185 power director lever

mtny

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Question for the allis experts . All of a sudden the power director lever sticks in high . You have to really pull or it won't budge . Any quick adjustments? .
 
After the sure control of a big, manual lever, I never really liked that system. Right there on the lever, on the inside of the cover, is a spring loaded detent/quadrant system. Certainly it could use some lubrication. But it may be worn by now. It always acted to me like the spring/detent was way stronger than it needed to be.
 
Keeping the lever lubed with WD40 (especially the pivot bushing) makes it work very nice. There was a reason for the steel divider bar between the throttle and hand clutch lever. Rest your hand and wrap a couple fingers around the bar to steady your hand movement. It actually works very nice if used this way.
 
Maybe one of you fellows can answer this if I take the detent mechanism loose will the high/low go in smoothly? I could put on an external latching system to hold it in high or low once its fully engaged.
 
You know, I've been running these since 1967 with the first 180 that came out. I cannot for the life of me figure out what you're trying to accomplish. If you yank the lever from neutral all the way into High or Low, it's probably going to "jerk" a bit. Move the hand lever from neutral towards Low or High an inch or two and "feather" it into engagement. If the linkage is oiled and you steady you hand on the divider bar, there is nothing any smooooother. If you want to re-invent your lever, have at it.
 
As usual thanks for the input. Didn't know if lube or which kind is necessary. I will try it. I'm still getting used to her , if you remember I rebuilt the transmission a while back and its my first allis . Mowed and baled 2000 bales or so . It runs impressive and the hydraulics are excellent. The pto thing is frustrating but I'm getting used to it.
 
While the power director is not the ideal way to achieve live PTO, I sure wish my old Farmall h or Farmall m had something like that on them.
 
(quoted from post at 09:27:05 07/26/15) While the power director is not the ideal way to achieve live PTO, I sure wish my old Farmall h or Farmall m had something like that on them.

I found the Power Director on my 190 to be "just right" for baling… with the shifter in 3-4, I could bump up or down a gear as windrow conditions or rack stacker speed varied, and if I got too big a slug, could just feather it into neutral for a moment to clear the baler.

es
 
(quoted from post at 08:51:59 07/27/15)
(quoted from post at 09:27:05 07/26/15) While the power director is not the ideal way to achieve live PTO, I sure wish my old Farmall h or Farmall m had something like that on them.

I found the Power Director on my 190 to be "just right" for baling… with the shifter in 3-4, I could bump up or down a gear as windrow conditions or rack stacker speed varied, and if I got too big a slug, could just feather it into neutral for a moment to clear the baler.

es

The lever on the 190 works better than the 180/185....cause it's longer!
 

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