.   Maybe I can talk my local Chevy Dealer to look at it.  The engine was disconnected from the computer for over a year while we overhauled it.  I sometimes think maybe it lost some programming and needs to be reflashed.  I also would like to set the high idle switch to run at about 1500 RPM. However, before I spend $500 on it, I have to get a decent winch bed installed.

[ James]  These people rent programming setups. Maybe they can help you.

 https://blog.diesellaptops.com/2018/07/02/remote-programming-kits/

 [Cecil Bearden] I have a 98 Chevy C8500 w/ 3126B Cat and Allison HT750.  It has a speed control when using the PTO that has been disconnected.  It was a former Mechanic service truck.  In order to get the high idle switch connected I have to take the truck to a Cat dealer and they hook up the computer to the truck and reprogram the computer to work with the high idle switch.  This is a minimum of $500.. When the computer is connected to the truck and then connects to Cat there is a $250 charge to connect to the Cat service site that $250 goes to Cat.  The other charges are to the stealership.   As much as I love Cat equipment, this is a ridiculous charge.  I use a piece of 1x2 cut to the right length and wedge it form the accelerator to the seat.

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