[bubbasilver]

Okay I have a 1975 IH 815 diesel and am having issues with the rate of the header drop. When it has a head hooked up to it the feeder house will drop a little to fast when I lower it. I've adjusted a screw on one of the pumps that the manual says to, but its adjusted almost all the way in but its not making a difference. Any ideas what it could be? Thanks for any help.

 

[bubbasilver]

Thanks, this is all good information! It'll give me a few things to try hopefully they work. And yes I have the cable control auto-header height however I have a newer 820 20' platform that has electric auto-header height so I'm just going to have to run beans manually which is one reason I really want to slow down the rate the header drops. It also has the springs on the cylinders which I noticed had no tension on them so if I adjust those maybe it will help as well. Now to block off the fast drop valve is where you turn in the screw isn't it? Because I've got it turned in pretty much all the way but no difference in letting it down. It picks up nice and easy but drops fast. Thanks again guys for the input I appreciate it!

 

[bubbasilver]

Okay I got it solved! Thanks a lot for the help! It lets down very nicely now. The only slight thing is that when you push the lift/lower lever forward (Down) its almost like there's two notches and slightly forward it wants to raise so you have to push it far enough for lower and I thought that was sort of strange. However, its not real severe and it'll be easy enough to work with now but I wondered if any of you guys knew if it was supposed to do that or how could I make it not do that. If not, it can still be easily operated as it is now.