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Lloyd

03-25-2001 18:26:27




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I'm looking at a 50 to buy, it has a rollomatic
front end with manual steering, if I buy it I want to install power steering and a WFE, is this possible and expensive? Parts available?




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OCB

03-26-2001 18:45:22




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 Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Lloyd, 03-25-2001 18:26:27  
I would not put an after market on a 50 and ruin the original structure. A 50 is light in the front end and steers easy unless you have a loader. For the young at hearth it may take two hands to turn the wheel but that is also for safety sake to hang on. As a kid, I learned it was easier to foot clutch a 50's hand clutch than to foot clutch a RED foot operated clutch tractor.



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yes yes

03-26-2001 10:30:55




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 Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Lloyd, 03-25-2001 18:26:27  
yes and yes



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Chuck

03-26-2001 05:00:00




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 Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Lloyd, 03-25-2001 18:26:27  
you'd be money ahead to find the tractor with these items and negotiate a price.



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Craig

03-25-2001 20:17:24




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 Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Lloyd, 03-25-2001 18:26:27  
This is difficult to know what you are looking at when you are a first time tractor buyer. I bought my first tractor (A 1950 JD B) about 6 years ago. I did not know the first thing about it except for having good mechanical abilities my self. It seemed to look OK to me so I bought it at the auction. I was really lucky, after I got it home and had time to check it over I found out I got a pretty decent nice original low hour tractor with all original parts intact and none broken and welded. There were a few minor things (carb overhaul, cracked cylinder head, bent shift lever, loose brake drum, etc.) wrong with it but what do you expect from a 50 year old tractor??? ANYWAY, now that I've had this tractor for some time and learned all about it, I see most of the tractors being sold at auction or outright are pretty junky compared to my tractor. I was luck with my first tractor purchase. (what helped my tractor was the fact the the previoius owner retired from farming 15 years before he sold it so it was not used at all for those 15 years).

You will buy your first tractor not knowing much but while you own it and use it and repair it you will learn about it and know better what to look for on the next one. Good luck!!

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Craig-OOPS!!!! posted my reply to the wrong question- disregard and delete it if you can.

03-25-2001 20:21:00




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 Re: Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Craig, 03-25-2001 20:17:24  
Oops, posted reply to wrong post.



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Fudd

03-25-2001 18:56:24




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 Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Lloyd, 03-25-2001 18:26:27  
If you can find one. My 50 has a Behlens aftermarket power steering and it works just fine. If you look around, I'm sure you can find one



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Drew s/w WI.

03-26-2001 16:18:57




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 Re: Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Fudd, 03-25-2001 18:56:24  
Say Fudd I just bought a Behlen ps unit which I was told came off a JD 70. I want to put it on a late modle A. Can it be done and is Behlen still in business or are parts still available from another source. Thanks for the time. Drew s/w WI.



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Larry

06-26-2003 16:02:15




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 Re: Re: Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Drew s/w WI., 03-26-2001 16:18:57  
I've got the same setup on a 70 and I'd like to compare notes if you wouldn't mind.



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Questions for Fudd

03-26-2001 10:51:35




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 Re: Re: JD 50 power steering in reply to Fudd, 03-25-2001 18:56:24  
Fudd, I'm curious - how is the PS unit attached to your 50? Does it mount in the steering shaft above the hood? Does it have additional brackets to keep it from rotating? Does it have its own PS pump, or does it use the JD live hydraulic pump? Can you post a close up picture of it? I have a 50 that I've dreamed of adding PS to. Mebbe someday. . . I used a tractor with a CharLynn unit when I was a teenager, but I can't remember the mounting/mechanical details. I remember that it worked very well.
Thanks in advance,
Paul

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