I read the below conversation with interest. I have an E15 that I am
rebuilding bodywise and I've pretty much blown my budget for an Alltrax,
especially since the price has gone up. I recently picked up a bunch of
parts and motors. I have an E20 dash, an E20 motor and I think I have an
E20 wiring harness and contactors so I was considering converting to an
E20 when I put my tractor back together. But being an E15 originally it
has no provision for the foot pedal speed control, I'd have to stick
with the hand control throttle.
I have a shop manual from Bill for my E15 but it covers the E20 also, is
this a reasonable thing to do (given I'm not missing any major
components) or am I missing some major hurdle?
> I strongly recommend that you give up.
> On the GE controller, I mean, not on the tractor!
I strongly disagree.
> There are several components on the control cards which suffer from
age -
> notably the electrolytic capacitors. Yes, they can be replaced; but
after
> repairing the main card in my E15 a few times and struggling with the
truly
> awful connections to it, I decided that rather than rebuild the card
it was
> time to let the tractor join the late 20th century.
The E20 has one transistor, one FET, and a bunch of diodes. True that it
does have a few resistors, but you can get a new one from Harold for $50
if card 4 really blows up.
Remember the E20 is not like the E15: It's built using discrete
components. There really isn't much to fail on them.
Jeff Tickner
Technical Support
800-545-9485, Ext 536
SoftLanding Systems
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