kpinnc 17,055 #251 Posted January 27 Gave her a test drive today. Most definitely a huge improvement, and I already loved this thing before. Reduction steering is a massive plus on fat front tires. I can steer with one finger now. Hydro is much faster. Now it drives like any other Eaton as far as I can tell. Of course the foot control makes it better. I went ahead and changed the engine oil and filter, even though it had only 10 hours on the clock total. I built this engine so I wanted to make sure it was cleaned out just in case. I always do that with rebuilt engines. Oil change before 5 hours and once more about 5 hours later. She's good now for 50 hours run time. Took pics just to prove we do in fact occasionally get some form of white stuff... 3 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 17,055 #252 Posted 13 hours ago (edited) Changed something else today. The hydro pedal that I was using just wasn't working as well as I wanted. Forward was great, but rocking it back for reverse was difficult. The lower part of the Kubota pedal just is too small. So I had another pedal, I think from a Toro mower. It has a longer lower section and it has a more natural lean towards the outside of the footrest. I'll give her a test drive tomorrow, but at least now just pushing down with my heel does the trick. It doesn't look as good as the Kubota pedal but definitely fits my hoof better. Edited 13 hours ago by kpinnc 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill D 2,588 #253 Posted 7 hours ago Nice. Any idea what model that pedal is from? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebinmaine 77,102 #254 Posted 7 hours ago Functional form over facade. I think it looks great, and works better. Win. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cleat 8,723 #255 Posted 5 hours ago 8 hours ago, kpinnc said: Changed something else today. The hydro pedal that I was using just wasn't working as well as I wanted. Forward was great, but rocking it back for reverse was difficult. The lower part of the Kubota pedal just is too small. So I had another pedal, I think from a Toro mower. It has a longer lower section and it has a more natural lean towards the outside of the footrest. I'll give her a test drive tomorrow, but at least now just pushing down with my heel does the trick. It doesn't look as good as the Kubota pedal but definitely fits my hoof better. Looks great, I like it better than the Kubota one. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 17,055 #256 Posted 32 minutes ago 6 hours ago, Bill D said: Nice. Any idea what model that pedal is from? Bill I believe it's from a xi (518xi/520xi). Toro used this pedal on a few different models. They just used a different shaped connection underneath. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
