1542 conversion to a 1543 supersized project

olympicorange · May 9, 2020

……….. well, as they say...''just wait 5 mins,....or so...'' ,..... went from ''Blanching'' fiddleheads last nite,.... to 8'' of the ''poor man's fertilizer'' ,.... got to do a few things on the ''wifey'' list (M/D'S) ,... then I think a roadcall to Tucker Lake is in order , to check the lake level,... :thumbup:

olympicorange · May 9, 2020

…… water level at Tucker Lake was up , but shrinking,... wifey's M/D ride , burnt up some more oil , toured around for an hour,... beautiful May day. still on the same tank of fuel, probably going to have to drain it out , dump it in the tractor , just to burn it this year,... have a great day all,...……. :smile:

PJL · May 9, 2020

80 degrees here today. Thanks for the pics.

DAVENET · May 11, 2020

Well, your pictures above answer a lot. I was thinking my hydraulic plumbing and clutch reservoir were 'mountain installs' just to get it back on the slopes. It appears that was the way they came out the door. Seriously, pinching off the second line instead of just using a proper plug?? Also thought my hydraulic tank was a scrap yard install, but apparently not. :bolt:

(although your 1.5" lower hose is plugged off??)

olympicorange · May 11, 2020

………. hey dave, … how's your project going . ok,... so … yes a factory plug would be more professional & nicer looking for sure. and it was done at the mountain in Minn. they had removed the 4spd,.. to replace with the ''torque-load'' 727 auto. to plug the clutch master , and removed the clutch pedal. I will address that , it wasn't as high on the list , as other things to get to the show this year. so yours has been converted to an auto . :thumbup:

so, on the hyd. tank suction line; there's two ports for the o.e.m. style factory hyd. pump. I just plugged off the front port, and used the rear one . I could direct it to the left side easier, and keep it away from the heat of the exhaust components. the TRW pump only uses one inlet supply . nice observations my man,.... :thumbup:

DAVENET · May 12, 2020

I see now. Yours has a tee fitting to run front or rear (with one side plugged). Mine is an elbow w/ only one option. No Auto in mine. Factory four speed (modified to a three speed by Pat's Peak :smileywac

) The one existing 'brake' line is feeding the hydraulic slave (which I imagine yours used to do as well). The other? No idea. How is the green goblin set up?

Track Addict · May 12, 2020

Clutch one side and hydraulic foot brake for models that had both. Back up hand brake on mine as well.

My 442 had the master on the frame rail below oil tank hooked to clutch pedal and a slave on the clutch side.

Track Addict · May 12, 2020

The pump should have two return lines. One from the pump and one from the steering and other hydraulics system.

Some cats had no return loop direct from pump. Understand is this bypass/return from pump to tank is preferred.

DAVENET · May 12, 2020

Track Addict said:
Clutch one side and hydraulic foot brake for models that had both. Back up hand brake on mine as well.

That's mine as well. No foot brake, just hand lever. Just surprised there was a line installed at all instead of plugging it off.

olympicorange · May 13, 2020

DAVENET said:
I see now. Yours has a tee fitting to run front or rear (with one side plugged). Mine is an elbow w/ only one option. No Auto in mine. Factory four speed (modified to a three speed by Pat's Peak ) The one existing 'brake' line is feeding the hydraulic slave (which I imagine yours used to do as well). The other? No idea. How is the green goblin set up?

... .roger that, most of those factory /o.e.m pumps had dual supply ports from the hyd. tank, to the double stack hyd. pump. and , also dual return lines back to the return port / ''T'' on the top of the hyd. tank. about as simple as it needs to be..... the ''Digger'' had the same configuration as yours. the conversion removed the hand brake , and converted the m/c to operate the service brake , instead of the clutch. converted manual to auto. so a park pawl comes into play....

DAVENET · May 14, 2020

I was mistaken on the elbow. While degreasing I got up under the tank & it has a small line coming off of the back side of the 1.5" cast elbow. (similar to below, but can't even find an image). Never seen one like it, but I've probably not been where it's used a lot.

olympicorange · Oct 17, 2020

....... woke up to a white wonderland. rained hard for a day before. wet heavy snow. so broken trees everywhere. loss of power. cooked bkfst . on the woodstove. power came back on... well , so what do you do next.... go for a ride...

Snowy Rivers · Oct 18, 2020

Gone Catin.... :thumbup:

olympicorange · Nov 12, 2020

Sweet!!!.... Thanks Dave...you the man..

olympicorange · Nov 12, 2020

olympicorange · Jan 3, 2021

finally got a day off to check things over and take a few laps around Lake Tucker. we haven't got much in the last month or so,...

olympicorange · Feb 7, 2021

we ve got a foot of base snow,.... started the compression process,....killing snowflakes......

olympicorange · Feb 14, 2021

a few laps around tucker lake ystrdy,....

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