Re: (ET) ET No Go

["Jim (fiskfarm)" <fiskfarm mediaone net>]

RJ,

I'm curious: what died on your I-5 some 15 yrs ago? So far everything on 
my 20
and I-5 are exactly the same. Even the I-5 S# refers to it being a 20. Some
ET'rs have claimed they aren't the same at all. Mine even suffer the same 
exact
old age problems such as the board plug falling into pieces as I mentioned
earlier. This time only the plug seems to be gone where as on the 20 the 
scr
was rotted away and I had to do a component level replacement of that and a
transistor mostly do to water damage. (I now use a strip of weather 
stripping
to keep rain water from getting under the hood)

Jim

RJ Kanary wrote:

> I had limited my choices to tractors similar to the one he has. My daily
> driver is an E-20 CA . I prefer the eight speed traction motor control, 
> due
> to its providing a smoother take off, and more flexibility in close
> maneuvering. My I-5 that committed suicide fifteen years ago will be set 
> up
> with that configuration, since I have acquired not one, but two complete
> organ donors. The larger jump in armature current on the seven speed 
> models
> encourages you to be much more cautious in situations that could involve
> inattentive pedestrians, such as I have encountered in some stadium 
> clean up
> efforts that I have been involved in.
>
> RJ Kanary @ Bandi Bros. Inc.
> Member TRNi  Since 1998
> ASE® Certified Master Auto Technician
> Member Tech Line Associates Since 1987
> rjkanary nauticom net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim (fiskfarm)" <fiskfarm mediaone net>
> To: "RJ Kanary" <rjkanary nauticom net>
> Cc: "SteveS" <ssawtelle fcc net>; <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 7:07 PM
> Subject: Re: (ET) ET No Go
>
> > IMHO you're right, BUT the power and speed of the 20. 185. and I-5 are 
> > a
> joy to
> > behold. I am used to fast shuttling on large machines and the foot
> throttle ET
> > models are way ahead in that department. So far the problems are 
> > generally
> > simple like board connector plugs. That is what is currently wrong 
> > with my
> I-5
> > (I just found out today after a little poking around) The solution is 
> > the
> same
> > as I performed on my 20. Pictured here:
> >
> > http://people.ne.mediaone.net/fiskfarm/ET.Repair.Pictures.html
> >
> > Sorry Steve,
> > I must have missed the part about the red hot resistors. That so, 
> > forget
> about
> > the brushes un less there is a short in the armature.  "Red hot" 
> > sounds a
> bit
> > too hot, but without rotation perhaps not. Like everyone else has said
> > previously, test for field power.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > RJ Kanary wrote:
> >
> > > Given the choice between the two, my preference would be either the
> E-12, or
> > > the later E-15 HA or later. This is because those tractors do not 
> > > have
> the
> > > electronic controls.As Chief Engineer  Montgomery Scott once put it,
> "The
> > > more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the 
> > > drain
> ! "
> > > Simpler, IMHO, is better.
> > >
> > > RJ Kanary @ Bandi Bros. Inc.
> > > Member TRNi  Since 1998
> > > ASE® Certified Master Auto Technician
> > > Member Tech Line Associates Since 1987
> > > rjkanary nauticom net
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "SteveS" <ssawtelle fcc net>
> > > To: <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
> > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 5:41 PM
> > > Subject: Re: (ET) ET No Go
> > >
> > > > Thanks again to all for the ideas and info!
> > > >
> > > > The revelation that what I may have is actually an E12S seems to 
> > > > make
> > > sense,
> > > > as the schematic I was using was for an E12 and things weren't 
> > > > adding
> up.
> > > I
> > > > just looked at an E15 schematic and it looks a lot more like my
> wiring.
> > > And
> > > > there's the circuit card! So, is having an E12S a good thing 
> > > > (compared
> to
> > > an
> > > > E12)?
> > > >
> > > > Can't wait to get home and go thru it armed with the right info!
> > > >
> > > > I'm a bit puzzled by Jim's surprise about spinning the motor by 
> > > > hand.
> > > Should
> > > > it be hard to move by hand normally?
> > > >
> > > > Well like they say:
> > > >
> > > > "It's not what you don't know; it's what you know that ain't so"
> > > >
> > > > - Steve
> > > >
> > > > E12S!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >