982 front to back repairs

[Oak]

John, if your wiring is original and all the switches working, you should be able to get off the tractor and keep it running as long as the pto is off. The violet colored wire off of the pto switch should keep the coil energized when the seat switch is open. I'm thinking your missing the orange/green jumper wire on the relay. Maybe one of the mods can post a schematic, if not I can email you one. Glad to see she's back up and running.

[john hall]

Now it cranks with only the pedal depressed. The only thing we did was to replace the PTO fuse holder--somehow it broke during teardown/pressure washing. Honest, we haven't done anything else to it, we just needed to get the PTO to work. Maybe we jiggled a wire? And I swear no alcohol is permitted in the shop so I know we weren't imagining the cranking issues. One of us had to hold the seat down (brake pedal was locked) while the other was spinning the engine over to see why we lost current to the coil (that was another story). Anyway, all systems are go at the moment.

Finally got the deck spindles shimmed out level ( I think) and mounted the deck back. I need to level the deck and set the gauge wheels. At least it runs and the mower deck sounds decent. I need to adjust the hydro linkages a bit more, not quite satisfied with the controls there yet. Then I need to install the air cleaner, tunnel cover, side panels, grill and go mow some grass.

This things going to hurt my feelings if it out performs my 2072

[john hall]

It's finally mowing grass!!!

I had to install the missing pieces for the air cleaner I had to make---thanks for measuring them Oak!

Leveled the deck and decided to try it out despite the fact its been pouring rain for a couple days. It was way to wet to do a nice job mowing, but it did make it a lot harder on the mower dealing with the wet grass, which is what I wanted--if something is going to come unglued then so be it. I let my "apprentice" mow an area that gets mowed weekly. Then I headed over to an area that only gets bushoged. Grass was very tall, wet and full of clumps from the bushog. All I can say is that Onan is a beast! The deck never attempted to choke up. After I mowed that I headed over to an area that is very hilly. This machine handled it like a champ. There are no front gauge wheels on this Haban so a lot more of the deck weight rides on the tractor. I went places mowing with this one I can't even think about with my 2072. That's not to say there is a problem with the 2072, we've got it setup to mow a very pretty yard, not to go all terrain mowing around the farm buildings!

Did encounter one small problem. Shut it off to change operators and then the starter wouldn't spin over. Crossed the solenoid and got it cranked. When I got back to the shop we started tracing wires. Found one of the terminals on the PTO switch had come off--someone had bent the prongs and it wasn't plugged in very well. It was the one that sends current to the brake pedals switch.


Put the side shields on and make a final adjustment to the hydro and then we'll try it in a yard and see how level it mows.

[Oak]

Good job John! Ya, those Onans are awesome motors when they run well. Looks like the "apprentice" had fun too.

[ACecil]

Cool deal, John. Glad the 982 is mowing again.