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I am going to combine responses here..
> Hi > Curious about the I-2? What's the history of this beast? This was Nomads I-2 that was recently sold to another person. That person traded it to me for a working E-15 as they wanted a working machine. Nomad had it for about 18-24m and it was bought off a fellow who was selling off his dads stuff. No dealer sticker. > I've got the documents which were sent to the Wheelhorse dealers about this > transition. I can scan them and send you a copy if you wish. Would love to see those docs. > Since GE was the first on the block I would strongly suspect that the red > parts were Wheelhorse originally and part of a repair. Actually the true > test for a Wheelhorse part is that the paint job was really quite poor. That is my understanding as well. GE sold the line to them. This tractor absolutely has a WH firewall. Also the right front tie rod and spindle are also from a WH. My left spindle is reinforced like on my I-5 and GE orange. Paint is pretty crummy on the parts. > peel. However, the I-2 is so rare, you might consider restoring it with a > gentle hand and keeping it as original as possible. > Just my 2 cents > GEof Attempting to that. But the body is in such a shape that it needs restoration. If i can determine that the electrics are also not original i will put in a controller. > I may have missed the first part of this, but how do you know it is an I-2 > to begin with? Hood decals (hoods can be easily swapped)? Or a serial > number tag? If the latter, what is the model serial number? I also have an > I-2 (by serial number) with an odd collection of parts. It seems like 3 of > 4 possible I-2's have some oddity's so it would be interesting to see how > their production dates compare. Serial number tag indicates that this is the oldest industrial tractor made. Frame is not reinforced like on my I-5 and fenders are bolted on. Frame, console, fenders all appear to be original. It also had the HD hitch installed which was rusted to the rear. When i removed it some of the original orange paint was exposed. 100% sure it is an I-2. However see above about the firewall and tie rod. > Grafting in the WH controls would as noted be a major undertaking, not the > quick swap of an identical part that I'd expect the cheap/pragmatic > homeowner to do... a mystery indeed. My understanding from GEO is that all of the prototypes were sent back to GE for electronic upgrades, had I-5 sticker applied, and then sent back out to dealers. Assuming that was done, the controls are correct. However the firewall is not. Guessing that sometime after the GE rebuild a PO or Dealer worked on a the machine. Now the question is did WH cover this work as a warranty repair and toss in the WH control board. Direct swap easier then spending time on diagnosing a problem. Option 2 is PO had a WH parts machine and installed them along with the red tie rod and spindle. Looking for other issues as i document progress. If anyone has a HD spindle they would like to dispose of. Please contact me. |