RE: (ET) Information please

["Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>]

It depends on which 3 motor deck...

All the belly decks I have seen have the larger 4.5" dia motors, probably 
because the 3-3/8" dia are too high to fit under the tractor.  They are 
also flanged to lower the height of the top of the motor.  I have indeed 
used a belly motor on a front deck, but I had to make a large ring to 
raise the motor height where it belonged.  One could move the flange, but 
that would involve removing and re-making welds way too close to the big 
magnets in the motor shell.  Belly motors also move the thermal interrupt 
to the side instead of the top for more clearance.  Another difference is 
the blades have a different bend to them.  A final difference (between 2 
and 3 motor decks) is simply the size of the blade the motor is spinning; 
the two motor deck has a longer blade.  This increases the tip speed and 
probably cuts just a bit better.  Always makes me think one could make a 
new deck with longer blades for a wider cut.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA [mailto:ThompsonG DFO-MPO GC CA]
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 7:36 AM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) Information please


Hello List.
Are the electric motors on the two motor mowers deck the same as on the
three motor mowing decks?  Or asking  the question another way can the
motors from the three motor decks be installed into the two motor decks, do
they fit, to the bolt whole line up?
Geof Thompson B. Sc. CLS
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