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Re: (ET) GE controller

I bought Jerry’s METI (serial number 4 according to him) and it does have 
a Forward/Reverse switch. The controller in that tractor is a 262e1. I’m 
not sure what the differences are between the units. 

That being said I’m not sure that tractor had all the features that were 
intended for production. The rear end is a 3 speed unit w/ reverse gear 
and without the diff lock as far as I can see. Production tractors were 
planning on diff lock and I believe 5 speeds. FYI If anyone has one of 
these I would like to get the model number. 

E15s have a switch as well but it’s built into the speed control handle. 
When switch is activated when the lever is is put in the reverse gate. 

Good luck

Take care,
Dean

> On Jul 25, 2021, at 1:36 PM, JOHN J CASEY via Elec-trak <elec-trak 
> cosmos phy tufts edu> wrote:
> 
> My ET is 26AE12CA, bought in ’99.   The wiring is oem, no Rube 
> Goldberging here.  Years back I changed the drive motor to one from an 
> E20 with minor modification to the motor field.  In 2017 I upgraded to a 
> Curtis 1204m operating system.  
> Works great.  
> 
> Oem E20 ’s and I think, E15’s,  have a separate fwd/rev switch…same for 
> the Curtis.  Settin on my bench for three years is a GE 262FS1 
> controller.  Jerry Rhodes (may he rest in peace) used this controller 
> when he built METI tractors; I bought it from him.
> Because GE does not require a fwd/rev switch, I’d like to use it in my 
> tractor.  Jerry provided instruction but I could not make the GE work.  
> I can follow instruction but don’t have the electronics chops to figure 
> out why the GE don’t work. 
> 
> When upgrading to Curtis I did not cut out wiring that was no longer 
> needed, just folded them back.  Anyone have GE instruction that I can 
> compare to what I have now…must have missed a step.
> 
> Thanks,  Cheers
> Jack
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