WH seats what causes all the rips, tears? Thoughts on rubber over shifters.

[ARK 9]

I am still a novice with WH but I have worked to rebuild my 312-8 and it has come together very nicely.  Recenty I installed a Toro snow plow and all that entails along with wheel weights and coming up are tire chains.

 

The tractor looks good and to keep it that way I removed the no mar, no rips, no nothing good looking seat and placed it in storage.  In its place I made a 2x6 seat with small back.  I guess that the cold is not too kind to vinyl and with climbing onto and over the standard seay rips are in order.  The wood seat is lower and further back and so far it makes it easier for me.

 

Any thoughts other than slivers and a hard ride!

 

I am thinking about placing a rubber sheet fit tightly to the shifter shafts and screwed into the tin work.

 

Any thoughts about this?

 

Again thank you for your input, it is appreciated and the differing views are worth a lot to me.

[posifour11 723]

Interesting ideas. I have one worker without cushion at all just the high back seat pan. When I have to use it when its cold, I tape foam to it.

Can't invision the rubber sheet idea. Is it to protect below or just look cool?

[ARK 9]

The rubber is to keep water, condensate, snow from getting into the transmission.  The 312-8 that I just bought had water in the tranny, not much but it did need draining and flushing.  This machine in 24 years has never seen winter work and has 500 hours on it.  Now with winter implements I took it out of storage and it is now a year 'round work horse.

[KC9KAS 4,744]

He needs a replacement shifter boot to keep the water/snow out of his transmission.

 

Try a $40 replacement seat from Rural King, Northern Tool, Tractor Supply or other "Farm & Family" store.

I understand the reason for removing a perfect seat, but a 2 X 6 would be to rough on my butt!

 

My $40 seat.

 

[AMC RULES 37,195]

Check ebay, those replacement shifter boots are pretty cheap.

[brandonozz 168]

Check ebay, those replacement shifter boots are pretty cheap.

I think there about $5 or $6 and can still be picked up at the Toro dealer.

[posifour11 723]

I get the universal tractor boot at orsceln's (a farm store)

And use a pair of scissors to cut a hole that will barely fit over the bolt. Fits snug and less than $4

[ARK 9]

Well I tried many coverings on the wood seat, from an Obus Form, to sheepskin to pillows and my butt doesn't mind the simple plain wood.  With a low back it is easier to get aboard, no pun intended.

[benjiboo 174]

As far as the rubber shifter boots go, I just bought two of them off eBay for $7ea with free shipping. And it looks as if the seller had sold a ton of them so apparently they're not too hard to come by and they're definately priced right.

[drscooby 0]

for a nice looking seat pan go to lehman.com they have them made for stools ( cast implement seat ) 50.00 bucks

[ARK 9]

Well I found the easy solution for the wooden seat, an ice fishing pad that is thermal, soft and water proof with the added advantage of being very portable plus it's black.  Tested it out in the cold while plowing and it's a keeper.

 

For the rubber shifter cover still looking, no tractor dealers that I have talked with have anything.

 

For me buying in US,  doubles the cost at the very least, the bill arrives then the duty (anybody's guess), then all the taxes (13%)and shipping $10 or higher) and the taxes are on all the adders.

 

I see what my cousins have available and prices and I can only dream.

 

Not one for hobbies, but the WH is a great way to pass time even in the cold with spurts of design, computer drawing then fabricating,  with keeping within the quality parameters.