8 speed, pto and crawlers

[piggy]

can i do the 8 speed conversion and use a crawler box and pto

[johnhughes]

the standard 404 crawler boxes and PTO use the same space on the gearbox, so you can't have them both. i don't know if the 8 speed conversion stops the use of the output panel where the pto or crawler bolts on.

j

[piggy]

john hughes,
i dont think they do, the pto bolts to the side of the gearbox and the crawlers to the bottom, if you have a 404 have a look

[Turnip]

I have a working PTO and working crawler on my 404. The 8 speed bit is possible with both I think! The problem is what levers you use to operate it all. I think Mike has got all the gears working ( off the main stick and still got a pto stick? Mike?
I am working on extending the PTO stick straight through the shift plate as High / Low and then using a rotary shift stick down the breather hole to engage the PTO - but I havent proved it yet!

[mike97]

Hi folks,
Im 95% sure you can have 8 speed, pto and crawler. I don't have a crawler box, so thats why I can say 100%
I have 8 speed on the main stick, standard pto lever and standard forward reverse lever

Have a look back through the old threads, called '8 speed with pto' I think, more info and pics on there.

mike

[minimog]

yes you can have both
crawler gearset bolts to the bottom of the gearbox the pto bolts to the side the probs come when you go 8 speed the lever for the low/high set of gears is origianly used to operate the pto a few have cobbled a alternative lever ot operate the pto