Re: (ET) Elec-trak general questions.

[Reo43 aol com]

On  Wed, 30 Nov 2011 Chris Tromley ctromley gmail com wrote:

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> 3.  Not sure, but I think my EGT-150 (same as  GE ET, but two parent
> companies later) has a 36V lift motor.  It  probably bolts right into 
> your
> ET if you can find one.  
 
Chris, I have a New Idea EGT-120 and have owned several GE  tractors. The 
NI lift motor is entirely different from the car window motor  used on the 
GE 
tractors. I have seen comments on this list that some of these  were made 
for 36 volts and they were marked with an orange dot. Mine did not  have 
an 
orange dot and the tractor was wired to run the lift motor from 18  volts, 
so 
I left it that way.
 
When I converted my NI to a front mower deck I found that the front  
bumper/crosspiece did not have the derrick required for a front deck - 
these  were 
supplied as a separate part for NI. I used a front bumper from a GE that  
already had the derrick welded to it, and I had to redill the holes to 
mount 
the  New Idea lift motor. Not a big deal, but it did require some  
adapting.
 
The biggest problem would be finding one of these New Idea motors. Maybe  
our suppliers might have one of these.
 
Erv Troyer
Lagrange IN