Hydro bench-test?

[cmwkrill]

Hey guys, I'll make a long story short: The junk-yard where I am working on saturday afternoons has a whole bunch of cub cadets. Mr Crabill, the owner, will eventually see if I can get the engines running to remove from the cubs so they can be put into storage where no-one will be able to steal parts off of them. Some of the cadets already have the motor out, though, and I was wondering:

I recall seeing a method somewhere on the forum awhile back that someone rigged up to bench test the hydro units, (and possibly gear transmissions?) Trouble is, I can't find it.. Can someone point me in the right direction? Mr. Crabill would like to figure out if the drive trains are any good.. As he put it: "Its the difference between trying to make it run and drive again, or parting out what I can and scrapping the rest."

 

[kharvey]

Rig up a cordless drill to spin the drive shaft.
That should tell if the hydro will move the wheels. Jack up the tractor and let her rip.

 

[cmwkrill]

Thank ya Kendal.. Hadn't thought of doing it that way. -facepalms- I suppose, when trying to do things "right", we often forget what is "easy".

 

[kide]

Where's Kentuck ?? (he ran a front end loader around on a 1/2 drill IIRC)

 

[kmcconaughey]

Gerry, somewhere on a CD I have a video of KENtucky using the drill to move his old Hough Payloader with a 1/2 electric drill. Here's a screen capture from that video.

 

[aschumacher]

Thanks Kraig...I also remember Kentuck talking about running his payloader on an extension cord! That was a bunch of years back. (looked at some old notes, that was pre 2007+)

 

[kmcconaughey]

Allen, yep, the extension cord powered the 1/2" electric drill.

 

[kide]

Sigh....... kinda miss the old goat.

 

[kmcconaughey]

Gerry, me too. I've tried on several occasions to get him to post again. He and I exchange emails on a fairly regular basis. I've sent him links to posts here in an attempt to get him to stop by. He has not logged in since October 2011.