chip61 664 #1 Posted June 5, 2017 As much as I like my 314-8, I wanted another Hydro. I have a C160 Automatic which is really my favorite, but last year it got to where it was unreliable-nothing major but still issues that cost me an hour or two every time I used it. I lucked into this '96 416 H a couple weeks ago. I had bought another 48" deck last winter so I was all set!! It is a nice well maintained tractor with a little over 1000 hours on it. NIce smooth power but it wants to surge at idle sometimes but not always. Only issue I have is I really don't like the column mounted direction control as much as the lever on the C160 but I'm starting to get used to it. I guess if I don't like it after using it a couple more times I will get Matt's foot control kit. Is there any trick (besides duct tape) to keeping the gasket/seal around the oil filter/shroud in place?? This one doesn't want to stay in place for very long. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricF 589 #2 Posted June 5, 2017 Nice looking Horse! I think the levers on the column/pedestal were kind of an attempt to keep up with what had been going on in the compact tractor market for a while. A general trend in the industry to move away from floor/tunnel mounted controls and move them to alongside the fenders or onto the pedestal and column. I don't mind the hydro lever on the column -- push away to speed up, pull back to slow down or reverse. It's the lift lever that took me some getting used to. I'm accustomed to a lever you push to lower the lift and pull back to raise. But moving it to the column makes it more pull downward slightly to lift and push up slightly to lower. I know it's still toward me to lift and away to lower in this configuration, but the lever is also physically moving up and down in opposition to the lift motion. Takes a little while to get "muscle memory" to catch up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,894 #3 Posted June 5, 2017 The material on the back side of that seal is probably missing. Mine kept coming off so I just cleaned it up and used silicone to hold in on and figured I would look for a new one but never had to as it never came out again. Best done during an oil change when the filter is out. Heard tell that gasket needs to be there for proper cooling. Yes Matt's kits are $$ but are the ticket. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,360 #4 Posted June 5, 2017 Nice Tractor Chip , any tractors left in Mathews for other folks ? Are you heading for the Big Show this year ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,498 #5 Posted June 5, 2017 Yes, you do need that gasket in place for cooling, I would try that silicone trick as mentioned. Glenn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chip61 664 #6 Posted June 6, 2017 Thanks for the suggestions-I will put it on with silicone next time I'm down there. I think I'm gonna really like this tractor. Yes, Jim there's still a few tractors down there-just hard to get anyone to let go of them! As much as I would like to go to the show I have too many family obligations right now-maybe I can make it next year. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Retired Wrencher 5,658 #7 Posted June 6, 2017 Chip nice looking worker. Enjoy the ride. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,771 #8 Posted June 7, 2017 I trust a complete set of 4 hubcaps? I couldn't produce a complete set among the whole herd! Nice now and I think she'd really cleanup super! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chip61 664 #9 Posted June 7, 2017 38 minutes ago, DennisThornton said: I trust a complete set of 4 hubcaps? I couldn't produce a complete set among the whole herd! Nice now and I think she'd really cleanup super! Yes, complete set in pretty good shape-I'm almost afraid to leave them on there I don't want them to get damaged. The basket case 416 I got from my neighbor a few months ago also had a complete set but he kept them for his 414. (they were the best part of the tractor!!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,771 #10 Posted June 7, 2017 (edited) This is somewhat humorous and some will laugh at me but I can't help it. I want to mow in style. Now I live at a mile long dead end in the Adirondacks where you need 40 acres to have a building lot! Low population density! 2 neighbors on that mile long road! And I have NO neighbors that can see me mowing, no one passing by and no kids at home so other than the gal that is not at all fond of my herd there is no one to see me mow! Yet I want my ride to have nice hubcaps! I've already bought too many WHs and I refuse to buy a nice set of hubcaps by themselves! Now I will buy a whole WH with the only thing going for it is nice hubcaps but I'm NOT going to buy hubcaps separately! So I've got a WH hubcap fetish or something, I don't know, but DARN they look SO good all polished up! I'm sure the grass will appreciate my chopping more if I dress up! So when I see that someone has bought a full set, well, I feel a bit envious... Some day! Edited June 7, 2017 by DennisThornton 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 50,894 #11 Posted June 7, 2017 Get a pic of you mowing & styling with those caps and we'll be your nosy neigbors! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,771 #12 Posted June 7, 2017 9 hours ago, WHX11 said: Get a pic of you mowing & styling with those caps and we'll be your nosy neigbors! Still need the hubcaps! I can't put a full set together even with all the WHs I got! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
