Case 580 Super K Question

Neighbor just had a "rebuilt" 580 delivered while he's gone.
He asked me to check it out.
After reading an online manual I'm still confused as to how to shift through all 4 gears. It says to push the button on the left side of the "T" handle, but doesn't say anything more.
Also what is the little lever on the right side of the steering column? Has a horn button on the end, and up and down arrows on the barrel. Directional signal?
 
all the button on the loader lift does is disconnect the trans if you have the shuttle in fwd or rev, if you put the shuttle in "N" you can shift the four speed as well, the button is more for kicking it out of gear for say raising the loader with the engine wide open for speed, what I am saying is when you push the button it is the same as putting the shuttle lever in "N", the other lever you describe should be turn signals and horn, some have the lights in it to if you rotate it, I have not been in a "K" in ten years so I can't say for sure on that
cnt
 
OK, but how do you shift gears.
Is there something like an H pattern on the T handle?
So far all I've been able to find is high and low by moving the T handle forward or backward, forward being the lower gear.
Haven't felt any dentents while doing this.
 
here you go, found this diagram on line,,, you should have a decal but it may be worn off
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WOW your neighbor just had a Super K delivered and ask you to check it out!

I wish I had a neighbor like that!

Does it have an extend-a-hoe?
 
(quoted from post at 19:05:40 05/13/15) here you go, found this diagram on line,,, you should have a decal but it may be worn off
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Thanks, if the rain quits I'll check it out and make sure it shifts.
No decal, but a real nice paint job with all new decals everywhere else.
Problem is I had to add 7 gallons of hydraulic fluid to even see the level in the sight glass.
I was wondering why it didn't move very good.
 
sounds like you added oil the hydraulic system, that has nothing to do with the drivetrain, the shuttle has a dipstick/fill check on the RH side of the engine back around the starter area
 
Will do, but that makes me wonder why I couldn't get much power to the wheels.
Looked for a free manual for this model, but couldn't find one, only for older models.
I'll see if he wants to buy one.
 
ops manuals are well worth paying for, where you were having trouble shifting it you may have been in a higher gear also, I highly recommend he use only CNH Hy-Tran it too is well worth the money in that application
 
Wrong gear may have been the case now that I think about it.
I'll see if he wants to get the manual.

Thanks for all the help.
 

The Super K should have the transmission /Converter oil checked just in front of the control tower where a flap in the floor mat if raised will find a pop out plug under which the tranny dipstick is located.

The earlier original K did indeed have the power shuttle dipstick at the starter, but any with the shifter up on the RH console are checked back at the back. The earlier units used the Borg Warner shuttle and the later a trans axle containing the shuttle shared with the Maxxum farm tractor.

Mel
 
Thanks mEl, I have only ran and been in one model "K" I was betting they were the same as the "E" and "L" models but that "K" was a different bird from most models lol
 
All is well here in Utopia.
Inexperience / operator error were the cause of the machine "not moving".
With the help of the H pattern diagram I was able to find all 4 gears. The button on the end of the T handle does work, but the button itself is missing, just a piece of thumb poking metal sticking out.
No floor mat, but there is a dipstick to the right of the control tower for the backhoe. Didn't get to check it, the rain started again. We've been in a drought for several years, so it's a welcome event.
 


CN, The Super K and later Ks used the trans axle from the maxxum, The power shuttle clutch pacs hang just above the 4 speed box, the Bell housing contains a rotor type pump that draws its supply from a large suction tube that comes out the RF corner of the main trans axle. The trans axle HY TRAN is both the lube and the supply for system pressures. The whole drive system is filled and checked at the rear dipstick.

When they first came out with the shuttle behind the main front cover on the trans axle I thought"what a move backwards" but they proved me wrong, the trans axles and power shuttles are pretty good, very few problems at our dealership.

Mel
 
You've lost me. Are you saying the hydraulic system (or as you called it system pressures) oil is common to the transmission?
If so, that would explain the function of the button on the left side of the T handle shift lever.
 
(quoted from post at 20:43:37 05/14/15) You've lost me. Are you saying the hydraulic system (or as you called it system pressures) oil is common to the transmission?
If so, that would explain the function of the button on the left side of the T handle shift lever.

The trans axle has its own separate pump located inside the bell housing and works the drive only. It has no connection to machine hydraulics (BH/LDR). the shuttle valve is on top of the trans axle and has the electric cutout solenoid and some pressure regulators and the control rod from the column shifts the drive spool for directional control, the bell housing has the trans filter and regulators to control filter pressures such as a filter bypass for cold temps and restricted filters.

The button simply dumps clutch pressure (F/R) to pause machine power till the button is released, I'm guessing trans pressure between 2-300 lbs as contrasted to hydraulics at 2500-3000 lb.
 

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